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Although the party had contested Member of Legislative Council elections after its birth, the by-election for those seats which were left vacant after the resignations of Y. S. Vijayammaand Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy held on May 8 2011, in which the son and mother duo contested on behalf of the YSR Congress Party, were the first major and direct elections for the party. The Election Commission of India allotted a ceiling fan as the common symbol for YSR Congress contestants in this election. In by-elections Y. S. Vijayamma won the Pulivendula Assembly seat by a record majority of 85,191 votes, highest in that constituency. Jaganmohan Reddy won with a record high majority of 545,043 votes. ^[7]