When counting of votes began at 4.35 pm on Tuesday in the by-election of Secunderabad Cantonment constituency in Hyderabad, Telangana, Congress candidate Sriganesh was leading over his nearest BJP rival Vansh Tilak TN by 12,955 votes.

Shriganesh got 51,226 votes, while Vansh Tilak got 38,271 votes. BRS candidate G Nivedita got 32,784 votes.

The by-election for the Secunderabad Cantonment assembly constituency was necessitated by the death of sitting BRS MLA G Lasya Nandita in a road accident earlier this year.

Nivedita Lasya is the sister of Nandita.

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