This time, there are as many as 2,290 contestants in the fray which includes Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, his Minister-son K.T. Rama Rao, State Congress President A Revanth Reddy and BJP Lok Sabha members Bandi Sanjay Kumar and D Arvind.
Long queues were seen outside the polling stations in towns and rural parts of Telangana since early this morning
Voting at morning colleges associated with the university begun at 8.30 a.m. on Friday while in the evening colleges it started at 3 p.m.
State had crossed 50 per cent turnout in post-lunch period. By 5 p.m., 65.69 per cent of voters turned out and excercised their voting rights.
The assembly elections are crucial for BJP and Congress with JD-S also keen to improve its performance.
The voting for a four-cornered electoral contest began at 8 am. The poll percentage was 5.21 per cent till 9 am. It went up to 17.07 per cent by 11 am.
The counting of votes in Nagaland and Meghalaya along with that in Tripura, which went to the polls on February 16, will be taken up on March 2.
The voter turnout till 1 pm was recorded at 60.51 per cent while over 38.68 per cent was recorded till 11 am.
The voter turnout till 1 pm was recorded at 44.73 per cent while till 11 am, it was 26.70 per cent and 12.06 per cent till 9 am.
According to the data by the EC, Chumoukedima was at 17.59 per cent, Dimapur was at 14.45 per cent, Kiphire was at 24.74 per cent, Kohima was at 20.12 per cent.
