Polling for the by-election to Medak Lok Sabha constituency has been slow and peaceful with some stray incidents of altercations between the supporters of TRS and Congress at a few places.
According to official reports, about 30 per cent polling was recorded till 11 am and about 40 per cent till 12 noon.
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, whose vacation of the seat necessitated the by-election, cast his vote along with his wife at Chintamadaka village, his native village, in Siddipet mandal of Medak district around 1 pm.
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He also visited his ancestral home in the village which was donated for a government school. Minister for Irrigation T. Harish Rao utilised his right to franchise at Siddipet and Congress candidate for the by-election.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate Kotha Prabhakar Reddy cast his vote Potaram in Dubbak mandal and Deputy Speaker M. Padma Devender Reddy at Konapuram in Ramayampet mandal.
Congress candidate V. Sunitha Laxma Reddy cast her vote at Gomaram village in Narsapur Assembly constituency, while BJP candidate T. Jayaprakash Reddy tendered his vote at Sangareddy.
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Scenes of voters queuing up at the polling stations were a rare sight as voters turned up sparsely in the forenoon. Polling personnel were seen sitting idle in some polling stations and the exercise was so slow that only about 12 to 18 per cent polling was recorded till 10.30 am.
Supporters of TRS and Congress parties clashed at Kothapet in Shivampet mandal, but the police intervened in time and dispersed them before the situation going out of control.
2014 Lok Sabha bypolls
| State | Constituencies | Key candidates |
|---|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | Mainpuri | Prem Singh Shakya (BJP), Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (SP), |
| Telangana | Medak | Jayaprakash Reddy T (BJP), Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy (INC), Kotha Prabhakar Reddy (TRS) |
| Gujarat | Vadodara | Ranjanaben Dhananjay Bhatt (BJP), Narendra Ambalal Ravat (INC), |
2014 Assembly bypolls
| State | Constituencies |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow (East), Charkhari, Sirathu, Balha, Rohania, Nighasan, Saharanpur city, Bijnore, Thalurdwara, Noida, and Hamirpur |
| West Bengal | Basirhat Dakshin, Chowringhee |
| Andhra Pradesh | Nandigama |
| Rajasthan | Nasirabad, Weir, Surajgarh, Kota (South) |
| Assam | Silchar, Lakhipur, Jamunamukh |
| Tripura | Manu |
| Chhatisgarh | Antagarh |
| Sikkim | Rangang-Yangang |
| Gujarat | Deesa, Maninagar, Tankara, Khambhalia, Mangrol, Talaja, Anand, Matar, Limkheda |