Lok Sabha elections 2019: With 185 candidates in fray, EC for ballot paper in Telangana’s Nizamabad

With 185 candidates contesting for Nizamabad seat, the EC authorities are left with no option but to conduct the elections through ballot papers.

Updated on: Mar 29, 2019, 11:30:20 IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

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The Election Commission will be going back to ballot papers in Telangana’s Nizamabad Lok Sabha seat as the EVM can accommodate only 16 names and constituency has 185 candidates in fray, among them Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha.

Nizamabad LS seat is presently represented by Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha. (HT File Photo)

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Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Srinivasa Rao is Senior Assistant Editor based out of Hyderabad covering developments in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana . He has over three decades of reporting experience.

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