Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy cast his vote in the by-election to the Telangana Legislative Council at the Mahabubnagar local authorities’ constituency on Thursday. As an ex-officio member in his capacity as the MLA from Kodangal, Revanth Reddy cast his vote in his home constituency. Representatives of the local bodies exercised their franchise at 10 polling stations in the erstwhile Mahabubnagar district on Thursday.
The polling, which began at 8 am, concluded at 4 pm. A total of 1,439 voters, including municipal councillors, MPTCs, ZPTCs, and ex-officio members were eligible to cast their votes.
The by-election is witnessing a direct fight between Manney Jeevan Reddy of the ruling Congress and N Naveen Kumar Reddy of the main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). An Independent candidate -- Sudershan Goud -- is also in the fray. Fearing poaching of their elected representatives, the Congress and the BRS had shifted them to Karnataka, Kerala, and Goa.
