Polling passes off peacefully for six MLC seats in Telangana

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ANI Hyderabad
Last Updated : Dec 27 2015 | 10:28 PM IST

Polling passed off peacefully for six MLC seats of local bodies constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Council on Sunday.

Telangana Chief Electoral Officer K Bhanwarlal said the polling process was peaceful and a total of 98.81% of voters cast their votes.

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

Polling was held for the remaining six seats in Khammam, Ranga Reddy, Mahaboob Nagar and Nalgonda districts.

While the TRS has contested all six seats, the Congress has fielded candidates in Mahaboob Nagar, Ranga Reddy and Nalgonda districts and extended support to a CPI candidate on Khammam seat.

On the other hand, the opposition TDP, in alliance with the BJP, contested for Ranga Reddy and Mahaboob Nagar seats, while the YSR Congress has fielded candidate only for Khammam seat.

The counting of votes will be taken up on December 30.

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First Published: Dec 27 2015 | 10:11 PM IST

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