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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Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rajat Kumar said 310 ballot units and 281 control units of EVMs and 469 VVPATs are replaced across the state as they were dysfunctional.

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Voting was delayed for more than half-an-hour to an hour across several polling stations in Telangana including in Hyderabad, it picked up the pace later.

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Telangana leaders Kadiyam Srihari, Harihs Rao, Pocharama Srinivas Reddy, Jupally Krishna Rao and Jagadish Reddy were among those who cast their vote.

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The youngest state of India, Telangana has lost four precious years due to ‘Corruption, Commission & Coterie Raj’

Let us throw out the arrogance of power and usher in a New era towards a ‘Bangaru Telangana’#CongressIsWinning

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"The youngest state of India, Telangana has lost four precious years due to ‘Corruption, Commission & Coterie Raj'. Let us throw out the arrogance of power and usher in a New era towards a ‘Bangaru Telangana’," Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala's appeal today.

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Facts about Telangana election: Almost a decade is over after the disruptive farm debt waiver was awarded by the then UPA government nationwide in 2008-09. Telangana was first to announce it at the state level after its inception, and made farm loan waiver their biggest rhetoric point after Telugu identity to convince the electorate in the 2014 assembly polls.

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Voting percentage in Malakpet 11%, Amberpet 5%, Jubilee Hills 8%, Sanat Nagar 10%

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Special arrangements have been made for the convenience of women voters and polling stations have been set up exclusively for them, one in each constituency.

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Filmmaker K Raghavendra Rao tried to jump the queue to vote. When others objected, he left without casting his vote.

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Read more about Telangana Assembly Election 2018 and Telangana's constituencies

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