The Congress won 14 of the 19 SC reserved seats and nine of the 12 ST seats in the Telangana Assembly elections.
The Congress party has secured victory in 21 out of the 29 SC-ST Reserved seats in Telangana, contributing to its overall success of winning 64 seats out of the total 119. (Supplied)
The Congress has won 23 out of the 31 SC/ST reserved seats in Telangana, accounting for more than a third of its overall tally of 64 seats in the 119-member state Assembly
Of the 19 SC reserved constituencies, the Congress emerged victorious in 14, while the BRS won five.
Interestingly, the BJP did not win any of the reserved seats, even though its candidate came second in the Secunderabad Cantonment seat.
Among the 12 ST candidates, the Congress outperformed the BRS by winning nine seats, while the BRS settled for three. Once again, the BJP failed to secure any of the ST reserved seats. However, its candidate in Boath, Adilabad MP Soyam Bapu Rao finished second to the BRS.
Incidentally, though the BRS named the state Secretariat after Dr BR Ambedkar, installed the tallest Ambedkar statue in the world near it, and named a tribal district, Kumaram Bheem, it fared poorly in the SC/ST constituencies.
Senior Congress Dalit leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka won the Madhira (SC) constituency, defeating L Kamal Raju of the BRS by a comfortable margin of 35,000 votes.
Known to be close to Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Vikramarka is a prominent figure in the state Congress and was speculated to be the chief minister’s choice if the Congress emerged victorious in this election. He gained prominence by organising a People’s March from Madhira to Khammam as part of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.
In Chennur, Gaddam Vivekanand, a former BJP leader and the wealthiest candidate in Telangana, secured a win for the Congress against two-time BRS MLA Balka Suman. Similarly, in Bellampalli, Congress candidate Gaddam Vinod, brother of Vivekanand, defeated BRS candidate Durgam Chinnaiah.
The Jukkal constituency witnessed Laxmi Kantha Rao Thota’s victory over Hanmanth Sindhe of the BRS by just over 1,000 votes. However, in Dharmapuri, Congress veteran Adluri Laxman Kumar, who had previously lost three times to BRS’s Koppula Eshwar (a minister in the KCR government), lost the seat this time.
Choppadandi saw Congress candidate Medipally Sathyam emerging victorious, pipping Ravi Shankar Sunke by a margin of over 37,000 votes. In Manakondur, Congress candidate Dr K Satyanarayan won the seat against BRS candidate E Balakishan Rasamayi by 32,000 votes.
In Andole, C Damodar Rajanarsimha of the Congress defeated BRS candidate Ch. Kranthi Kiran by over 28,000 votes. Vikarabad saw Gaddam Prasad Kumar of the Congress defeating BRS candidate Dr. Anand Methuku by 11,000 votes.
In Achampet, Congress’s Ch. Vamshi Krishna defeated G Balaraju of the BRS by 49,000 votes. Narekal saw Congress candidate Vemula Veeresham defeating Ch. Lingaiah of the BRS by a significant margin of 69,000 votes.
In Thungathurthi, Congress candidate Mandula Samel routed Gadari Kishore Kumar of the BRS by more than 50,000 votes. In Sathupalle, Congress candidate Matta Ragamayee emerged victorious, defeating Sandra Venkata Veeraiah by a margin of 18,000 votes.
In Waradhanapet, Congress candidate KR Nagaraj K emerged victorious by defeating BRS candidate Adoori Ramesh by over 15,000 votes.
The BRS won five SC reserved seats. Kadiyam Srihari of the BRS emerged victorious in the Ghanpur Station constituency, defeating his nearest rival Indira Singapuram of the Congress by a margin of 7,000 votes. Srihari, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana (2014-2018), had previously held ministerial positions in the cabinets of NT Rama Rao and Chandrababu Naidu. Additionally, he had served as a Member of Parliament from Warangal in 2014.
In Zahirabad, BRS candidate K Manikrao defeated A Chandrasekhar by around 13,000 votes.
The Chevella constituency saw BRS candidate Kale Yadaiah winning by a narrow margin of 268. The Congress’s Been Bharath Pamena came second.
In Alampur, BRS candidate Vijayudu, who was given the B form on the last day and replaced the current MLA, defeated Dr SA Sampath Kumar of the Congress by a margin of over 30,000 votes.
In the Secunderabad Cantonment constituency, BRS veteran G Sayanna, who passed away early in the year, was succeeded by his daughter Lasya Nanditha Sayanna, who defeated BJP’s Sriganesh N.
In Aswaraopeta, Congress candidate Adinarayana Jare defeated BRS candidate Mecha Nageswara Rao by a margin of around 29,000 votes.
The Wyra constituency witnessed Congress candidate Ramdas Maloth’s defeating BRS candidate Madanlal Banoth by a margin of 33,000 votes.
In Yellandu, Congress candidate Koram Kanakaiah won by a margin of over 57,000 votes. Banoth Hari Priya of the BRS came second.
The Pinapaka constituency saw Congress candidate Payam Venkateswarlu defeating BRS candidate Kantha Rao Rega by a margin of 34,000 votes.
In Mulug, Congress veteran and former Naxalite Danasari Anasuya, popularly known as Seethaka, secured a win for the fourth time, defeating the daughter of a Naxalite and BRS leader Nagajyothi Bade by a margin of 33,000 votes.
Mahabubabad witnessed Congress candidate Dr. Murli Naik Bhukya defeating Banoth Shankar Naik of BRS by 50,000 votes.
In Dornakal, Congress candidate Jatoth Ram Chander Naik emerged victorious by defeating BRS candidate D Redya Naik by 50,000 votes.
In Khanapur, Congress candidate Vedma Bhojju, a farm leader, defeated US returnee Johnson Naik Bhukya of the BRS by a margin of around 5,000 votes.
In Deverkonda, Congress candidate Balu Naik Nenavath secured victory by defeating BRS candidate Ravindra Kumar Ramavath by a comfortable margin of 30,000 votes.
In Boath, BRS candidate Anil Jadhav defeated Adilabad MP and BJP leader Soyam Bapurao by a margin of 22,000 votes.
In Asifabad, BRS candidate Kova Laxmi emerged victorious by defeating Congress candidate Ajmera Shyam with a margin of 22,000 votes.
In Bhadrachalam, BRS candidate Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao defeated Congress candidate Podem Veeraiah by over 5,000 votes.
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