Hyderabad, Feb 27 (UNI) The polling in the three MLC constituencies, including one Graduates and two Teachers, ended peacefully in Telangana on Thursday evening.
The voting in Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates’ and Teachers’ constituencies and Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Teachers’ constituency, spread over 15 districts in the state, began at 8 AM this morning and ended at 4 PM.
The counting of votes will be held on March 3.
While 56 candidates are in fray for the lone Graduates’ constituency, 15 and and 19 candidates are contesting the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar and Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Teachers’ constituencies respectively.
While 3.55 lakh people have registered their names for the graduates’ constituency, there are 27,000 people for the teachers segment.
Officials said the polling in Telangana has ended peacefully without any untoward incidents.
While the ruling Congress party is contesting only the’ graduates' constituency, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded candidates in all the three constituencies while the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has opted to stay out of the contest.
Currently, T Jeevan Reddy (Congress) is the sitting MLC from the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates’ seat, while K Raghottham Reddy and Alugubelli Narsi Reddy are the MLCs from the respective Teachers’ constituencies. Their terms will end on March 29.
Though the graduate constituency is the sitting seat of the Congress which was earlier won by T Jeevan Reddy, this time, the Congress has fielded V Narender Reddy, who is pitted against BJP’s C Anji reddy.
The government has declared a holiday for schools in these constituencies on Thursday to facilitate the polling process.
Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari announced that the decision was taken to maintain law and order and prevent disruption in schools.
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