Ruling party wins in Anandapuram bypoll
The Hindu
Voter turnout of 75.28% registered
Korada Venkata Rao of the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) defeated Appa Rao Thatraju of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Anandapauram ZPTC elections, the counting of votes for which was done on Thursday.
Mr. Venkata Rao polled 17,539 votes while his nearest rival Mr. Appa Rao polled 13,784 votes. Dukka Venkata Rao of the Jana Sena Party (JSP) pollled 3,667 votes while Padala Ramana of the Indian National Congress (INC) secured 264 votes.
The total voters in the Anandapuram ZPTC were 49,336 and the votes polled were 36,517. Of these, 998 were declared ‘invalid’ while 263 voted for NOTA.

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