Hyderabad (PTI): The ruling Congress on Saturdayrecorded a near clean sweep of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, winning 32 and improving on its tally from the previous polls in 2004.
The TDP managed to win only six, one more than last time while the TRS slumped from five to two. MIM got one seat.
The result of Rajahmundry constituency, where the Congress was leading, was yet to be announced as the TDP sought recounting.
The CPI and CPI(M) drew a blank this time as did the BJP and Praja Rajyam Party led by matinee idol Chiranjeevi.
Union ministers S. Jaipal Reddy, Daggubati Purandeswari, M.M. Pallam Raju and Panabaka Lakshmi won from Chevella, Visakhapatnam, Kakinada and Bapatla respectively but another Union Minister Renuka Chowdary lost her Khammam seat.
Almost all the sitting MPs of Congress retained their seats and the party made gains in new constituencies like Karimnagar, Zaheerabad, Anakapalle and Araku.
Telangana Rashtra Samiti, that made loud noises over supporting the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and making L.K. Advani Prime Minister, managed to win just two seats.
TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao, after trailing for many rounds, finally got the better of sitting Congress MP D. Vithal Rao by a margin of over 19,000 votes.
In Medak, film star M. Vijayasanthi won by just 6,077 votes. TRS had contested ten Lok Sabha seats as part of the Grand Alliance but lost eight.
"There was no transfer of votes among alliance partners, which led to our defeat," Mr. Rao complained after the results were out.
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