TDP retains Nandigama assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh

The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh has retained Nandigama assembly seat.

TDP candidate T. Soumya defeated Babu Rao of Congress party by over 70,000 votes.

Soumya is daughter of T. Prabhakar Rao, whose death caused the byelection.

In the bypoll held Saturday 70 percent of 1.84 lakh votes had cast votes in the constituency located in Krishna district in coastal Andhra.