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

Business Standard

Caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) had dissolved the assembly in September 2018.

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Telangana, Rajat Kumar informed that each of the 32,815 polling stations in the state will be manned by five personnel and one or two constables on an average. About 10,000 polling stations have been identified as critical and extra force will be deployed in these polling stations.

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		Nizamabad: People cast their votes at a polling station in Pothangal. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TelanganaElections2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TelanganaElections2018</a> <a href="https://t.co/yFq8I8ZBtg">pic.twitter.com/yFq8I8ZBtg</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1070855391330881537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The polling will be held in all the 119 Assembly Constituencies, polling will take place from 7 am to 4 pm in 13 constituenties that are &quot;trouble-prone&quot;.

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		Nizamabad: Voters form queues outside a polling station in Pothangal where voting will begin shortly. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TelanganaElections2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TelanganaElections2018</a> <a href="https://t.co/8FL0hQAqXS">pic.twitter.com/8FL0hQAqXS</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1070852176908640256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Elaborate security arrangements have been made for Assembly Polls in Telangana.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made for Assembly polls in Telangana.