Hyderabad, Nov 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in the Dubbak Assembly constituency in Telangana as the counting was underway in the by-elections.
BJP candidate M. Raghunandan Rao was leading by 2,684 votes at the end of the fourth round over ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate S. Sujatha.
The BJP established a lead in the very first round and the same trend continued in three subsequent rounds.
The by-election held on November 3 saw 82.61 per cent voter turnout.
The counting of votes was taken up at 8 a.m. amid tight security.
A total of 23 candidates are in the fray for the bypoll, necessitated after the death of S. Ramalinga Reddy of the TRS in August this year due to ill-health.
The TRS fielded Ramalinga Reddy's widow Sujatha. She is locked in a three-cornered contest with Congress party's Cheruku Srinivas Reddy and BJP's Raghunandan Rao.
Source: IANS
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