Jagan emerges numero uno, get 15 of 18 seats

Hyderabad: Jailed MP and Y S R Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy’s Magic has sweeped out congress in Andhra Pradesh by-poll, bagging 15 of the 18 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat.
Congress only manages to get two assembly seats, while Telugu Desam faced a complete rout drawing a blank. The39-year-old Kadapa MP is fighting a bitter public battle with the Congress over his father and late chief minister Y S Rajsekhara Reddy’s political legacy.
In the by-polls, touted as the “semi-finals” ahead of the 2014 Assembly elections, the TRS managed to scrape through with a slender margin of 1,562 votes in Parkal, the lone assembly seat in Telangana region, as it faced a close contest from the nominee of the 15-month-old YSRCP.
With Friday’s results, the Congress saw its majority reduced to just seven seats having 155 MLAs in a House of 294. The YSRCP tally increased to 17.
The victory of YSR Congress also has much significant as, the Congress lost deposits in four constituencies. Finally, the Congress lost 14 seats as it held 16 seats, won in 2009. The other two were won by PRP in 2009 but now fell in the YSRC kitty. The TRS gained one more seat Parkal, thanks to the by-election.
YSRC’s M Rajamohan Reddy won the Nellore Lok Sabha seat defeating high-profile T Subbirami Reddy of Congress by a margin of 2,91,745 votes.
It was also a loss of face for actor-turned-politician K Chiranjeevi as the YSRC wrested the Tirupati Assembly seat he vacated upon his election to Rajya Sabha in March.
Lodged in the Chanchalguda prison as an undertrial in the disproportionate assets case against him, Jagan sent out a clear warning signal to the Congress that he will be its nemesis in the next elections as people are solidly behind him
“This is a god-given victory… a victory yearned by the people,” YSRC honorary president and Pulivendula MLA YS Vijaya exclaimed as the fledgling outfit emerged as a potent force in the state politics.
“This is a victory of the people and of democracy,” she said after meeting her son in the prison, adding that people of the state did not forget her late husband and former Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
Jagan’s sister Sharmila, who proved to be the YSRC’s trump card in the election campaign in his absence, noted, “Anna (elder brother) is very happy about the results. It’s unfortunate that he is unable to enjoy it.”
She added that the YSRC would sweep the elections in 2014 and Jagan would become the Chief Minister.