The voter turnout during the Telangana Assembly polls on November 30 stood at 63.94 percent till 5 pm, according to the data shared by the Election Commission of India.
The polling began at 7 am on all 119 constituencies across the state and concluded at 5 pm on 106 seats. For the 13 seats affected by Left Wing Extremism, polling concluded at 4 pm.
According to the EC, the voting percentage was recorded at nearly 9 percent in the first two hours, which increased to 20 percent by 11 am then gradually exceeding 35 percent by 1 pm and 50 percent by 3 pm.
At 3 pm, the voter turnout in Telangana was recorded at 51.89 percent.
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The fate of 2,290 contestants, including Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, his minister-son KT Rama Rao, state Congress president A Revanth Reddy and BJP Lok Sabha members Bandi Sanjay Kumar and D Arvind, will be decided in the electiosn.
During polling, Telangana BJP president and Union minister G Kishan Reddy wrote to the Election Commission of India alleging that the BRS candidates and workers were involved in "electoral malpractices". In his letter, Reddy alleged that BRS workers were moving in groups around polling stations and the police were not taking action on the same.
"Police and other officials, instead of taking action against such incidents, are allowing the BRS workers to attack the BJP workers," the letter read.
Clash was also reported between Congress and BRS workers in Telangana's Warangal. Followers of both parties attacked each other and two people were injured. A clash broke out between Congress and BRS workers in Jangaon as well.
“Everything went perfectly, without any failure. But BRS violated the MCC rules across the state. They have distributed money and liquor in the presence of police. The Election Commission should have been strict in monitoring this,” said G Kishan Reddy.
BRS MLC K Kavitha there was good news from all corners of the state. “There's good news from everywhere. We are already celebrating. Unfortunately for them (BJP), there will be no celebration. Last time too they tried to create confusion, ultimately BRS won. This time too BRS will win,” she said.
Telangana is the youngest poll-bound state. Formed in 2014, it was carved out of the northern part of the Andhra Pradesh. Ever since its inception, the state only has K Chandrashekar Rao as its chief minister.
Earlier in the day, Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, state BJP president G Kishan Reddy, BRS working president K T Rama Rao, his sister and MLC K Kavitha, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi were seen exercising their franchise. Among actors Vijay Deverakonda, Allu Arjun and Mahesh Babu were seen in casting their ballots.
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