Polling for the Telangana Assembly election has begun across the State at 7 a.m. on Thursday. The polling for 119 constituencies started on a promising note, with some enthusiastic voters turning up at polling stations to cast their votes to avoid long queues later in the day.
“I’m the third person to vote,” Ramesh, a voter who cast his vote at a polling station in Gandhinagar in Hyderabad, told businessline.
In a keenly contested poll, over 3.15 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise.
The Election Commission has imposed Section 144 across the State to ensure no crowds are gathered in politically sensitive areas.