Overview
- Polling is set for November 11 with counting on November 14 in a by-election held after the June death of BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath.
- BRS has fielded Maganti Sunita, Congress has nominated Naveen Yadav with AIMIM’s support, and BJP’s candidate is Lankala Deepak Reddy.
- Senior leaders drove an unusually intense campaign, including Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, BRS’s K T Rama Rao, and Union ministers G Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay Kumar.
- Election officials ordered a liquor ban from 6 pm on November 9 until 6 pm on polling day, with sales restricted again on November 14 until counting concludes.
- The constituency counts about 4.01 lakh electors and a substantial Muslim voter base considered pivotal, as complaints over model code breaches, contentious remarks, and alleged cash distribution join worries about historically low turnout.