Except One, All Ministers Lost in Andhra Pradesh

Vijayawada: How strong is the anti-incumbency wave against Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his Cabinet can be gauged from the fact that all except lost their seats.

The YSRC hoped women ministers would win with good margins but all those hopes were shattered.

Jagan Mohan Reddy regained the Pulivendula Assembly seat with 61,687 votes against his nearest Telugu Desam rival M. Ravindranath Reddy (B. Tech Ravi). Jagan got 1,16,315 votes which is 61.38 per cent of the total votes but his margin plummeted this time.

He won the Pulivendula election with 90,110 votes in the 2019 election.

Minister for forest and mines Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy is all set to win the election from Punganur Assembly constituency.

He was leading with 6,095 votes against his nearest rival of TD Challa Ramachandra Reddy. Barring Ramachandra Reddy, no other minister leading during the counting of votes.

YSRC cabinet ministers Dharmana Prasada Rao, Dr Seediri Appalaraju, P. Rajanna Dora, Botcha Satyanarayana, Gudivada Amarnath, B. Mutyala Naidu, Dadisetti Raja, P. Vishwaroop, Chelluboina Venu Gopala Krishna, Kottu Satyanarayana, Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao, Taneti Vanitha, Jogi Ramesh, Ambati Rambabu, Vidadala Rajini, Adimulapu Suresh, Merugu Nagarjuna, R.K. Roja, S.B. Amzath Basha, Buggana Rajendranath Reddy, and K.V. Usha Sricharan faced humiliating defeats in their respective Assembly constituencies.

Interestingly, big and foul mouth YSRC leaders like Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao alias Nani faced a humiliating defeat in the Gudivada Assembly constituency. He walked out of the counting centre due to inevitable defeat as a result of trailing behind in the votes counting. Similarly, former minister and YSRC Perni Venkataramaiah alias Nani who was famous as big mouth, fielded his son Perni Kittu as YSRC MLA candidate from Machilipatnam Assembly segment disappointed with the voting trends and Perni Kittu also went out from the Machlipatnam counting centre.

Ambati Rambabu, who used to be at the forefront of criticising the Opposition parties, lost in the Sattenapalli Assembly Constituency. Similarly, former minister and MLA Dr P. Anil Kumar Yadav who was also aggressive against the Opposition faced defeat in the Narasaraopet MP seat.