YSR Cong wins 9 Assembly seats in AP bypolls

The YSR Congress, led by YSR Jaganmohan Reddy who is in jail in connection with a disproportionate assets case, emerged victorious in Narasannapet, Payakaraopet, Prathipadu, Polavaram, Rajampet, Kodur, Rayachoti, Allagadda, Yemmiganur assembly segments, official sources said.

The consolation for Congress came from Narasapuram and Ramachandrapuram.

The YSRCP candidates were leading by comfortable margins in six other Assembly seats.

In the Nellore Lok Sabha seat, YSRCP candidate M Rajamohan Reddy was leading by a margin of 12,0352 votes over his nearest Congress rival T Subbirami Reddy till the completion of seventh round.

In Parkal, the lone Assembly seat in Telangana region, the TRS was leading by a slender margin of 401 votes after the completion of 18th round. MORE