Telangana Rashtra Samiti bags 12 out of 17 Lok Sabha seats

Hyderabad: Of the 119 Assembly seats, the TRS won 63, Congress 21, TD 15, followed by the MIM with seven seats, the BJP with five seats and the YSRC with three. The Left got two seats and others, three.

The TRS also won 12 LS seats out of 17, which could give it some clout at the Centre. The YSRC, Congress, TD, BJP and the MIM won one LS seat each.

The Congress, which agreed to the creation of the new state, was relegated to second place. Telangana PCC president Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Deputy CM Damodar Raja Narasimha, D. Srinivas, former Speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy, TPCC president V. Hanumantha Rao, and Sunitha Laxma Reddy all lost.

Mr Rao won from Gajwel Assembly constituency by a margin of 19,333 votes against his nearest TD rival V. Pratap Reddy. He also won the Medak Lok Sabha seat with a thumping majority. He said the Legislature Party will decide which seat he will retain.
All sitting TRS MLAs were returned. Former minister J. Geetha Reddy won the Zaheerabad seat, but by a narrow margin.

“People have shown huge confidence in us and we’ll discharge our duties to their satisfaction. We will strive for development of Bangaru Telangana with the cooperation of all sections of people,” said Mr Harish Rao.
Party MLA K.T. Rama Rao said, “We have no animosity against any party. I congratulate Narendra Modi and N. Chandrababu Naidu.”