Hyderabad, April 09: The Pulivendula Assembly constituency, where YSR’s widow Vijayamma and brother YS Vivekananda Reddy were locked in a firece fight, polled a whopping 81 per cent of votes on Sunday.
The polling percentage in the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency came down from 75.6 in 2009 to 69.5 now.
Though it was expected that the polling in Pulivendula would be heavy, no one had thought that it would be so heavy.
The high percentage of votes prompted the TDP, Congress and YSR Congress to lodge complaints of electoral malpractices with the chief electoral officer who asked the collector and district election officer to hold a meeting with officials, candidates and polling agents at 11 am on Monday to decide if repoll would be necessary and where.
Badvel Assembly segment recorded 80 pc polling and Kadapa the lowest of 57 pc.
In Pulivendula, till 4 pm the percentage was 71.57 but in the last one hour it galloped to 81 percent.
For the entire Kadapa Lok Sabha seat, till 4 pm the polling percentage was 63.45 which went up by 69.5 at the end of polling.
–Agencies