Bypoll: TRS retains Medak Lok Sabha seat in Telangana

The ruling TRS again asserted its supremacy in Medak Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana with its nominee K Prabhakar Reddy winning the bypoll with a thumping majority of 3,61,277 votes.
He polled 5,71,800 votes, pushing Congress' V Sunita Laxma Reddy (2,10,523) and BJP's T Jayaprakash Reddy (1,86,334) to second and third positions.
The seat was vacated by K Chandrasekhar Rao after he became Chief Minister. Rao had won with a margin of 3.97 lakh votes, the May elections.
TRS maintained its lead from the first round which widened as the counting progressed.