Overview
- After seven of 10 rounds, Congress’s Vallala Naveen Yadav led BRS’s Maganti Sunitha by roughly 19,600–19,797 votes, according to counting centre updates.
- Counting is underway at Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy Stadium under tight security with 42 tables, with officials estimating about 40 minutes per round.
- The BJP’s Lankala Deepak Reddy trailed a distant third with about 8,300 votes after round seven and is likely to lose his deposit.
- Turnout for the November 11 bypoll was low at 48.49%, with 194,631 votes cast in a constituency of more than 4 lakh voters.
- The bypoll followed the June death of sitting BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath, with his wife Sunitha contesting for BRS as Congress cadres celebrated the lead.