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

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	Voting for Telangana assembly elections 2018 has ended with about a 70 percent turnaround. Elections ended on a peaceful note, barring minor incidents.</div>
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	This is the first full-fledged election in India&#39;s youngest election. In the 2014 elections held in united Andhra Pradesh, Telangana had registered a voter turnout of 68.9 percent.</div>
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	The polling, which began on a dull note at 7 a.m., picked up after 9. Long queues of voters including women were seen especially in rural areas.</div>
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	Chief Electoral Officer Rajath Kumar said barring sporadic incidents, the polling was peaceful and smooth in all 32,815 polling stations across 31 districts.</div>
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	In some polling centres, the process started late due to technical glitches in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).</div>
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	Of the total electorate, nearly half are women. There were 1,821 candidates, including Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao and his 14 cabinet colleagues.</div>
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	Congress candidate Vamshichand Reddy was injured in stone pelting by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Nagarkurnool district. He was admitted to a hospital.</div>
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	Tension prevailed in Kodangal constituency where the midnight arrest of Congress Working President Revanth Reddy on December 4 had triggered a huge row, leading to transfer of Vikarabad District Superintendent of Police by the Election Commission.</div>
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	Voters at several places complained that their names were missing from the voters&#39; list. Some voters staged protests after officials did not allow them to exercise their franchise in the absence of voter slips.</div>
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	Prominent people whose names were missing from the voter&#39;s list include family members of Finance Minister E. Rajender. Shuttler Jwala Gutta tweeted that her name was missing from the list.</div>
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	Many celebrities including superstar Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Junior NTR, tennis star Sania Mirza and ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu voted but this failed to enthuse the voters as overall turnout remained less than 40 per cent by 3 p.m.</div>
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	Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President cast his vote in his village in Siddipet district and exuded confidence that his party will retain power with a huge majority.</div>
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	Over 50,000 security personnel, including 18,860 from neighbouring states and central forces, were deployed as part of the security arrangements.</div>

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

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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.

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

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		Every vote counts. <a href="https://t.co/hJCgGlJyNA">pic.twitter.com/hJCgGlJyNA</a></p>
	&mdash; Telangana Congress (@INCTelangana) <a href="https://twitter.com/INCTelangana/status/1070944383279616001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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		राजस्थान और तेलेंगाना के निवासियों से अपील की पहले मतदान करें फिर जलपान ..एवं विकास और प्रगति को वोट करें।<br />
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		Appealing people of Rajasthan &amp; Telengana to vote for Development &amp; Performance ..Vote for BJP! <a href="https://t.co/eLnWY8m9ns">pic.twitter.com/eLnWY8m9ns</a></p>
	&mdash; Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) <a href="https://twitter.com/sambitswaraj/status/1070859810051158018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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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.

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

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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		Telangana: BJP MP Bandaru Dattatreya casts his vote at booth no.229 in Ramnagar of Musheerabad constituency in Hyderabad. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TelanganaElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TelanganaElections</a> <a href="https://t.co/D8gLFfJBUj">pic.twitter.com/D8gLFfJBUj</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1070936713751654401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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According to a news reported in News 18, Bahujan Samaj Party&#39;s (BSP) P Pradeep Kumar from Telangana&#39;s Musheerabad constituency was allegedly caught distributing money.

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	<strong><a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/telangana-polls-akkineni-nagarjuna-amala-akkineni-allu-arjun-among-early-voters-118120700344_1.html?1544165995" target="_blank">Akkineni Nagarjuna, Amala Akkineni, Allu Arjun among early voters</a></strong></div>
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	Setting a good example, renowned Telugu actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Amala Akkineni and Allu Arjun exercised their franchise in the Telangana Assembly Elections on Friday.</div>
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	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.</div>
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	Chiranjeevi was also present at booth number 148 in the same area of Hyderabad to cast his vote.</div>

Hyderabad records 16 per cent voting till 11 am.

<strong>Voter turnout recorded till 11 am in Telangana is 23.4%</strong>

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		Sania Mirza cast her vote at Film Nagar Cultural Center in Hyderabad. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TelanganaElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TelanganaElections</a> <a href="https://t.co/GlD1jNSPRo">pic.twitter.com/GlD1jNSPRo</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1070930567078785026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Congress candidate from Kalwakurthy Vamshichand Reddy allegedy attacked by BJP activists.

<a href="https://www.business-standard.com/elections/telangana-assembly-elections-2018/jagtial-election-results-13_382.html" target="_blank">Jagityal</a> records highest voting at 12 per cent whereas <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/elections/telangana-assembly-elections-2018/nagarkurnool-election-results-13_441.html" target="_blank">Nagarkurnool</a> records lowest at 6.7 per cent.