CHENNAI: Congress candidate Malladi Krishna Rao is set to retain Yanam assembly constituency. He got 17,187 out of the total of around 35,000 votes polled.
All India NR Congress candidate Tirikoty Bairava Swamy polled 9,262 votes.
Independent candidate Pemmadi Durga Prasad polled 193 votes. AIADMK candidate Manchala Satya Sai Kumar with 182 votes was pushed to the third position.
BJP candidate Ramdas Kanakala polled 122 votes.