Telangana election highlights: 70% voting recorded; exit polls see TRS win

Telangana voted today to choose the winner after Congress-TDP, TRS and BJP's high voltage campaigns.

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Congress writes to Election Commission, alleges attack on party candidates by TRS and BJP workers 

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Telangana polls: Speaking on the performance of the TRS in this Assembly elections, KCR said, "Pro-government incumbency is there in Telangana. Huge voter turnout will be recorded. Even old people are coming out and voting. You will see our victory in exit polls in the evening." (Read more here)   

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Stay alert, EVMs have mysterious powers in Modi's India: Rahul to party workers

 

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked party workers to be vigilant after polls close in Rajasthan and Telangana, saying in "Modi's India, the EVMs have mysterious powers". (Read more here)  

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56.17% voting recorded till 3 pm

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Urging people to cast their votes, actor Akkineni Nagarjuna said, "It's your day. Come out and cast your vote instead of just complaining".

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After casting his vote in his native village Chintamadaka, TRS president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) said the tide was in favour of the government. “We will come back with a huge majority".

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Telanagana Elections 2018: Challa Vamshi Chand Reddy, Congress candidate from Kalwakurthy, Mahbubnagar was allegedly attacked by unknown miscreants earlier today. He was later shifted to Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) Hospital, Hyderabad and is out of danger now.

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48 per cent votes recorded in Telangana till 1 pm

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44,415 ballot units, 7,557 reserve ballot units, 32,016 control units 4,432 reserve control units, 32,016 voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPATs), and 5,261 reserve VVPATs are being used for the polling.

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The AIMIM has fielded candidates in eight assembly segments in Hyderabad out of the total 119 seats in the state. It is supporting TRS in other segments.

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AIMIM confident of winning all contested seats, says Asaduddin Owaisi.

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The voting percentage in Telangana stood at 23.5 till 11:00am. However urban pockets in Telangana witnessed least voting percentage so far. Hyderabad reported only 16 per cent voting followed by Medchal-Malkajgiri 19.4 per cent and Warangal Urban 19.4 which stood among districts with least percentage of votes. Highest percentage of votes are recorded from Medak district that cross 31 per cent.

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A victory for the alliance in both the states will boost the Opposition ahead of the national elections.

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Mulug in Jayashankar district of Telangana Legislative Assembly, a constituency reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates, has seen maximum turn out of 35.26% till 11 am.

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According to a news reported in News 18, Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) P Pradeep Kumar from Telangana's Musheerabad constituency was allegedly caught distributing money.

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Akkineni Nagarjuna, Amala Akkineni, Allu Arjun among early voters

 

Setting a good example, renowned Telugu actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Amala Akkineni and Allu Arjun exercised their franchise in the Telangana Assembly Elections on Friday.

 

Nagarjuna and his wife Amala were among the many early voters. The star couple was seen at booth number 151 in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. While Allu Arjun was also spotted standing in a queue outside booth number 152 in Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad to cast his vote.

 

 

Chiranjeevi was also present at booth number 148 in the same area of Hyderabad to cast his vote.

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Hyderabad records 16 per cent voting till 11 am.

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Voter turnout recorded till 11 am in Telangana is 23.4%

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Congress candidate from Kalwakurthy Vamshichand Reddy allegedy attacked by BJP activists.

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Jagityal records highest voting at 12 per cent whereas Nagarkurnool records lowest at 6.7 per cent.