Cong, TDP lose face in Andhra bypolls

March 21, 2012 13:57

Update on the Andhra Pradesh bypolls.

It was a loss of face for both the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party in the by-elections in Andhra Pradesh with the both losing all the seven seats. While the result in Telangana was an expected one, the Kovooru assembly seat which was the most watched was picked up by the YSR Congress party Jagan's candidate.

Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa reports that N Prasanna Kumar Reddy won the Koovuru seat by 23,000 votes. Reddy was originally with the TDP when he contested the same seat in 2009 in which he won by a margin of just 7000 votes against the Congress. However, this time he managed to increase his lead and won with a comfortable majority.

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