Hyderabad-RR-Mahabubnagar grad MLC election saw 67% voting

HYDERABAD: The Office of Chief Electoral Officers, Telangana on Monday released a final poll percentage for the graduate MLC polls on Monday. According to election authorities, Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad recorded 67.2% polling while Warangal-Nalgonda-Khammam recorded 76.4% polling.
“Counting will be done on March 17. We are expecting it to go on till March 18 morning due to jumbo ballot papers and preferential vote system,” said CEO Dr Shashank Goel.
Opposition parties BJP and Congress lodged a complaint about money distribution by the ruling Telangana Rasthra Samithi.“We have received certain complaints and our officials are probing the allegations. After receiving a report, we will forward the same to the Election Commission of India, which will decide the course of action,” Shashank Goel said.
Ballot boxes have been shifted to the counting centre at Saroornagar indoor stadium for Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad constituency and to Nalgonda market yard for Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda constituency.
“The result may not be decided in the first preferential vote. TRS was successful in getting votes,” said professor K Nageshwar.