TRS makes significant gains in south Telangana

May 17, 2014 12:42 am | Updated 12:42 am IST - HYDERABAD:

The TRS made valuable gains in south Telangana districts comprising Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Ranga Reddy and Hyderabad districts, winning 18 out of 55 Assembly seats. Otherwise, the party did not win a single seat in these districts in 2009.

The TRS won seven seats in Mahbubnagar, six in Nalgonda, four in Ranga Reddy and one in Hyderabad this time.

In north Telangana, the TRS won seven out of ten Assembly seats in Adilabad, all nine in Nizamabad, 12 out of 13 in Karimnagar, eight out of 10 in Medak and eight out of 12 seats in Warangal. The party also opened its account in Khammam where it won the Kothagudem seat with former Chief Minister Jalagam Vengal Rao’s son Venkat Rao emerging a winner.

The prominent losers of TRS include sitting MLAs -- S. Venugopalachary at Mudhole in Adilabad, G. Jaipal Yadav at Kalwakurthy in Mahbubnagar, Satyavathi Rathod at Dornakal in Warangal, K. Harishwar Reddy at Parigi and K.S. Ratnam at Chevella in Ranga Reddy district. K. Shankaramma, mother of Srikantha Chary who burnt himself to death demanding separate Telangana, also lost at Huzurnagar in Nalgonda district.

The party suffered a major loss in Parliament elections with the defeat of sitting MP Manda Jagannatham at Nagarkurnool.

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