* After nine rounds: BJP 29,291, TRS 25,101, Congress 5,800
* After the eighth round: BJP 25,878, TRS 22,772, Congress 5,125
* BJP’s advantage is further reduced after the end of the seventh counting round
* After the sixth round: BJP – 20,226, TRS – 17,559, Congress – 3,254
* After the fifth round: BJP 16,517 votes, TRS 13,497 and Cong 2,724
* Final of the fourth round: BJP 13,055 TRS 10,371 and Congress 2,158
* Third round of counting: BJP- 2731, TRS -2607, Congress – 614
* BJP leads by 615 votes after two rounds of counting
* Second Round Leaders: BJP 1561, TRS 1287
* BJP leads by more than 340 votes against TRS in first round
* BJP leads after first counting round, TRS second while Congress is third
* 1,504 postal votes will be counted first. Voters over the age of 80 were given the option of using the postal vote option.
* Dubbak mandal counts to be taken first while Chegunta mandal will be last
* Vote counting begins
*While the ruling TRS hopes to retain the seat left vacant after the death of its incumbent lawmaker Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy, Congress and the BJP are also optimistic about the outcome. Solipeta Sujatha, wife of Ramalinga Reddy, was sent by TRS while BJP introduced M Raghunandan Rao and Congress nominated Cheruku Srinivas Reddy. While it was the third time that Raghunandan Rao has participated in an electoral contest, it was the first electoral battle for both Sujatha and Srinivas Reddy.
*However, the result of the poll will not affect the government, as the TRS has 100 seats out of 119 in the assembly.
*Turnout on November 3 was huge with 82% of 1.98 lakh voters exercising their right to vote.
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