Overview
- The Election Commission declared V. Naveen Yadav the winner with 98,988 votes to Maganti Sunitha’s 74,259, a margin of 24,729.
- BJP candidate Lankala Deepak Reddy finished third with 17,061 votes and forfeited his security deposit.
- Polling on November 11 registered 48.49% turnout, with 1,94,631 ballots cast from an electorate of about 4.01 lakh.
- AIMIM did not contest and backed the Congress nominee, and Congress’s OBC candidature and the induction of Mohammed Azharuddin were cited as consolidating minority support.
- Yadav led from the first round through all 10 rounds counted at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Stadium, and the victory lifts Congress’s Assembly tally to 66.