Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda is won by the Telangana Congress. Through-Election

Hyderabad: The Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates' Constituency by-election to the Legislative Council was won by the ruling Congress party in Telangana.

Rakesh Reddy of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) was defeated by Chintapandu Naveen, also known as Teenmaar Mallanna, who was his closest opponent.

Moreover, read

Concerns are expressed by BRS regarding anomalies in the Graduates MLC bypoll counting procedure.

After more than 14,000 second preference votes separated Mallanna from Rakesh Reddy, the election was proclaimed late on Friday night.

Mallanna received the certificate from Dasari Harichandana, the returning officer, around midnight. Later in the day, the candidates will reveal the specifics of the votes they received.

Voter count ended at 10.30 p.m. on June 7, having started at 8 a.m. on June 5.

After BJP candidate G. Premender Reddy was eliminated, Teenmaar Mallanna and his supporters celebrated their triumph as he established an unassailable lead over Rakesh Reddy.

Although he may have lost on paper, Rakesh Reddy said that he and his party had gained moral ground.

On Friday, the second choice vote count that started on Thursday night resumed.

At the Nalgonda counting center, around 2,800 election workers labored for 62 hours to count 3,36,013 votes.

As many as 72.44 percent of voters participated in the May 27 by-election. Voting was conducted using ballots.

The vacancy resulted from the resignation of Palla Rajeshwar Reddy of BRS after he was elected to the Assembly in November 2023 from the Jangaon constituency. In the 2021 election, he was chosen as MLC.