Telugu Desam Party won the Nandyal byelection with a huge margin surpassing all the expectations. The ruling party candidate candidate Bhuma Bramananda Reddy,32, won the Nandyal bypoll with 27,466 majority. Though the election campaign was fiery, the result was
one-sided in favour of TDP.
TDP polled 97106 votes while Opposition candidate Silpa Mohan Reddy polled 69640 votes. Congress polled over thousand votes. TDP candidate had the lead in all rounds except the 16th round.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu expressed happiness over TDP’s victory with a good majority. He hoped that in the future, people will be on their side and said that he has confidence that people will extend cooperation to the ruling party .
TDP was lead in all the three areas of Nandyal Rural with 13056 votes, Nandyal Urban with 12309 and 1788 votes in Gospadu. The Cycle party marched into YSRCP’s strong hold Gospadu graciously.
Minister Nara Lokesh Thanked the people of Nandyal for believing in development agenda and giving a fitting reply to criminal politics of the opposition party.
Nandyal bypoll was required after MLA Bhuma Nagi Reddy died of a heart attack in March2017. He switched loyalties from YSRCP and joined the TDP in 2016.
| Round | TDP | YSRCP | Congress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5477 (lead 1198) | 4279 | 69 |
| 2 | 10,637 (lead 1634) | 7679 | 142 |
| 3 | 17,695 (lead 3113) | 11624 | 211 |
| 4 | 24,162 (lead 3597) | 14492 | 278 |
| 5 | 31117 (lead 3492) | 17955 | 305 |
| 6 | 37278 (lead 3303) | 20813 | 305 |
| 7 | 42331 (lead 547) | 25,125 | 362 |
| 8 | 46563 (lead 348) | 29,123 | 372 |
| 9 | 50872(lead 879) | 32553 | 431 |
| 10 | 55514 (lead 1486) | 35709 | 633 |
| 11 | 59452 (lead 604) | 39191 | 687 |
| 12 | 65081 (lead 1580) | 43240 | 738 |
| 13 | 70771 (lead 1460) | 47470 | 738 |
| 14 | 75943 (lead 1304) | 51338 | 898 |
| 15 | 81713 (lead 1442) | 55666 | 975 |
| 16 | 86276 | 61198 (lead 654) | 975 |
| 17 | 91439 (lead 915) | 65446 | 1064 |
| 18 | 96185 (lead 506) | 69156 | 1153 |
| 19 | 97106 (lead 367) | 60710 | 1153 |
