Bypolls AP: TDP leading over rival Congress in Nandigama

VIJAYAWADA: TDP candidate T Sowmya has taken a lead of more than 32,000 votes in Nandigama (SC) Assembly bypoll over her nearest rival Congress's Bodapati Babu Rao.

Sowmya, a software engineer, got 42,777 votes, while Congress's Rao secured 10,279 votes after the sixth round of counting.

By-election to Nandigama seat in Krishna district was necessitated due to death of Sowmya's father T Prabhakar days after he was elected in the May elections.