BJP candidate N Ramchandra Rao has registered a thumping victory against his nearest rival G Devi Prasad Rao from Mahabubnagar-Ranga Reddy-Hyderabad Graduates’ constituency of Telangana Legislative Council.
Ramchandra Rao won the MLC polls with a majority of 13,318 votes. While Ramchandra Rao secured 53,881 votes, Devi Prasad got 40,563 votes. The Congress candidate, Agiru Ravikumar Gupta, got a meagre 2,856 votes althoug he stood third among a total of 31candidates who were in the fray.
Ramchandra Rao maintained the lead of over 3,000 votes in all four rounds of counting held at Victory Play Grounds near Chaderghat. It was a definite victory for BJP candidate as he secured 52.42% of 102,785 valid votes while the TRS candidate got 39.46% votes.
While 521 voters opted for NOTA (None Of The Above), a total of 8,433 votes were declared as Invalid. (INN)