Live Updates on Telangana polls:
Telangana Assembly Polls 2018 Voting Live Updates: 68% voting recorded till 5 PM#TelanganaElections2018https://t.co/jsvVF9GxmT pic.twitter.com/2blxjd5KOv
— Newsd (@GetNewsd) December 7, 2018
1:30 PM: Voting touches 48 per cent mark at 1 PM
12:08 PM: Tennis Superstar Sania Mirza casts her vote in Hyderabad
Be a part of your democracy ..
Right and duty to Vote..
?? pic.twitter.com/Gix011IVgZ— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) December 7, 2018
11:50 AM: Chief Electoral Officer, Rajat Kumar said 310 ballot units, 281 control units and 469 VVPATs are replaced due to dysfunctional-ness.
11:40 AM: Former Congress MP Madhu Yashki was attacked on his way to Nizamabad. He was travelling to cast his vote in the Telangana Assembly Elections.
9:00 AM: People leaving without casting their votes as there isn’t a place for them to keep their mobile phones.
8:00 AM: Indian Badminton sensation, Jwala Gutta did not find her name in the election list.
Surprised to see my name disappear from the voting list after checking online!! #whereismyvote
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) December 7, 2018
How’s the election fair…when names r mysteriously disappearing from the list!! ??
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) December 7, 2018
8:00 AM: Technical snags in EVMs at a polling station in Amberpet constituency.
I urge the people of #Rajasthan & #Telangana to come out and cast their vote in large numbers.” Your Vote Your Voice “ One my SandArt . pic.twitter.com/jSetwBPnMV
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) December 7, 2018
Polls for 119 assembly seats is underway in Telangana, a total of 1,821 candidates fate will be decided by the voters today. Counting of votes will happen on December 11.
Election Commission has made arrangements for the youngest state voters. Over 2.8 crore voters are expected to cast their vote. For the first time, the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) has been used across the state.
The contest is majorly between K Chandrasekhar Rao led Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Congress-led People’s Front.
Total voters- 280, 747, 22
Male- 1, 41, 56,182
Female- 1, 39, 05,811
Third Gender- 2739
Polling time for 106 constituencies will remain from 7 am to 5 pm. For 13 Maoist affected constituencies, polling will end by 4 pm.
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