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Over 62 % polling in Telangana; low voter turnout in Hyderabad

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Apr 12 2019 | 8:40 PM IST

Telangana recorded 62.69 per cent in the April 11 polling across 17 Lok Sabha constituencies, where former Union minister Renuka Chowdhury and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi are among prominent candidates in the fray.

Khammam recorded the highest percentage at 75.28, while Hyderabad, from where Owaisi is seeking re-election,registered 44.75 per cent, an official release said here Friday.

Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency, where 185 candidates, including more than 170 farmers are in the fray, registered 68.33 per cent polling.

The farmers are seeking to highlight their demand for remunerative price to turmeric and red jowar and setting up of a Turmeric Board based in Nizamabad.

In the 2014 elections to Lok Sabha and assembly held in undivided Andhra Pradesh, the state recorded 70.75 per cent voter turnout.

Telangana Rashtra Samiti President and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha, former Union Minister Renuka Chowdary, State Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy Congress Working President Revanth Reddy were among the key candidates in the fray.

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BJP contestant from Secunderabad Kishan Reddy submitted a memorandum to election officials demanding they look into the nearly seven per cent rise in polling percentage recorded between 5 PM yesterday till close of polling.

The final figure for Secunderabad was 46.26 per cent compared to 39.20 per cent till 5.00 PM yesterday.

A total of 443 candidates were in the fray in the state which has over 2.97 crore eligible voters.

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First Published: Apr 12 2019 | 8:40 PM IST

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