Voting underway for 6 Legislative Council seats in Telangana

Hyderabad: Polling has begun for six seats of local bodies constituencies in state Legislative Council on Sunday in Telangana.

The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for smooth conduct of Member of Legislative Council elections.The polling will conclude at 4 pm.

The counting of votes will be taken up on December 30.Elections are being held for six MLC seats in Ranga Reddy, Mahaboob Nagar, Nalgonda and Khammam districts of Telangana today.

Of the 12 MLC seats for which notification was released on December 2, elections in six seats have become unanimous with the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidates getting elected unopposed in Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad, Medak and Adilabad districts.

State Chief Electoral Officer K Bhanwarlal said a total of 3,869 voters are set to exercise their franchise in these elections and 19 candidates are in the fray. He said strict vigil is kept at the 19 polling booths set up in four districts in view of allegations that some parties are trying to influence the voters. (ANI)