Telangana Lok Sabha polls phase 4: Voter turnout at 62.64%

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Telangana recorded an approximate voter turnout of 62.64%

Updated on: May 13, 2024, 23:01:35 IST

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Telangana recorded an approximate voter turnout of 62.64% on Monday as polling was underway for 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state, data from the Election Commission showed. The state Chief Electoral Officer, Vikas Raj, said no law and order problems had been reported until noon. The officer added that an inquiry was underway into some complaints received amid polling in the state.

Women stand in a line to cast their votes at a polling station during the fourth phase of India's general election, in Rangareddy district in the southern state of Telangana. (REUTERS)

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Hyderabad collector Anudeep Durishetty, said in a post on social platform X that a case has been registered in Malakpet police station against BJP candidate Madhavi Latha under different sections of the IPC and the Representation of the People Act. The case was registered following an allegation that she checked the identity of burqa-clad women voters by asking them to show their faces.

Voting in Telangana:

Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy exercised his franchise in the constituency of Kodangal in Vikarabad district earlier in the day.

Speaking to media persons in Kodangal, Reddy alleged that the BJP was misusing central agencies for electoral benefit. Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Telangana BJP chief G Kishan Reddy, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, film actors Chiranjeevi, Allu Arjun and Junior NTR were other prominent people who were seen casting their votes. BJP general secretary Bandi Sanjay Kumar and the party candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat K Madhavi Latha also exercised their franchise.

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Polling percentage across constituencies in Telangana:

Sl. No.	Constituency	Voter turnout
1	Adilabad	70.51%
2	Bhongir	72.34%
3	Chevella	53.15%
4	Hyderabad	39.17%
5	Karimnagar	69.78%
6	Khammam	75.19%
7	Mahbubabad	69.27%
8	Malkajgiri	49.06%
9	Medak	73.63%
10	Nagarkurnool	66.91%
11	Nalgonda	70.75%
12	Nizamabad	70.94%
13	Peddapalle	63.86%
14	Secunderabad	42.48%
15	Warangal	64.08%
16	Zahirabad	71.48%

Polling is also underway in the Secunderabad Cantonment assembly constituency. The bypoll witnessed 47.88 per cent voting till 5 pm. The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of sitting BRS MLA G Lasya Nanditha in a road accident.

(With inputs from PTI)

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