Four batches counting for Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda MLC poll completed
The Hindu
After day-long process of recording postal ballots, mixing and bundling ballot papers on Wednesday, the results of the first batch counting of first-preference votes in the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates’ MLC poll came at around 2.30 a.m. on Thursday.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s sitting MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy registered a headstart with 16,130 votes, followed by independent candidate Teenmar Mallanna securing 12,046 votes and Telangana Jana Samithi’s M. Kodandaram garnering 9,080 votes. Candidates from Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress, Gujjula Premendar Reddy and S. Ramulu Naik, got 6,615 and 4,345 votes respectively. Other popular candidates – Jayasaradhi Reddy from the Left, Telangana Inti Party’s Cheruku Sudhakar and G. Rani Rudrama Reddy – were left with votes ranging between 4,000 and 6,000. Counting of 56,000 votes in each batch, at 1,000 votes per table, took about five hours, and the entire election machinery is working on shifts for the round-the-clock exercise. As the counting of batches progressed, several candidates, independent or represented by a party regressed to lower positions, and as visible at the closing of fourth batch counting at around 5.30 p.m., the top three positions based on votes gathered remained unaffected from the first batch.More Related News