Lok Sabha Election 2019: Polling underway in Telangana
Lok Sabha Election 2019: Polling underway in Telangana
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The mega battle for power is underway with voters deciding the fate of candidates in 91 constituencies across 18 states and two union territories. Polling in Telangana for 17 constituencies began at 7 am on Thursday, where former Union minister Renuka Chowdary and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi are among the prominent candidates who are in the fray. Over 2.97 crore voters would decide the fate of 443 candidates in the state.

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The Telangana Rashtra Samiti having swept the December assembly polls is hoping for an encore in the company of Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM while the opposition Congress and BJP appear to be focused on winning a select number of seats. The Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency is a special case as 185 candidates, including over 170 farmers, are in the fray.

The farmers have entered the fray in large numbers to highlight their demand for a remunerative price to turmeric and red jowar. The Election Commission decided to conduct polling in Nizamabad with EVMs despite a large number of candidates and made arrangements accordingly.

Over 79,000 EVMs, 42,000 control units, 46,000 Voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT)s are being used for the election for which 2 lakh officials have been deployed across 34,604 polling stations. As many as 145 companies of central paramilitary forces, besides over 55,000 state police have been deployed.

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