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BJP's Baddam Balreddy demands repolling in Karwan (Hyderabad Old city constituency)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owR3oIN9VLM

MIM resorted to massive rigging and booth capturing in around 60 polling stations by bribing police and other officials
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A large number of names are missing from the voter lists around 100000 in Vizag and it seems YSRCP has brought around 300 goons for rigging to Vizag.

http://deccan-journal.com/content/more- ... sing-vizag
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Jagan is going all out in typical mafia style.Rigging and Goondagiri on one hand and other hand this

Shocking: Currency Notes in Sakshi Paper?
YSR Congress candidates have been resorting to bribery for winning the upcoming polls at any cost as it is now or never battle.

In few districts including Chittoor, Currency Notes (Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000) have been found in the Sakshi newspaper distributed to the households. Even those houses which don't get Sakshi paper on daily basis received the newspaper with cash.

On the other hand, YSR Congress Candidates are reportedly using Sakshi Media Vehicles and Ambulances to move cash and liquor from one place to the other. Until now, 6 people have died, few lost their eye-sight and some others complained about their inability to move their hands & legs after consuming the cheap liquor served by YSRC Candidates. In several places all over Seemandhra, YSRC Leaders were caught distributing fake currency notes to the voters. It's high time voters realize the power of vote and voluntarily reject such bribery!

On Tuesday, TDP MPs Nama Nageswara Rao and Ramesh Rathod complained to the Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath and Election Commissioner HS Brahma about the illegal practices of YSR Congress to lure the voters. They also alleged that police are not taking appropriate action against YSR Congress candidates who are grossly violating the election code and demanded stern action on those found guilty.
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Vizag, NDA will win. It is no more close. No person who is educated is voting ysr.
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I am hearing some ominous news from BJP sympathisers in Bangalore. Rayalseema people, particularly lower middle class and underclass, are leaving in droves to vote for YCP. YCP cadres gave money to poor in Rayalseema, and have seized ration cards from them. The people can get back their ration cards only after everyone in the families have voted, which is why everyone from Bangalore is going to their native places in SA. I don't know if this is corroborated by other sources on the ground. Can anyone confirm?
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bhavani wrote:A large number of names are missing from the voter lists around 100000 in Vizag and it seems YSRCP has brought around 300 goons for rigging to Vizag.

http://deccan-journal.com/content/more- ... sing-vizag
I know several families who are living at the same address for the last 40 years are mysteriously missing from the voters list. There is nothing they can do now. Regarding the goons, the rumor is that several hotels in the city are inundated with goons from Cudapah. Their main mission seems to be the distribution of money. There seems to be a clear case of class war in the elections. YSRCP support lies in people of lower income families and that of TDP lies in middle class. If the voting percentage don't hit above 70, it is hard for TDP to win this race.
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nageshks wrote:I am hearing some ominous news from BJP sympathisers in Bangalore. Rayalseema people, particularly lower middle class and underclass, are leaving in droves to vote for YCP. YCP cadres gave money to poor in Rayalseema, and have seized ration cards from them. The people can get back their ration cards only after everyone in the families have voted, which is why everyone from Bangalore is going to their native places in SA. I don't know if this is corroborated by other sources on the ground. Can anyone confirm?
The scoundrel Jagan will receive the same fate as his sinful father. This time Lord Venkateswara will take care of him again like the way he took care of YSR
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On the ground TDP is also spending the hell out of world. If the % cross 70+, no chance of YCP. But it is all real hardwork for BJP+TDP.
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Muppalla wrote:Vizag, NDA will win. It is no more close. No person who is educated is voting ysr.
Good news if it turns out that way. Decent voters should out-vote drunkard, convert, and corrupted voters.

Amalapuram may go to TDP too. Looks like MP Harsh Kumar from JSP splits YCP so TDP can sail through. YCP strong possibilities still are Kadapa, Rajampeta, Nellore, and Nandyala only. TDP+BJP has potential to sweep rest of Coastal.

However coming to MLAs, in some constituencies Congi MLA nominees gave up either secretly or openly and are asking their voters to vote for YCP. YCP advantages that TDP-BJP should beat are:

- YSR corrupt money
- Corrupted contestants money
- Money to lower class
- Money from EJs
- EJ Converts
- Money to non-lower class to not to got for voting.
- Goondaism
- Rigging
- EVM manipulation if it is possible
- Congress voters
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The following 30 second audio clip was sent as a Voice SMS to over 4 Lakh voters in 4 BJP Constituencies in Andhra Pradesh. Its an appeal to vote for Modi from NRIs in the US. The message is in Telugu with a NaMo mantra in the background

Hope you all enjoy it!

If some Telugu speaking person can translate it, it would be great! I had written the English version of it, but it could have been modified to suit Telugu. I'd love to see what the words were

The voice is that of the wife of one of the GIBV volunteers

https://soundcloud.com/telugudesam/telugu-namo

Just tweeted the link to the above. Plz RT: https://twitter.com/VogonPoem/status/463901258735054848
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As far as election day atmospherics go....why in the world did CBN not change his voting constituency to a residence in the state he intends to govern.
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Sachin Reddy ‏@snsachinnandu 33m
Kakinada, Rajahmundry, Vaizag, Eluru YCP trailing everywhere in Heart of Costa! Displayed in their desperation in Seema!
Bala ‏@Bala406 34m
So...Trend is Uniform...It seems...TDP all the way!!
pridhviraj rayasam ‏@rajrayasam 20m
Chandrababu Naidu, in a teleconference with his leaders from Hyderabad, asks them to resist YSRCP workers if they resort to rigging.
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Translation: Votes not sold in this house. Kudos!
From a house in Palakolu, W godavari distt, kosta.
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My Sister in law gets down in a railway station near Vizag and 3 guys run to her one after another. First placed 1000 rupees in her hand, next guy 500 and the third guy placed 300. Blijj to guess which 3 parties based on the amounts mentioned above.

Needless to say, my SIL deposited the money in the hundi of the nearest temple. Now the AP Hajj fund has 1800 added to it.
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I will check the 1000 and 500 rupee notes for fakes :)
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300 rupee note ???
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AP(Seemandhra) going for record turnout.
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^^We're staring at 70%+ turout this time in SA...

Historic. Should ensure NDA sweep, IMO. This is HUGE folks. YCP is having to resort to stone pelting, disturbances and what not in its seema strongholds, reports say. Hurrah. Modi will loose onleee. :(( :((
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krishnan wrote:300 rupee note ???
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There is a sabotage in AP from police and EC. The YCP goons are not getting arrested.
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Current updates Ananthapuram-66%, srikakulam- 63%, vijayanagaram-65%, visakapatnam-57%, Krishan -63%, Guntur 67%, Prakash-62%, Nellore-63%, Chittot-61%, Kadapa-65%, Kurnool-63%,west Godavari-67%.

Looks like the polling might reach 80%
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vivek.rao wrote:Current updates Ananthapuram-66%, srikakulam- 63%, vijayanagaram-65%, visakapatnam-57%, Krishan -63%, Guntur 67%, Prakash-62%, Nellore-63%, Chittot-61%, Kadapa-65%, Kurnool-63%,west Godavari-67%.

Looks like the polling might reach 80%
TDP will win comfortably if the tally reaches 80% in Andhra. No amount of rigging or booth capturing can override the loss. Pavan and Modi did make last minute AB Deviliers type slog hitting. I will pay to see the sneak of May-16 results!!
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I hope Naidu is thankful to Modi and never ditches him again. If any one is close to CBN, tell that idiot Nation is more important than pandering to missionaries. He is only killing himself with this behaviour.
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YSRC turning Seemandhra into Bihar?
YSR Congress leaders and party workers are going berserk in ongoing elections in Seemandhra given that this is now or never battle for the party. YSR Congress activists are resorting to violence and indulging in physical attacks on opponents, media persons, media vehicles, police forces and police vehicles in various places in Seemandhra including Nadavaluru Mandal in Chittoor, Jammalamadugu, Pulivendula in Kadapa district. That's not all. In few places, YSR Congress kidnapped TDP poll booth agent and even beat up polling booth officer, Returning Officer and there by muzzling people's voice by manhandling.

Rigging is said to be riding high in Kadapa district. In many places, YSR Congress activists pelted stones on TDP leaders and vice versa. Many eye witnesses, intellectuals, political analysts have expressed their dissent over these circumstances. Youth took to social media to raise their voice against evil practices and comments are abuzz that "YSR Congress is turning Seemandhra into Bihar".

Despite these displeasing incidents, people of Seemandhra are coming out in large numbers to cast their vote. It is buzzed that Seemandhra would witness 80% of polling. Till now, 40% of voting is recorded across the new State. Looks like, successor state of AP is going to set new precedent with record turn out. Stay tuned to us.
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Long back YS Raja Reddy grand father of Jagan killed a polling office by poring petrol on his head. Jagan is only following his tradition but at a lesser extent like beating up people, booth capturing etc due to his soft and peaceful nature. Further he is also not personally involving like Raja Reddy due to his superior managirial skills.
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http://www.gulte.com/news/26884/Seemand ... ve-Updates
5:00 PM - Polling Percentage in Seemandhra: 71.09%. Highest - Guntur & East Godavari (72%); Lowest - Visakha (62%).

YSR Congress distributed fake currency to voters in Narsaraopet, Macherla and Sattenapalli Assembly constituencies.

Guntur: 'Attack on me is an utter failure of police department. Law & Order turned worse under governor rule," alleges Rayapati, after YSRC Activists attack on him in Narsaroapet.

TDP demanded repolling in 4 villages (Rangareddy Palem, Basikapuram, Ramireddypalem, Buchibavanapalem) which fall under Narsaraopet assembly constituency.

Guntur: Ponnur YSRC Candidate Venkataramana has been taken into custody by Excise Police in connection with cheap liquor supplied to voters. High Court given a stay on his arrest till May 7th evening. As the stay period ended, Cops arrested Mr. Venkataramana an hour ago.

'Huge Polling Percentage in favour of TDP-BJP alliance' - Chandrababu Naidu conveys to Modi through a phone call!

TDP demands repolling in 5 Segments accusing YSRC of rigging. Party Leader Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy has given a representation to EC in this regard.

Polling Completed in 2 Segments at 4 PM: Araku & Paderu (Visakha).

Director Rajamouli: I'll try my level best to bring Prabhas to the district that Crosses 90% and stands top on the list. I cannot promise, but I'll try my level best!!!! -
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http://www.gulte.com/news/26890/Rayapat ... -activists
Rayapati Injured, Attacked by YSRC activists

Narasaraopet TDP Lok Sabha candidate Rayapati Sambasiva Rao was attacked by his rivals-YSR Congress activists. When Rayapati was overseeing polling pattern in his constituency, the untoward incident took place. According to reports, YSRC party workers attacked Rayapati's car and damaged it severely. Rayapati, who was in the car, suffered injuries. Fortunately, he escaped major injuries by hiding inside the car for a while.

Rayapati expressed his deep anguish over the incident. He alleged that YSR Congress is resorting to evil practices and said that special conditions are prevailing in the State. However, he hoped that people would take wise decision.
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Narayana Rao wrote:Long back YS Raja Reddy grand father of Jagan killed a polling office by poring petrol on his head. Jagan is only following his tradition but at a lesser extent like beating up people, booth capturing etc due to his soft and peaceful nature. Further he is also not personally involving like Raja Reddy due to his superior managirial skills.
Didn't Raja Reddy end up getting blasted apart by political opponents? Looks like Tirupathi Balaji does not look favourably on the desecrators of Rayalseema.
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nageshks wrote: Didn't Raja Reddy end up getting blasted apart by political opponents? Looks like Tirupathi Balaji does not look favourably on the desecrators of Rayalseema.
at the ripe old age of 75.
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vivek.rao wrote:http://www.gulte.com/news/26890/Rayapat ... -activists
Rayapati Injured, Attacked by YSRC activists

Narasaraopet TDP Lok Sabha candidate Rayapati Sambasiva Rao was attacked by his rivals-YSR Congress activists. When Rayapati was overseeing polling pattern in his constituency, the untoward incident took place. According to reports, YSRC party workers attacked Rayapati's car and damaged it severely. Rayapati, who was in the car, suffered injuries. Fortunately, he escaped major injuries by hiding inside the car for a while.

Rayapati expressed his deep anguish over the incident. He alleged that YSR Congress is resorting to evil practices and said that special conditions are prevailing in the State. However, he hoped that people would take wise decision.
I hope he and purandeswari lose. They are turncoats, who after enjoying 10 years of power and staying through and supporting the whole process, realized that they are on the losing side in electoral politics at the last moment for saving their ill gotten personal wealths. Each of them has wealth over 1000 crores at the lowest minimum.
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Virupaksha wrote:
nageshks wrote: Didn't Raja Reddy end up getting blasted apart by political opponents? Looks like Tirupathi Balaji does not look favourably on the desecrators of Rayalseema.
at the ripe old age of 75.
Balaji gave him a long rope. A shorter one for YSR (he was ~60, correct?). Wonder what is in store for Jagan. A long miserable life in prison, perhaps?
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On Raja reddy
And so when the communists found it
difficult to organise the masses to fight a
feudal landlord, they encouraged and
supported any upstart who was willing to
challenge the landlord’s dominance. All that
they achieved was to create a new factionist,
who would discard the communists once
his purpose was done. Pulivendula was
dominated in the early years after independence by Devireddy Nagi Reddy (known
as D N Reddy), a somewhat haughty landlord, mill owner, some time zilla parishad
chairman, and some time MP. YSR’s father
Raja Reddy was willing to take on D N Reddy,
and the CPI assisted him by helping him
to win the block level panchayat elections.
Today, the CPI has all but left the district,
but Raja Reddy’s legacy continues in the
form of his powerful son.
Raja Reddy established his credentials
as a man to fear by an incident that people
still talk of, nearly 50 years later.
The town of Pulivendula has a sizable colony of
Erukalas, a scheduled tribe, some of whom
were known for their unruly ways. They
were despised but feared by the higher
castes, though it is rumoured that D N
Reddy was not above using their crimes for
his ends. One day one of them, Oosanna,
tried to steal the ornaments worn by a woman
of the reddy caste in the bazaar. When the
woman struggled, that man cleverly exclaimed that she was his wife and was being
disobedient. By the time people realised he
was telling a lie, he had slipped away.
Later
in the day, Raja Reddy reportedly caught
hold of Oosanna, dragged him to a public
place, poured kerosene on him and burnt
him alive.
This incident made Raja Reddy
a feared man, and people became willing
to gather behind him in his conflicts with
established leaders. By and by he established immense dominance in the area.

But he lacked money of the kind that
would sustain his further rise in politics.
This problem was resolved by a combination of chance and brutality just about the
time that YSR entered politics. Cuddapah
has deposits of the mineral barytes, which
was once upon a time not a highly priced
mineral. One of the mining leases was held
by Venkatasubbaiah of the balija caste.
Raja Reddy joined him as a junior partner/
supervisor (it is not clear which), reportedly because Venkatasubbaiah believed
he would be useful in controlling the
workmen. Round about the mid-1970s,
however, it was discovered that barytes
has use in petroleum refining, and its price
shot up. Raja Reddy wanted Venkatasubbaiah to hand over the mining lease to
him and go. A prominent CPI leader and
writer, Gajjela Malla Reddy, brokered a
deal whereby Venkatasubbaiah would take
Rs 11 lakh and leave the mining lease to
Raja Reddy. Venkatasubbaiah refused, and
was killed. The mining lease, passed into
YSR’s hands.

For many years in the later half of the
1980s and the early half of the 1990s,
YSR’s barytes mining operation was the
subject of one scandal after another. Lease
– or sub- lease, after barytes mining became
formally the monopoly of the A P Mineral
Development Corporation, only to be subleased to the same previous lessees – would
be taken for a certain extent, but many
times more land around would be mined.
Even a piece of land on which stood a
protected monument so notified by the
Archaeological Survey of India was mined,
and one and a half lakh tonnes of the
mineral (priced at Rs 600 per tonne) was
taken away by the time the government
woke up and put a stop to it. And there
was the case of a villager, Vivekanandam,
whose private land of 1.8 acres was also
sub-leased to YSR by the Corporation.
Though that man went to court and obtained an injunction against the sub-lease,
YSR continued with the mining and took
away mineral worth Rs 5 crore. The
maternal uncle of the said Vivekanandam,
a retired government employee, Rajagopal,
set out to Hyderabad, to express his protest
to the then chief minister Janardhan Reddy,
and to move the high court again. The old
man was set upon by a gang in the middle of
the state’s capital, and had his hands and
legs broken. This was as recently as 1992.
With the money flowing from the barytes
mines in his pockets, YSR was in a position to undertake the transformation of
‘village factions’ into full-fledged instruments of political and economic domination at the highest level. There were others
of his period – the post-emergency breed
of educated, intelligent and utterly cynical
politicians – who made money from other
sources, such as for instance excise contracts, and used that wealth in the same
manner as YSR to rise to prominence in
Rayalaseema politics. The money was used
to buy the support of village factionists.
The factionist would be helped to overcome his rivals and establish unchallenged
power over his area of operation. If a
factionist was too adamant and did not
heed the call, a rival would be funded to
rise against him. A lot of lives would of
course be lost in the process, but then that
was, for these gentlemen, a matter of no
moment. Once a sufficient monopoly of
control over the local factionists was
established, the leader’s political-economic
future was ensured. Elections would be
concluded in his favour, and his musclepower would ensure that he monopolised
all the civil/excise contracts he coveted.
This sounds bland when stated in this
fashion, but the process involved tremendous amount of violence and inaugurated
a veritable regime of terror in the area.
Manipulation of Election Process

Political parties and programmes have
meant nothing in Rayalaseema, more
particularly Cuddapah district. The only
distinction in that district has been: with
YSR and against YSR. Those who are with
him can be in his party or in any other party
– not excluding the CPI – and similarly
those who are against him. On more than
one occasion he has exhibited his capacity
to ensure that a candidate to the assembly
from his own party who has got a ticket
against his will is defeated by a candidate
of his choice contesting on a Telugu Desam
ticket. Elections in Rayalaseema have
meant open violence on polling day to scare
away voters and leave the field open to
bogus voting, taking away the ballot box to
stuff it with ballot papers stamped elsewhere, preventing voters of the rival candidate from entering the polling station,
forcing voters to show the stamped ballot
paper to the local factionist’s man before
putting it in the box, and other acts of like
nature.
Until recently, a rule followed by the
Election Commission was that in the event
of death of any candidate, the election
would be postponed. Killing defenceless
candidates to get the poll postponed
is a
method not unknown in the more violent
parts of our country. Rayalaseema is no
exception. In the assembly polls of 1989,
YSR’s follower Nagi Reddy fought the
Telugu Desam’s Palakondarayudu at
Raychoti in Cuddapah district. In the
parliament polls of 1985, Palakondarayudu,
who was then a candidate for parliament,
was unsure of the support of the two main
local factions that ruled Raychoti town. So
he is said to have got an independent
candidate, Guvvala Subbarayudu killed and
got the election postponed. He thus gained
time to rope in the two factions, and
succeeded in winning the election held
later. In 1989, polls were held simultaneously for assembly and parliament.
Palakondarayudu was this time a candidate for the assembly. Apprehensive that
he may repeat his victorious performance,
YSR’s man Nagi Reddy set up a pliant man
of their own faction, Avula Subba Reddy
by name, as an independent candidate, and
allegedly killed him the day before the
election to get the election to the assembly
postponed.
It is inconceivable that this
could have happened without the knowledge and consent of YSR. In the parliament poll that took place that day as
scheduled, there was an orgy of violence
in which five persons were killed in
Raychoti town including a polling officer
by name Ahmedullah. The polling officer
was dragged out of the polling station and
murdered.
The Congress candidate was
elected to parliament. The terror created
by YSR’s group on that day was sufficient
for his candidate Nagi Reddy to carry the
day when the assembly poll for the postponed Raychoti segment was later held.

Parallel with establishing themselves in
power by such means, these leaders set
themselves up as representatives of the
region who would fight the rulers of the
state for justice to water-scarce Rayalaseema.
It has been the tragedy of Rayalaseema
that, unlike Telangana for instance which
has a vibrant political climate that throws
up activists close to the people, the same
leaders who have devastated the region’s
social and political life with their strategies
of gang warfare have time and again
doubled as saviours of the people. But as
their interest is merely the furtherance of
their political careers, such espousal is
short-lived and fruitless.
A recent article in Openmag (http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/ ... seemandhra) lifts shamelessly from above quoted EPW article http://www.eenadu.net/news/Beyond_Media_Images.pdf
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Guys, I believe the largest contingent at BR is from AP. What is the final news? How many?
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Re: AP Politics and runup to 2014 General elections

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Per Twitter buzz zzz120 to 130 out of 175. 20/25. This is the primary reports. Let us see how the data after 6p looks
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Re: AP Politics and runup to 2014 General elections

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http://www.gulte.com/news/26892/Record- ... Seemandhra
While Krishna, Prakasam and Anantapur recorded highest 76% polling, Vishakhapatnam stood last with 65%. East Godavari, Nellore, Kadapa, Chittoor stood second with 75%. On whole, Seemandhra saw over 75% till 6 PM. Below is the district-wise poll percentage in Seemandhra till 6 PM.

District wise polling percentage:

Srikakulam: 72%

Vijayanagaram: 74%

Vishakhapatnam: 65% :((

East Godavari: 75%

West Godavari: 74%

Krishna: 76%

Guntur: 73%

Prakasam: 76%

Nellore: 75%

Kadapa: 75%

Anantapur: 76%

Kurnool: 73%

Chittoor: 75% -
What happened in Vizag folks? Vijayamma winning or what? Why did it not cross 75%?
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Re: AP Politics and runup to 2014 General elections

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Muppalla wrote:Per Twitter buzz zzz120 to 130 out of 175. 20/25. This is the primary reports. Let us see how the data after 6p looks
At least 75% voting should happen for good results and to offset any ill-effects of YCP's money, goondaism, rigging. Those ill-effects matter in those places where <3% difference is there. We'll only know about how wide spread violence and rigging is in 1-2 days once media shouting settles.
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Re: AP Politics and runup to 2014 General elections

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http://www.gulte.com/news/26897/TDP-to- ... ctory-Babu
Beaming Chandra Babu told in an exclusive interview to ETV soon after elections, "We're 1000% sure that TDP-BJP combine is going to form government in Seemandhra and going to play significant role in Telangana. People are going to give clear majority for NDA. We will play key role in both states and at Centre and make sure development takes place on either side with full support of Central government."

Narendra Modi and Pawan Kalyan's open support has definitely fetched NDA in pocketing more percentage of votes in Seemandhra. Babu alleged that Election commission and Governor merely failed in controlling attacks of YSR Congress party. Lashing out at Jagan, Naidu said, "He has mastered the art of organized crime. Single man has proved that how far he could go in wrong way. They (YSR Congress party people) resorted to manual attacks on TDP leaders, media, damaged media vehicles and on none other than police personnel. What has EC and Governor done on these incidents?"

Not mincing his words, Chandra Babu compared Jagan Reddy to a "mad elephant" ("Madam pattina Enugu"). Naidu went on to allege that YSR Congress tried their best to lessen the voting percentage. Chandra Babu said high voting percentage is in favour of TDP-BJP pact. Chandra Babu said he is satisfied with voting percentage and reasoned that it is due to anger, frustration in people on incumbent Congress. Babu said JSP and Congress are seen no where in elctions. On parting note, Chandra Babu hoped TDP-BJP will be forming first government in Seemandhra and said development is his top priority.
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Re: AP Politics and runup to 2014 General elections

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From Twitter:

@ynakg

77% Voting Turnout @6PM
SKLM-76
VZM-78
VSP-70
East-78
West-77
Krishna-78
Guntur-77
PKSM-80
NLR-76
CTR-78
ATP-76
CDP-74
KNL-76
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Re: AP Politics and runup to 2014 General elections

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ShyamSP wrote:
Muppalla wrote:Per Twitter buzz zzz120 to 130 out of 175. 20/25. This is the primary reports. Let us see how the data after 6p looks
At least 75% voting should happen for good results and to offset any ill-effects of YCP's money, goondaism, rigging. Those ill-effects matter in those places where <3% difference is there. We'll only know about how wide spread violence and rigging is in 1-2 days once media shouting settles.
It's already 76% as per 6PM update.
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