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The death of Andhra Pradesh Industries Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy on 21 February 2022 warranted the assembly by election to his Atmakur constituency.[1] The Election Commission of India released the by poll schedule on 25 May 2022 along with 6 other assembly and 3 parliamentary constituencies.[2][3]
The gazette notification was released with schedule for the election on 30 May 2022.[4]
Poll Event | Schedule | Day |
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Date of Issue of Gazette Notification | 30 May 2022 | Monday |
Last Date of Nominations | 6 June 2022 | Monday |
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations | 7 June 2022 | Tuesday |
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures | 9 June 2022 | Thursday |
Date of Poll | 23 June 2022 | Thursday |
Date of Counting | 26 June 2022 | Sunday |
Date before which election shall be completed | 28 June 2022 | Tuesday |
YSRCP decided to field Gowtham Reddy's brother Mekapati Vikram Reddy as candidate.[5][6] BJP fielded Gundlapalli Bharat Kumar as their candidate.[7] A total of 15 candidates are contesting the election after Returning Officer rejected 13 nominations.[8]
Counting was held on 26 June and results were declared on the same day. Mekapati Vikram Reddy of YSRCP won by a maj0irty of 82,888 votes.[9][10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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YSRCP | Mekapati Vikram Reddy | 1,02,241 | 74.47% | +21.25% | |
BJP | Gundlapalli Bharath Kumar | 19,353 | 14.1% | +12.77% | |
Majority | 82,888 | 60.37% | +47.6% | ||
Turnout | 1,37,289 | 64.35% | −19.03% | ||
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