Andhra Pradesh By-poll

The counting of votes for the by-polls to 4 Lok Sabha seats - one each in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu - and 13 assembly seats across 11 states is being held. The results will be out along with those of the state assembly polls.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the date for the biennial elections in Maharashtra and a by-poll in Andhra Pradesh.

The by-election in Andhra Pradesh's Nandyal was won through threats and bribes, said the YSR Congress, which lost by a massive margin to Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party. YSRC chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said though they got "punched" today, they will also get a chance to reciprocate.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party is leading by a big margin in the bitterly fought Nandyal assembly by-election, with its candidate Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy ahead by over 26,000 votes after 15 rounds of counting this morning

The Election Commission today announced that by-elections to fill four vancancies in Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Delhi legislative assemblies will be held on August 23.

Moderate to high turnout marked the by-elections held in 36 Lok Sabha and assembly seats spread across ten states in an exercise seen as yet another key test of Narendra Modi government's popularity since it assumed power in May. As polling began, the PM in a tweet, urged voters "across the country today to vote in large numbers".

Coming out in support of the NDA, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Monday that the bypolls were not a "true reflection" of the reality.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today comfortably won the by-election from Avanigadda Assembly seat in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh.

The Election Commission on Friday announced that by-polls for Mandya and Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka and Avanigadda Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh will be held on August 21.

The frequent bye-elections in Andhra Pradesh, five times since the 2009 assembly and Lok Sabha polls, are putting substantial burden on the public exchequer. According to official sources, the cumulative cost of all the five by-polls is about Rs 70 crore.

On a day the party her husband heads won 15 out of 18 assembly seats and the Nellore Lok Sabha, Jagan Mohan Reddy's wife, Bharathi Reddy, says they just took things as they came. "People must be thinking we worked on some master strategy to come to this day but there is absolutely nothing like that. We just took it as it came and reacted to whateve...

The YSR Congress registered a resounding victory in the by-election for the Nellore Lok Sabha constituency with Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy trouncing Congress' T Subbarami Reddy by a massive margin of 2.91 lakh votes on Friday.

Jagan Mohan Reddy's mother, wife, sister and brother-in-law are at Chanchalguda jail right now; family celebrations are in order despite the somber settings. The YSR Congress is close to sweeping the Andhra Pradesh by-elections so big that it has not even spared the Congress its Nellore Lok Sabha seat.

Jagan Mohan Reddy may be in jail but all eyes in Andhra Pradesh are on him and the YSR Congress. Counting has begun across 12 districts in the state for one Lok Sabha and 18 assembly seats.

Counting for 18 assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh will take place today. YSR Congress, whose leader Jagan Mohan Reddy is in jail, is expected to sweep the by-polls. Here's a look at some of the candidates who are YSR Congress' best hopes for victory.

The counting of votes for the by-polls to 4 Lok Sabha seats - one each in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu - and 13 assembly seats across 11 states is being held. The results will be out along with those of the state assembly polls.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the date for the biennial elections in Maharashtra and a by-poll in Andhra Pradesh.

The by-election in Andhra Pradesh's Nandyal was won through threats and bribes, said the YSR Congress, which lost by a massive margin to Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party. YSRC chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said though they got "punched" today, they will also get a chance to reciprocate.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party is leading by a big margin in the bitterly fought Nandyal assembly by-election, with its candidate Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy ahead by over 26,000 votes after 15 rounds of counting this morning

The Election Commission today announced that by-elections to fill four vancancies in Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Delhi legislative assemblies will be held on August 23.

Moderate to high turnout marked the by-elections held in 36 Lok Sabha and assembly seats spread across ten states in an exercise seen as yet another key test of Narendra Modi government's popularity since it assumed power in May. As polling began, the PM in a tweet, urged voters "across the country today to vote in large numbers".

Coming out in support of the NDA, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Monday that the bypolls were not a "true reflection" of the reality.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today comfortably won the by-election from Avanigadda Assembly seat in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh.

The Election Commission on Friday announced that by-polls for Mandya and Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka and Avanigadda Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh will be held on August 21.

The frequent bye-elections in Andhra Pradesh, five times since the 2009 assembly and Lok Sabha polls, are putting substantial burden on the public exchequer. According to official sources, the cumulative cost of all the five by-polls is about Rs 70 crore.

On a day the party her husband heads won 15 out of 18 assembly seats and the Nellore Lok Sabha, Jagan Mohan Reddy's wife, Bharathi Reddy, says they just took things as they came. "People must be thinking we worked on some master strategy to come to this day but there is absolutely nothing like that. We just took it as it came and reacted to whateve...

The YSR Congress registered a resounding victory in the by-election for the Nellore Lok Sabha constituency with Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy trouncing Congress' T Subbarami Reddy by a massive margin of 2.91 lakh votes on Friday.

Jagan Mohan Reddy's mother, wife, sister and brother-in-law are at Chanchalguda jail right now; family celebrations are in order despite the somber settings. The YSR Congress is close to sweeping the Andhra Pradesh by-elections so big that it has not even spared the Congress its Nellore Lok Sabha seat.

Jagan Mohan Reddy may be in jail but all eyes in Andhra Pradesh are on him and the YSR Congress. Counting has begun across 12 districts in the state for one Lok Sabha and 18 assembly seats.

Counting for 18 assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh will take place today. YSR Congress, whose leader Jagan Mohan Reddy is in jail, is expected to sweep the by-polls. Here's a look at some of the candidates who are YSR Congress' best hopes for victory.