TDP leaders and supporters celebrating the occasion nominee Vepada Chiranjeevi Rao’s lead over his YSRCP rival, in the Graduates Constituency election, in Visakhapatnam, on March 17.
| Photo Credit: V. Raju
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate Vepada Chiranjeevi Rao is main over his nearest rival Seethamraju Sudhakar of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) with a margin of more than 20,000 votes at the end of the fifth round in the North Andhra Graduates Constituency elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council at the Swarna Bharathi Indoor stadium, in Visakhapatnam, on March 17. The counting of the first desire votes, which started on Thursday night. It continued by means of the evening.
The TDP leaders and supporters have already began celebrations with rallies exterior the indoor stadium. However, these acquainted with the counting course of for the Legislative Council elections really feel that it’s too early to say something.
This is as a result of to win in the election, the TDP candidate has to get half of the whole legitimate votes polled plus one vote. If he will get much less than that quantity, the counting for the second desire votes polled can be start to determine the winner.
At the end of the fifth round, the TDP candidate polled 58,960 whereas his nearest YSRCP rival secured 38,648 votes. The Progressive Democratic Front (PDF) nominee Koredla Ramaprabha secured 23,681 voters, whereas the BJP candidate PVN Madhav acquired 7,565 votes.
The whole quantity of graduate voters in the six districts of North Andhra is 2,89,214, together with 1,27,526 males, 73,162 girls and two transgenders. Of them 2,00,926 had exercised their franchise in the election held on March 13. The TDP has maintained his lead over his YSRC rival since the first round.
