Medak Bypoll: TRS leading after first round of counting

The ruling TRS has established an early lead in the counting of votes for by-election to Medak Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana as per initial trends.

TRS candidate K Prabhakar Reddy was ahead of his nearest Congress rival V Sunita Laxma Reddy by 18,443 votes after the first round of counting.

BJP candidate T Jayaprakash Reddy was trailing his TRS and Congress rivals.

TRS got 32,394 votes, Congress and BJP 13,951 and 7014 in the first round.