In a dramatic development, the BJP on Tuesday won the Dubbaka Assembly bypoll in Telangana. After 23 rounds of counting, BJP's Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao defeated his TRS candidate Solipeta Sujatha by a margin of 1,079 votes.
BJP secured 62,772 votes, while the losing TRS candidate secured 61,302 votes. Congress, a distant third, bagged 21,819 votes. The vote share of BJP in the by-election was 38.21 per cent as opposed to TRS' 38.08 per cent.
BJP leader Ram Madhav tweeted to congratulate the Telangana BJP unit on its victory.
Great showing by BJP in Telangana. Dubbak won by Raghunandan Rao of BJP despite most undemocratic behaviour by ruling TRS. BJP emerges as d lone alternative to TRS family raj. Hearty congrats to @bandisanjay_bjp and BJP Telangana
— Ram Madhav (@rammadhavbjp) November 10, 2020
"Thanks to those who voted for us in Dubbak. Thanks to those who tried for the victory of the party. The result did not come as we expected. We will analyse the results in-depth," India Today quoted state minister and working president of TRS KTR as saying.
The counting of votes began at 8 AM and was completed in 23 rounds.
The bypoll held on November 3 was necessitated due to the death of sitting TRS MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy in August this year due to health issues.
Though 20 others were also in the fray, the main contest was among the ruling TRS, BJP and Congress.
