HYDERABAD. Hyderabad: Opposition BRS candidate N Naveen Kumar Reddy won the Mahbubnagar Local Body Constituency MLC by-election on Sunday. The BRS candidate emerged victorious by a margin of 109 votes. This is the first victory registered by the BRS after its defeat in the Assembly elections after ruling the state for 10 years.
The by-election was necessitated due to the resignation of Kasireddy Narayana Reddy after being elected MLA on a Congress ticket. Narayana Reddy joined Congress from BRS and won from Kalwakurthy constituency.The by-election for the Mahbubnagar Local Authority segment was held on March 29 and the counting of votes was postponed due to the model code of conduct in force for the Lok Sabha elections. The counting of votes took place on Sunday.
Out of 1,439 votes, 1,437 voters participated in the polling and 21 votes were found invalid. BRS candidate Naveen Reddy got 762 votes while Congress’ M Jeevan Reddy got 653 votes. Independent candidate Sudarshan Goud got one vote. The target set for the election was 709 votes. Since the BRS candidate got 762 votes in the first round itself, the officials declared him elected.
Naveen Kumar Reddy later met BRS president
K Chandrasekhar Rao at his residence.
Commenting on the victory of the BRS candidate, party working president KT Rama Rao said it was a significant change in the political scenario of the state as the party won the MLC seat in Mahbubnagar, the home district of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. The BRS working president claimed that this victory would pave the way for many other victories for the party in the future.
