Telangana Municipal Elections LIVE: According to State Election Commissioner Nagi Reddy, there will be an average of 800 voters per booth. (Photo Credit: File Photo)
New Delhi:
Polling for Telangana Municipal Elections is underway on Wednesday amid tight security with people queuing up to cast their votes. Polling is being held for 120 municipalities and nine corporations in Telangana. The voting, which began at 7 am will end at 5 pm, officials said. The elections will be held for 2,647 wards in municipalities and 382 divisions in corporations. A total of 50,000 personnel have been deployed for fair and peaceful conduct of elections. Special arrangements have been made in Left Wing extremist affected districts.
According to State Election Commissioner Nagi Reddy, there will be an average of 800 voters per booth.
As per the statistics provided by the commission, the Congress could not field candidates in over 400 wards while BJP in over 700.
Here are all the LIVE updates:
Telangana Municipal Elections
#TelanganaMunicipalElections2020: Polling underway peacefully in Telangana's over 3000 municipal wards in 120 municipalities and 9 Municipal Corporations.
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BJP leader AP Jithender Reddy casts his vote
Former MP and BJP leader AP Jithender Reddy cast his vote with his family in Mahabubnagar, Telangana #TelanganaMunicipalElections2020#ElectionsWithNewsNationhttps://t.co/bigLNw4G5l pic.twitter.com/WtqjxYOHKq
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Telangana Municipal Elections
#TelanganaMunicipalElections2020: Polling for 120 municipalities and 9 municipal corporations in #Telangana is being held today.
Average polling percentage recorded till 1 pm - 55.89%
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Telangana Municipal Elections
Medchal district has recorded 42% voting till 1 pm.
#TelanganaPolling: Medchal district has recorded 42% voting till 1 pm while Gundlapochampally municipality has recorded 57%#ElectionsWithNewsNation#TelanganaMuncipalElections#TelanganaMunicipalElections2020
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