Telangana election result Live: Over 85% voter turnout in final phase of gram panchayat polls

• More than 85 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in the third and final phase of the gram panchayat elections in Telangana, PTI news agency quoted State Election Commission as saying.

• Among the 50,56,344 eligible voters, 43,37,024 cast their votes in the polls, with the turnout being 85.77 per cent, the SEC said.

• Polling was conducted in 3,752 gram panchayats, for 28,410 ward member seats. As of 7 pm on Wednesday, 1,909 sarpanches and 17,808 ward members had been elected, the SEC said.

• Officials said as many as 12,652 candidates had contested for sarpanch posts, adding that 75,725 were in the fray for positions of ward members.

• "The elections concluded peacefully," Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Mahesh M Bhagwat told PTI.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president B Mahesh Kumar Goud claimed that the party's dominance had continued in the third phase of the gram panchayat elections, PTI news agency reported.

Goud said the villages had handed victory to the Congress, adding that the verdict was evidence of the performance of the Congress government in the state, PTI reported citing a release.

“The outcomes of all three phases of the Sarpanch elections highlight the positive effect of the government’s rural welfare programmes, and the people’s verdict will guide the strengthening of the Congress party in Telangana,” Goud said.

More than 85 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the final phase of gram panchayat elections in Telangana on Wednesday, the State Election Commission said.

Officials said polls were held in a peaceful manner, and counting of votes was underway, PTI news agency reported. The SEC said that among the 50,56,344 eligible voters, 43,37,024 had cast their votes.

Telangana election result Live: Voter turnout of 80.78% was recorded in the final phase of polling in the gram panchayat polls on Wednesday.

Telangana election result Live: As many as 53 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the election at 36,483 polling stations, news agency PTI reported.

Telangana election result Live: A total of 12,652 Sarpanch candidates are in the fray, while for ward member posts, 75,725 candidates are contesting, news agency PTI quoted officials as saying.

Telangana election result Live: Voting for Telangana gram panchayat polls were held in three phases. The first phase was held on December 11 with a voter turnout of 84.28%. Second phase of elections was held on December 14 with a turnout of 85.86%.

Telangana election result Live: Voting for the third and final phase of Telangana gram panchayat elections began at 7 am and will end at 1pm.