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About 2,290 candidates had thrown their hat in the ring for the tense, largely tripartite contest in the state. In a first for Telangana, voters above the age of 80 and people with disabilities were given the option of voting from home. About 27,600 voters had registered for that service.

Terming exit polls about Telangana Assembly polls nonsense and rubbish, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao said on Thursday that BRS will retain power. Referring to 2018 exit polls, he said only one agency had got it right. TRS (now BRS) was given 48-66 seats by four others but it went on to bag 88 seats. "This tells you what kind of rubbish they publish in the name of exit polls," he said.

Voters in Telangana have cast their votes in a polling for 119 Assembly segments, with nearly 2,500 MLA aspirants in the race. The BRS aims to retain power for a third time, while the Congress is keen to upset the ruling partys chances. As of 11 AM, 20.64% of voters had cast their votes.

India News: NEW DELHI: The exit polls conducted on Thursday indicated a closely contested battle between the Congress and the BRS in Telangana, with most agencies.

Hyderabad: Even as polling for Telangana Assembly elections is progressing at a brisk, however, some constituencies in the state have recorded negligible voting so far because the people have boycotted the polling on Thursday.

Telangana Assembly Election: The authorities also ordered closure of liquor shops for 48 hours. The shops will re-open only after polling comes to an end on Thursday evening.

By the time of publishing this article, the BRS had not yet issued an official statement on the developments at Kagaznagar.

A voter turnout of 70.60 per cent was recorded in elections to the 119-member Telangana Legislative Assembly on Thursday which passed off peacefully, barring a few minor incidents.

India News: Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party Telangana President, G Kishan Reddy has alleged that the opposition parties like Congress and Bharat Rashtra

The aggressive campaigning saw Congress and BJP repeatedly raising issues concerning people, with the BRS leaders expressing confidence about the delivery of their programmes. The three parties have made big promises in their manifestos. Polling in the state will be held on November 30 with counting of votes to take place on December 3 along with four other states.