Telangana elections: Telangana records 67 per cent polling
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Dec 08, 2018, 09:46:38 IST
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Telangana elections: Telangana records 67 per cent polling

Polling for all 119 constituencies in Telangana concluded on Friday evening. Barring a few minor incidents, voting remained peaceful. Stay with Times Of India for all the latest updates:
12:46 (IST) Dec 07
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.
12:26 (IST) Dec 07
Congress candidate Challa Vamshichand Reddy, who is in fray from Kalwakurthy Assembly constituency was allegedly attacked by unidentified persons in Jangareddypalli village of Amangal mandal in Mahbubnagar district on Friday.
12:09 (IST) Dec 07
Voting percentage across Telangana
Khamman 24 per cent, Asifabad 24 per cent, Macherial 27 per cent, Adilabad 23 per cent, Nirmal 26 per cent, Nizamabad 24 per cent, Kamareddy 25 per cent, Jagityal 25 per cent
12:05 (IST) Dec 07
Hyderabad records 16 per cent voting till 11am
11:52 (IST) Dec 07
Congress candidate Challa Vamshichand Reddy, who is in fray from Kalwakurthy assembly constituency, attacked by unidentified persons in Jangareddypalli village of Amangal mandal in Mahbubnagar district.
11:33 (IST) Dec 07
Though the 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. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rajat Kumar told TOI that 310 ballot units and 281 control units of EVMs and 469 VVPATs are replaced across the state as they were dysfunctional.
11:30 (IST) Dec 07

So far poll process is satisfactory and law and order situation is totally under control. There are no instances of intimidation of voters.

Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar

11:26 (IST) Dec 07
Telangana elections: 23 per cent voting till 11am
11:11 (IST) Dec 07
Jagityal records highest voting at 12 per cent whereas Nagarkurnool records lowest at 6.7 per cent
11:06 (IST) Dec 07
The presence of wheelchair at Alif High School, Chandanagar is not helping voters as there are no volunteers
11:03 (IST) Dec 07
Congress candidate from Kalwakurthy Vamshichand Reddy allegedy attacked by BJP activists
10:39 (IST) Dec 07
Filmmaker K Raghavendra Rao tried to jump the queue to vote. When others objected, he left without casting his vote
10:34 (IST) Dec 07
Surprised to see my name disappear from the voting list after checking online, tweets Jwala Gutta
Surprised to see my name disappear from the voting list after checking online, tweets Jwala Gutta
10:27 (IST) Dec 07
Telangana elections: 10.15 per cent voting till 9:30am
10:08 (IST) Dec 07

We have deployed micro observers at 532 polling locations have been marked as critical and CCTV cameras have been set up near these stations. Also, arrangements for webcasting has been done at all these polling stations

M Dana Kishore, Hyderabad district election officer

10:06 (IST) Dec 07
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.
09:50 (IST) Dec 07
Voting percentage in Malakpet 11%, Amberpet 5%, jubileehills 8%, Sanat Nagar 10%, Karwan 10%, Charminar 4%, Chandrayanagutta 7.5%, Yakatpura 4%, Bahadurpura 8%, Secunderabad 8%, secbad Contonment 8.6%
09:46 (IST) Dec 07
Complaint against TRS Khairatabad candidate Sanam Nagender for allegedly coming to cast his vote with TRS kanduva, BJP candidate raises objection
09:44 (IST) Dec 07
Many leaders from Andhra Pradesh, including chief minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu, will be missing in action from the polling scene on Friday. Naidu and others, who have houses in Hyderabad and used to exercise their vote here, shifted their voter I-cards to AP, post-bifurcation, to enable them contest from Andhra Pradesh.
09:40 (IST) Dec 07
Chiranjeevi and his wife Surekha cast their votes at Jubilee Hills International club
Chiranjeevi and his wife Surekha cast their votes at Jubilee Hills International club