Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi founder K Chandrasekhar Rao won the Gajwel constituency in Telangana, the Election Commission of India announced.
According to the Election Commission’s website, KCR won the Gajwel seat by a margin of 45,031 votes against his nearest rival Eatala Rajender of BJP after 23rd round of counting in the state. Eatala Rajender registered 66,653 and Thoomkunta Narsa Reddy of Congress got 32568 votes.
The BRS leader secured a total of 1,11,684 votes at the end of counting. He was seeking a third term as MLA from the Gajwel assembly seat in the southern state.
KCR was leading by 45,031 votes after the 23rd round of counting
KCR was leading by 42,100 votes after the 22nd round of counting
KCR was leading by 42,352 votes after the 22nd round of counting
KCR was leading by 32,560 votes after the eighteenth round of counting.
KCR was leading by 30,825 votes. after the seventeenth round of counting.
KCR was leading by 28,767 votes after the sixteenth round of counting.
KCR was leading by 23,853 votes after the fourteenth round of counting.
KCR was leading by 21,591 votes after the thirteenth round of counting.
KCR was leading by 20,224 votes after the twelfth round of counting.
KCR was leading by 16,917 votes after the tenth round of counting.
KCR was leading by 14,550 votes after the ninth round of counting.
KCR was leading by 11,714 votes after the eighth round of counting.
KCR was leading by 9,766 votes after the seventh round of counting
KCR was leading by 8,852 votes after the sixth round of counting.
KCR was leading by 7,028 votes after the fifth round of counting.
KCR was leading by 5777 votes after 4th round of counting.
KCR, who is also contesting from the Kamareddy constituency, was expected to face a stiff challenge this time from Congress’ Thumkunta Narsa Reddy and former loyalist turned rival from the BJP Etela Rajender.
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Gajwel was a panchayat seat till 2012, when it was upgraded to a nagara panchayat by three-gram panchayats and five other hamlets, reported PTI. The high-profile constituency has 2.75 lakh eligible voters and has seen the highest number of nominations in Telangana at 154 with many independent candidates filing nominations to highlight anger or resentment or unhappiness over issues like unemployment, farmers’ suicides, welfare schemes and the state government’s land records management system – Dharani portal, reported The South First.
Chief Minister KCR had first contested from the Gajwel seat in 2014 and secured a comfortable victory with 19,391 votes. In the 2018 assembly polls, the BRS chief won by an even bigger margin of 58,000 votes as his party (then TRS) swept the state with ease, with Congress coming a distant second.
Addressing a public meeting in Gajwel on the last day of campaigning on Tuesday, KCR said (as quoted by The Indian Express), “Siddipet was my bastion during the Telangana movement but Gajwel became my bastion after it elected me as MLA and sent me as the first CM of the state. I crossed a lot of hurdles with the hope to see a better future for Telangana. I thank the people of Gajwel for giving me the opportunity to serve them and hope to continue receiving their blessings,”
Meanwhile, State BJP chief and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy has claimed that CM KCR will lose in both the assembly constituencies. He said, “It is certain that KCR will lose in Gajwel and Kamareddy also. With the sole objective of defeating the BJP candidate in Kamareddy, (AICC former chief) Rahul Gandhi fielded (TPCC chief) Revanth Reddy. In order to save KCR from the defeat, and divide anti-BRS votes in Kamareddy, Congress conspired,”
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