Hyderabad: Congress candidate Vallala Naveen Yadav won the Jubilee Hills Assembly by-elections with a margin of over 24,729 votes against rival BRS candidate Maganti Sunitha.

The Election Commission of India is yet to officially announce Naveen Yadav’s victory on Friday. Jubilee Hills segment polling was held on November 11, and the counting took place on November 14.

The by-election was necessitated by the untimely demise of BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath. Followingly, the BRS fielded Gopinath’s wife, Sunitha, as its candidate.

In all rounds of counting, the Congress candidate maintained a clear lead over the BRS nominee. BJP candidate Lankala Deepak Reddy lost his deposit and left the counting centre.

BRS candidate Maganti Sunitha bagged 74, 259 votes and the BJP candidate Lankala Deepak Reddy got 17, 061 votes. BJP candidate lost his deposit.