Total polling percentage recorded in the State was 60.91 per cent; 68.25 per cent in Bhongir

CEO Dr Rajat Kumar said that it was for the first time that as many as 21,456 Balloting Units, 1,788 Control Units and 1,788 VVPATs were used to conduct an election in a single constituency.

Owing to enhanced security measures that were taken up in the constituency, the voting went off in an incident-free manner.

Packs containing bananas, butter milk and biscuits were also offered at some centres

The day began with only a handful of voters turning up at the polling stations in seven Assembly constituencies — Chandrayangutta, Yakutpura, Malakpet, Charminar, Bahadurpura, Goshamahal and Karwan — that comprise Hyderabad seat

Adilabad district recorded maximum temperature of 44 degrees Centigrade on Thursday, indicating a slight rise from the previous day’s 43.4 degrees

People post pictures with 'inked finger', vent ire over missing names and urge voters to go out and vote

Medak tops list with 68.60 % turn out

While, the State average poll percentage was 23 per cent, Secunderabad recorded 11.06 per cent and Hyderabad recorded 12.12 per cent.

Hyderabad: The voter turnout in the State was 22. 84 per cent by 11 am according to the election authorities. The overall constituency wise polling in first four hours was 27. 08 per cent in Peddapalli Lok Sabha, 12. 27 in Hyderabad, 36.04 per cent in Medak, 10.20 per cent in Chevella,  26. 49 per cent in Nalgonda, 27 per cent in Mahabubnagar, 

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his wife Shoba exercised their franchise at their native village Chintamadaka. Chief Minister’s teacher Mrutunjaya Sharma cast his vote at in Siddipet town. "Now you can get handpicked stories from Telangana Today on WhatsApp everyday. Click this link to subscribe and save this number 918

Hyderabad: Accompanied by his wife Shailima, TRS working president KT Rama Rao cast his vote in Nandi Nagar, Banjara Hills, on Thursday. He then tweeted, “I got inked. Did you??? Please show up vote.” I got inked. Did you??? Please show up and vote భాద్యతగా నేను వోట్ వెశాను, మరి మీర�

The Commissioner along with his family stood in the queue for their turn and exercised their franchise at Nampally Vyayamshala High School, Near Nampally goods shed.

Several celebrities who exercised their franchise posted their pictures in various social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook and urged voters to utilise their right to vote.

In the sensitive polling stations in Nizamabad Parliamentary constituency also, the polling was progressing peacefully

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