Hyderabad, Jun 4 (PTI) Congress candidate Sriganesh won the bypoll to the Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency in Telangana on Tuesday by a margin of over 13,000 votes, defeating his nearest BJP rival Vamsha Tilak T N.

Sriganesh secured 53,651 votes, while Vamsha Tilak got 40,445 votes. BRS candidate G Niveditha obtained 34,462 votes, according to the Election Commission's website.

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The bypoll to the Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency was necessitated due to the death of BRS MLA G Lasya Nanditha in a road accident earlier this year.

Niveditha is the sister of Lasya Nanditha.

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The Congress candidate's victory in the bypoll takes the strength of the ruling Congress in the Legislative Assembly to 65 in a House of 119.

Polling for the 17 Lok Sabha seats and the Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency in Telangana was held on May 13 in a single phase.

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