Dubbaka, Nov. 10 -- In a major upset for the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) snatched the Dubbaka seatfrom the TRS, albeit with a majority of 1,470 votes. The contest was dominated by the BJP in almost all the rounds of counting.

At Dubbaka,the total votes polled on November 3 were 1,64, 192. While the number of votes polled in favor of the BJP's M. Raghunandan Rao stood at 62,772. The ruling-TRS's candidate Solipeta Sujatha secured 61,302 votes.

Congress party's candidate Cheruku Sudhakar stood far behind, but in third place with 21,819 votes.

The numbers this time indicate that votes polled were transferred from the TRS to BJP, as compared to the last election. In the past election held in 2018, the...