Dalit vote bank of Congress on the wane
Hyderabad: The dalit vote bank of Congress in the state seems to have been breached by the YSR Congress Party.
Of the four reserved seats, three SC and one ST, that went for by-polls, the Congress forfeited deposits in two SC and one ST segments.
Its candidates were poor third in all the three conceding second position to Telugu Desam. The fact that it bagged all the four seats in 2009 shows how serious the losses are this time.
In Payakaraopeta (SC) of Visakhapatnam district, Golla Babu Rao of YSR Congress coasted to victory by polling 41.77 percent of votes. He got a majority of a little over 14 thousand votes over his nearest Telugu Desam rival, Chengala Venkata Rao (33.3 percent votes) leaving behind the Congress candidate G Sumana (19.6 percent votes) in third position, retaining her deposit.
However,in Polavaram (ST) of West Godavari district, T Balaraju of YSRCP posted a decisive victory by getting 53.8 per cent votes over his nearest TDP rival M Srinivas (30 percent) with a majority of 35, 767 votes. The Congress candidate N Parvathi forfeited her deposit as she polled only 10.7 per cent votes.
The YSRCP candidate M Sucharita won in Prathipadu( SC ) of Guntur by polling 48.7 percent votes over her nearest TDP rival K Veeraiah (39.4 percent) with a comfortable majority of 16, 779 votes. The Congress candidate and former President of State Youth Congress Sudhakar Babu was a poor third by polling 8.8 per cent votes and lost his deposit.
News Posted: 17 June, 2012
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