Polling for Tirupati Assembly bye-election being held today

More than 2.94 lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes at 256 polling centres in the constituency in Chittoor district. Elaborate security arrangements have been made to ensure free and fair elections. More than 1,800 policemen have been deployed across the constituency.

For the first time, the election authorities have made arrangements for web casting and video recording in all the polling



stations.

The bye-election was necessitated after the death of sitting legislator M Venkatramna of ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP). The party has fielded his wife M Suguna.

Though there are 13 candidates in the fray, it is a direct fight between Suguna and Congress party`s R Sreedevi. Main opposition YSR Congress Party has not fielded its candidate and its Tirupati unit has even extended support to Suguna as some independent candidates were claiming that they enjoy YSR Congress Party`s support.

Both the parties have extended support for unanimous election of their candidates in the by-elections held for Nandigama and Allagadda constituencies during last couple of months.