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Huzurnagar: Telangana Rashtra Samithi Wrests Seat from Congress

Sentinel Digital Desk

Hyderabad: The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Thursday wrested the Huzurnagar Assembly seat from the Congress with a huge majority of over 43,000 votes. S. Saidi Reddy of Telangana Rashtra Samithi defeated his nearest rival Padmavathi Reddy of Congress by 43,233 votes in what turned out to be a one-sided contest, proving wrong all predictions of a close fight. In the first by-poll since retaining power with a landslide majority in December 2018, the TRS scored an impressive victory by polling 1,12,796 votes out of 2,00,239 votes polled. Saidi Reddy secured 56.45 percent votes. (IANS)