Tirupati By-polls: Seven candidates file nomination

Hyderabad, Jan 23 (INN): As many as seven candidates have filed their nomination papers for the by-elections for Tirupati Assembly constituency.

The prominent among them was Telugu Desam Party candidate M Suguna. The other candidates are N Subramanyam Achari (Akhila Bharathia Janasangh), Kalluri Bala Subramanyam (Loksatta Party), Nallanjala Mohan Reddy (Janatadal – United), Ravu Subramanyam (Navataram Party) and D Seshu Yadav and Katari Kesavulu Chetty, both independents.

The last date for filing of nomination will be January 27. The polling will be on February 13 and the counting of votes will take place on February 16.

By-elections for Tirupati seat got necessitated due to the death of sitting MLA M Venakataramana of TDP on December 15.