Konda Surekha lost to TRS candidate Challa Dharma Reddy

Former MLA and Congress leader Konda Surekha lost the Parakal assembly seat to TRS candidate Challa Dharma Reddy.

Surekha joined Congress after she was denied ticket by TRS party. She had served as a minister in Dr YS Rajasekhar Reddy's cabinet and was later suspended by the Congress party after she joined YSRCP supporting YS Jagan after the untimely demise of former CM Rajasekhar Reddy.

However, Surekha lost in the by-elections being held in 2010. She later joined in TRS party in 2014 elections and emerged as a winner from Warangal Urban.