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TDP-BJP alliance seems set to sweep AP assembly

Shireen in Hyderabad

The Telugu Desam Party-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance has bagged 172 seats and looks set to sweep the 294-member assembly in Andhra Pradesh.

The alliance sprang several surprises in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and neighbouring Rangareddy district.

Though the TDP failed to wrest Chevella seat in Rangareddy from the Congress, it seized Sanathnagar and Khairatabad from the party.

The TDP retained Secunderabad and Himayatnagar in the state capital and Tandur and Vikarabad in Rangareddy. The BJP, on the other hand, retained Maharajgunj and wrested Musheerabad from the Congress in the state capital.

But the BJP lost Karwan to the Majlis-e-Ittehaadul Muslimeen. Thus, its overall tally in the state capital region remained at two.

The Congress lost Musheerabad, Sanathnagar and Khairatabad while retaining Asifnagar. The MIM improved its position as compared to 1994, bagging four seats. Last time, it won just one.

Apart from wresting Karwan from the BJP, the MIM retained Charminar. It also bagged Yakutpura which had been won in 1994 by the MBT, a breakaway faction of the MIM. The MIM also wrested Chandrayangutta in a fierce contest with the MBT.

Detailed results:

Musheerabad: BJP candidate Dr K Laxman trounced his nearest Congress rival and sitting legislator M Kodanda Reddy by 87,557 votes.

Himayatnagar: Minister for Animal Husbandry and TDP candidate C Krishna Yadav retained the seat defeating his nearest Congress rival and former MLA V Hanumantha Rao by 30,112 votes.

Sanathnagar: In a surprise upset, former minister and TDP nominee Sripathi Rajeshwar Rao wrested this seat from the Congress by trouncing sitting legislator Marri Shashidhar Reddy by 16,031 votes.

Secunderabad: TDP nominee and former minister T Srinivas Yadav retained the seat defeating his nearest Congress rival and former MLA Mary Ravindranath by 37,523 votes.

Khairatabad: In another surprise upset, Congress Legislature Party leader P Janardhan Reddy lost the seat to his TDP rival and former CBI director K Vijayarama Rao by 10,377 votes.

Aasifnagar: Congress nominee and sitting MLA D Nagender retained the seat defeating his nearest TDP rival Katragadda Prasunna by 20,720 votes. MIM candidate Mohammed Virasat Rasool Khan and MBT nominee Dr Mohammed Vizarath Rasool Khan trailed behind.

Maharajgunj: BJP candidate Prem Singh Rathod won the seat defeating his nearest Congress rival M Mukesh by 3,416 seats. Last time also, BJP's P Ramaswamy was elected from here.

Karwan: MIM nominee and former MLA Syed Sajjad wrested the seat by defeating his nearest BJP rival G Kishen Reddy by 13,542 votes.

Yakutpura: The MIM candidate and sitting legislator Mumtaz Ahmed Khan retained the seat trouncing his MBT rival Mohammed Farhatullah Khan by 31,322 votes. In 1994, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan was elected on the MBT ticket, but he rejoined the MIM last year.

Chandrayangutta: In a surprise upset, MIM nominee Akberuddin Owaisi trounced his nearest MBT rival and sitting legislator Mohammed Amanullah Khan by 11,926 votes. Akberuddin is the younger son of MIM chief Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi. Amanullah Khan had won this seat five times; four times on the MIM ticket and in 1994 as the MBT candidate.

Charminar: MIM candidate and sitting legislator Asaduddin Owaisi retained the seat by trouncing his nearest TDP rival Syed Noor-ul-Haque Quadri by 96,747 votes.

Tandur: TDP sitting legislator P Mahender Reddy retained the seat trouncing his nearest Congress rival and former minister M Manik Rao by 12,907 votes.

Vikarabad: TDP nominee and Minister for Fisheries Dr A Chandrasekhar retained the seat defeating his nearest Congress rival Madhura Veni by 203 votes.

Chevella: Congress candidate and former minister P Indra Reddy retained the seat trouncing his nearest TDP rival K Lakshma Reddy by 9,960 votes.

UNI

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