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Updated – May 13, 2024 09:31 pm IST<\/span>
Published – May 13, 2024 06:00 am IST <\/span>
People after casting their vote in a Model Polling station at Sangareddy District
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Voter turnout in 13 of the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana<\/a> is heading towards 70% mark going by the number of voters who exercised their franchise till 3 pm.
The State registered overall voter turnout of 52.34% with several constituencies crossing the 50% mark and some of them crossed 60% till 3 pm with three more hours to go in a majority of the constituencies.
In the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections<\/a>, all 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana are going to polls with 525 candidates in the fray, an average of 31 candidates for each constituency. Curtains came down on the high-voltage election campaign on Saturday evening, and political parties are now focussing on ensuring good turnout at the polling stations as every vote would count in three-cornered contests likely to be witnessed in a majority of the constituencies.
While the first Lok Sabha election in Telangana saw a straight fight between the Congress<\/a> and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (now Bharat Rashtra Samithi)<\/a>, the situation changed in the next election \u2014 the Bharatiya Janata Party <\/a>(BJP) emerged as a force to reckon with, winning four seats.
The political landscape saw much bigger changes in the subsequent years resulting in the scope for triangular contests in a majority of the 17 constituencies. Top leaders of the Congress and the BJP have campaigned extensively for their respective candidates over the past few weeks while BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao took the burden of campaigning for his party candidates in spite of not being in the best of health.
For other live updates – Lok Sabha<\/a> | Andhra Pradesh<\/a><\/strong>
A polling station in Marredpally wears a deserted look moments before voting hours come to an end-Siddharth Kumar Singh
Post-polling, citizens along with friends and families step out for the evening at Martyrs\u2019 Memorial in Hyderabad.- Lavpreet Kaur
Mild tension in Bibi Bazaar where AIMIM and BJP cadre and candidate ran into each other.-Syed Mohammed
61.16% polling registered in Telangana till 5 pm with an hour more left for conclusion of the voting time. Five constituencies report more than 70% polling.- Rajeev. M
Voter response in Hyderabad<\/a>\u2019s famed Information Technology (IT) corridor to the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on May 13 remained muted even as the neighbourhood playing host to thousands of young men and women employed by the new age tech firms wore a deserted look.
The less-than-desired interest was evident from the number of voters who queued up at booths in populated localities of Gachibowli, Tellapur, Gowlidoddi and the vicinity. It was in sharp contrast to the enthusiasm voters in the Serilingampally<\/a> Assembly constituency displayed during State polls barely six months ago.<\/a>Read more on this here…<\/a>
Till 3 p.m., polling has been slow in Hyderabad which reported just 29.47% preceded by Secunderabad (34.58%), Malkajgiri (37.69%) and Chevella (45.35%).\u200bRead more on the polling percentage in Telangana here<\/a>\u200b
The Mangalhat police booked another case against BJP candidate Madhavi Latha<\/a> and BJP followers for using dummy electronic voting machines (EVM) to manipulate voters in the locality. Officials said that they initially took two BJP workers into custody for manipulating the voters with fake EVMs. However, Madhavi Latha reached the police station and managed to free the men and also take away the seized dummy EVMs.\u00a0
Goshamahal ACP K. Venkat Reddy said that cases were booked against BJP workers Rakesh Goud and Bunny. \u201cLater, Madhavi Latha was also booked for obstructing police and taking away the seized EVMs from the police custody,\u201d said the official.Read more in this here<\/a>
Telangana State Police seizures crossed the \u20b9192 crore mark on the day of polling. The seizures started on March 16 when the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force: Telangana State DGP Ravi Gupta-Lavpreet Kaur
Polling in 14 assembly segments falling in Adilabad, Peddapalle, Warangal, Mahbubabad and Khammam Lok Sabha constituencies <\/a>categorised as left wing extremist segments will come to an end at 4 pm.
Hyderabad records 29.47% turnout till 3 p.m.-Siddharth Kumar Singh
Voter turnout percentage in twin-cities till 1 pm according to police commissionerates
Cyberabad 35%\u00a0
Hyderabad 22%
Rachakonda 36% -Naveen Kumar
TPCC working president T Jagga Reddy casts his vote in Sangareddy.- R. Ravikanth Reddy
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The war room in Telangana State Police Headquarters installed with mega screens relaying real time video feeds from across the state.
As many as 35 officials across departments are monitoring the video feed 24X7 and coordinating with their respective departments for immediate action.-Lavpreet Kaur<\/p>\n

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