Hyderabad: Congress candidate Naveen Yadav registered an impressive victory in the Jubilee Hills Assembly bypoll in Telangana, defeating his nearest rival and Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s Maganti Sunitha Gopinath by a margin of nearly 25,000 votes.

Celebrations began in Hyderabad early as Naveen’s lead reached around 20,000 votes after eight rounds of counting. His lead stood at 24,729 when all 10 rounds of counting were completed around 2.30 pm, according to the Election Commission website.

Yadav garnered 98,988 votes, while Sunitha polled 74,259. Deepak Reddy Lankala of the

Bharatiya Janata Party was at the third position with 17,061 votes. Show Full Article

Naveen contested Jubilee Hills twice before, in 2014 as an AIMIM candidate and in 2018 as an Independent.

The bypoll, conducted o

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