evidence: <p>By early morning today when the results were announced at the end of a lengthy counting process that began yesterday, some of the TRS victors set new records in the state's electoral history.<br /><br />For the first time in its political history, the Telugu Desam Party had to forfeit deposits in all the 12 Assembly segments while ruling Congress met with the same fate in four constituencies.<br /><br />In Siddipet in Medak district, T Harish Rao, nephew of TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, set a new record by winning the by-election with a margin of 95,858 votes against his Congress rival Srinivas Goud. The Congress as well as the TDP, which stood third here, lost the deposits.<br /><br />Harish Rao won from Siddipet for fourth consecutive time. his victory margin is said to be by far the largest margin ever recorded in the Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.<br />Interestingly, the Medak district administration, led by Collector S Suresh Kumar, also set a record by completing the counting process in just over 90 minutes.<br /><br />Another TRS candidate Gaddam Aravinda Reddy too retained his Mancherial seat in Adilabad district with a record margin of 78,047 votes as against 13,827 he got in 2009.<br />Reddy's victory margin is the second largest after Harish Rao's.