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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.

BS Web Team New Delhi
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The VVPAT machines, which will be attached to the EVMs, will allow voters to verify if their vote has gone to the intended candidate. (Photo: pib.nic.in)

Last Updated : Dec 07 2018 | 8:28 PM IST

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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)   

4:59 PM

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)  

3:55 PM

56.17% voting recorded till 3 pm

3:41 PM

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

2:45 PM

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.

First Published: Dec 07 2018 | 6:55 AM IST