BJP’s Rajagopal Reddy did not lead by over 2000 votes after 4 rounds of counting in the Munugode bypoll - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 8, 2022
In the context of recently concluded Munugode bypoll in which TRS party won by a margin of over 10,000 votes, a post featuring the image of BJP’s candidate K.Rajagopal Reddy is being widely shared claiming that BJP was leading by 2000+ votes by the end of 4 round of counting. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: BJP’ candidate K. Rajagopal Reddy led by 2000+ votes by the end of 4 round in Munugode by-election counting.
Fact: According to the official figures released by Election Commission of India, after 4 round of counting in Munugode by-election, TRS candidate secured 26,443 votes whereas BJP’s Rajagopal Reddy secured 25,729 votes. This shows that TRS was leading BJP by 714 votes by the end of 4 round of counting. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
According to the official website of the Election Commission of India, by the end of 4 round,  TRS party’s candidate K.Prabhakar Reddy secured 26,443 votes, whereas BJP’s Rajagopal Reddy secured 25,729 votes. It shows that TRS is leading by 714 votes by the end of 4 round.
The round-wise vote breakup for the first four rounds can be seen below:
TRS secured 408 postal votes, whereas BJP got 212. The final result shows TRS’s candidate winning the seat by securing a total of 97,006 votes whereas BJP managed to get 86,697 votes.
To sum it up, BJP’s Rajagopal Reddy did not lead by over 2000 votes after 4 rounds of counting in the Munugode bypoll.