TDP, CPI men make it to Rajya Sabha

HYDERABAD, March 27: In one of the most keenly fought elections, the ruling Telugu Desam Party and its ally, CPI, managed to win all the six...

HYDERABAD, March 27: In one of the most keenly fought elections, the ruling Telugu Desam Party and its ally, CPI, managed to win all the six seats to the Rajya Sabha from the state for which polling was held today.

This is the second successive defeat to Congress nominee T Venkatram Reddy who lost the election by a very narrow margin.

Those elected to the Upper House are: TDP general secretary C Ramachandraiah, Guntur Zilla Parishad chairman Y. Venkat Rao, former APCO chairman R. Ramachandraiah, TDP legal cell convenor P. Prabhakar Reddy and former minister K. Kala Venkata Rao (all Telugu Desam) and Dasari Nagabhushan Rao of the CPI.

Story continues below this ad

Kala Venkata Rao clinched the last seat in the sixth round at the end of which he got 4115 points as against 4101 by the Congress nominee.

The victory of five TDP nominees and the CPI man had become possible because of the precise distribution of second preference votes to various contestants.

EXCLUSIVE: EC brings in feature to check misuse of identity to seek voter list deletions

Political Pulse3 hr ago

The Election Commission has launched a new 'e-sign' feature on its portal and app to prevent fraud. This comes after allegations of misuse of online voter deletion forms in Karnataka. The feature requires voters to verify their identity using their Aadhaar-linked phone numbers, reducing the possibility of fraud.

View all shorts

Live Blog