Telangana elections 2023 LIVE: 63.94% voter turnout recorded until 5pm

Telangana elections 2023 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the people of Telangana to vote in record numbers on Thursday

Telangana Assembly Elections 2023 LIVE:  63.94 per cent voter turnout recorded until 5pm

Polling started amid tight security arrangements in all 119 Assembly constituencies in Telangana on Thursday morning. Voting began at 7 am and will conclude at 6 pm. Separated from Andrhra Pradesh in 2014, Telangana is the youngest state in the country and is set to elect representatives for the third time. As many as 2,290 candidates from 109 national and regional parties including 221 women and one transgender are in the fray. The Telangana assembly has a total of 119 seats and a party needs to win 60 or more seats to gain majority.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the people of Telangana to vote in record numbers on Thursday in the assembly polls and strengthen the festival of democracy. Polling is underway to elect 119 members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, with voters queuing up to exercise their franchise amid tight security on Thursday.

Telangana is voting today. There is a triangular contest in the state with the ruling BRS, Congress, and BJP as the main parties. The list of important constituencies includes Gajwel, Huzurabad, Korutla, Maheshwaram, Goshamahal, Mahbubnagar, LB Nagar, Warangal East and West, Bhupalapally, Khairatabad, Amberpet, Boath, Nirmal, Adilabad, Ramagundam, Peddapalli, Kothagudem, Armoor, Nizamabad Urban, Patancheru, Serilingampally, Husnabad, Dubbak, Kalwakurthy, among others.

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