Hyderabad, Dec. 30 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) candidate Maganti Sunitha who contested the Jubilee Hills bypoll, challenged the result in the Telangana High Court on Monday, December 29.

In an election petition, Sunitha, who is the wife of former Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath, sought to set aside the election of the winning candidate from the Jubilee Hills constituency. The petitioner has also sought a declaration that she be declared as the duly elected candidate.

Jubilee Hills by poll

According to the petition, the Election Commission of India issued the notification for the by-election in October 2025. Polling was conducted on November 11, 2025, and counting of votes took place on November 14, 2025.

As many as 58 candidate...