Springing a surprise for the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Congress won the Patancheru division. Congress candidate defeated the TRS here. This was the lone seat won by the party in the 150-divsion GHMC. Mr. Shankar Yadav won the elections in the constituency being represented by TRS legislator Gudem Mahipal Reddy with a majority of 1,386 votes by getting 9,316 votes against 7,930 votes polled by TRS candidate. His winning was attributed to his personal charm of being close to the public.
At Ramachandrapuram and Bharati Nagar divisions, ruling party candidates Tota Anjaiah and Sindhu Reddy (daughter-in-law of MLC Bhupal Reddy) won with a majority of 5,600 and 168 respectively.
