Telangana polls: Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader KT Rama Rao wins from Sircilla constituency

BRS Working President KT Rama Rao on Sunday won from the Sircilla constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly elections.

KT Rama Rao, the son of party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, defeated his nearest rival -- Congress candidate KK Mahender Reddy -- by 29,687 votes.

T Harish Rao, the finance minister in the outgoing Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government, won from Siddipet with a thumping majority of 82,308 votes.

The BRS, with victories in 39 of the 119 seats in the assembly, suffered a crushing defeat to the Congress, which bagged 64.

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