Telugu Desam Party candidate Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy won the Nandyal Assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh, defeating his nearest rival from the YSR Congress rival Silpa Mohan Reddy, by over 27,000 votes.
The constituency recorded a polling percentage of around 85% on Wednesday surpassing the previous high of 73.84% in the 1983 elections.
The TDP and YSRCP parties went the whole hog against each other in their campaigns, which marked vitriolic remarks, slander, claims and counter claims. The ruling party deployed a host of Ministers, MPs, MLAs and several corporation chairmen, while the YSRC too pressed into service most of its MLAs and important leaders for campaigning. Both parties lodged a plethora of complaints against each other.