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| India by-election voting begins | India by-election voting begins |
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| Voting has begun in by-elections to 26 assembly seats in eight Indian states and one seat in the national parliament. | Voting has begun in by-elections to 26 assembly seats in eight Indian states and one seat in the national parliament. |
| Eighteen of the seats are being contested in the southern Andhra Pradesh state. | Eighteen of the seats are being contested in the southern Andhra Pradesh state. |
| They became necessary after ruling Congress legislators were disqualified for joining a breakaway group. | They became necessary after ruling Congress legislators were disqualified for joining a breakaway group. |
| The other states are Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. | The other states are Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. |
| A by-election is also being held in the parliamentary constituency of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. | A by-election is also being held in the parliamentary constituency of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. |
| In Andhra Pradesh, the ruling Congress party is pitted against the breakaway group YSR Congress, led by MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. | In Andhra Pradesh, the ruling Congress party is pitted against the breakaway group YSR Congress, led by MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. |
| Mr Reddy is in prison on charges of corruption. | Mr Reddy is in prison on charges of corruption. |
| He is the son of YSR Reddy, the charismatic former state chief minister who died in a helicopter crash in 2009. | |
| Both the father and the son were members of India's governing Congress party. | Both the father and the son were members of India's governing Congress party. |
| But after his father's death, the Congress ignored his bid for the chief minister's post and he quit, accusing the party of humiliating him and his family. | But after his father's death, the Congress ignored his bid for the chief minister's post and he quit, accusing the party of humiliating him and his family. |
| Later, he launched his own party, YSR Congress. | Later, he launched his own party, YSR Congress. |