Overview
- Multiple agencies — Smart/Stat Poll, People’s Pulse, Chanakya Strategies and Naganna Survey — place Congress near 46–48% and BRS around 41–43%, with BJP in single digits.
- News18 Telugu citing Smart Poll projects Congress at 48.2%, BRS at 42.1% and BJP at 7.6%.
- Polling ran from 7 am to 6 pm and was largely peaceful, with officials reporting 47.16% turnout by 5 pm.
- Counting is slated for November 14, when the official result will be declared.
- The bypoll was necessitated by the June death of BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath, and Congress candidate Naveen Yadav would gain the seat if the projections hold.