8.97 % voting recorded in Telangana, 6.11 % in Rajasthan till 9 am

Polling in Telangana is being held across 119 assembly constituencies. While in 13 "trouble-prone" constituencies the polling is scheduled to end at 4pm, voting in the rest of the constituencies will end at 5pm this evening. A total of 1,821 candidates are in the fray in the state.

Similarly in Rajasthan, polling began at 8 am and will culminate at 5 PM. Elections will take place at 51,667 polling stations where 4,74,79,402 people will cast their vote to decide the fate of 2000 candidates in fray.