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Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

TRS-Congress alliance reaps rich dividends

By N. Rahul

HYDERABAD, MAY 11. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Congress alliance has clicked well in Telangana to guide the parties to a convincing victory over the TDP-BJP combine.

The two parties bagged 74 of the 107 Assembly seats and the Left parties with 10 seats, bolstered the tally of Congress and its allies in the region. Four Congress rebels from Mahabubnagar district and two candidates who were denied ticket by the Congress also won on the Janata Party ticket. The Majlis-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (MIM) with its four seats is also treated as a Congress friend.

The strength of the TDP-BJP came down from 50 to 12 as 10 of the 13 Ministers who contested also lost. The TDP drew a blank in Medak and Nizamabad districts while it won only one seat each in Adilabad, Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda. The BJP fared much worse as it won a lone seat out of the 16 it contested. The party had won eight seats in the last elections.

The showing of the Congress was particularly good as it won 48 of the 54 seats it contested while the share of TRS was 26.

The district-wise breakup of seats won by various parties in the region is, Adilabad : Cong - 5, TDP - 1 and TRS - 3; Karimnagar - Cong - 4, TDP - 2, TRS - 5, CPI - 1 and Janata Party - 1; Warangal - Cong - 5, TDP - 2 and TRS - 6; Nizamabad - Cong - 6 and TRS - 3; Mahaboobnagar - Cong - 7, TDP - 1, TRS - 1 and Independents - 4; Nalgonda - Cong - 6, TDP - 1, TRS - 1, CPI - 2 and CPI(M) - 2; Khammam - Cong - 4, CPI - 1, CPI(M) - 3 and CPI(ML) - 1; Medak - Cong - 5, TRS - 4 and Janata Party - 1; Ranga Reddy - Cong - 2, TDP - 2, TRS - 1 and CPI(M) - 1; Hyderabad - Cong - 4, TDP - 2, TRS - 2, BJP - 1 and MIM - 4.

There was not a single independent from the region in the dissolved House but four of them have won this time. The strength of women has remained the same with nine of them getting elected.

The TRS rode the crest of Telangana wave in Warangal and Karimnagar districts where it won 11 seats in all. The party also did well in winning all the three seats it contested in Nizamabad and four of the five seats in Medak. The party has come a long way since its formation in April 2001.

Telangana which was a forgotten issue after the 1971 general elections surfaced for the first time now. The Telangana Praja Samithi (TPS) had won 10 of the 14 seats it contested for the Parliament in the region at that time but the party merged with the Congress subsequently.

The strength of the Congress came down from nine to six in Nalgonda, while it went up from four to seven in Mahabubnagar. The party also improved its tally from one to four in the city.

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