Hyderabad: BJP-backed candidates have won two of the three MLC seats in Telangana for which elections were held on February 27. Ch Anji Reddy, supported by BJP, beat Narender Reddy of Congress by a margin of over 5,000 votes in Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates’ constituency of state’s legislative council. The result of this seat was declared in the early hours of Thursday.
Elections were held for Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates’ and Teachers’ constituencies and the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Teachers’ constituency in preferential voting system, using ballots. Counting of votes began on Monday last.
Malka Komaraiah, supported by BJP, bagged the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Teachers’ constituency and the independent candidate Sripal Reddy Pingili (backed by a teachers’ union) won the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Teachers’ constituency.
The results of the two Teachers’ constituencies were declared late on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people of Telangana for their “phenomenal support” to the BJP in the MLC elections and hailed party workers for working among the people with great diligence.
“I thank the people of Telangana for blessing @BJP4Telangana with such phenomenal support in the MLC elections. Congratulations to our newly elected candidates,” Modi said in a post on X.
In another post, Prime Minister Modi hailed the victory of NDA candidates in the graduate MLC elections in Andhra Pradesh.
NDA candidates A Rajendra Prasad and P Rajasekharam won the graduate MLC elections in Andhra Pradesh, while an independent candidate secured victory in the teachers’ constituency MLC poll.
