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Updated Mar 3, 2021, 6:44 am IST
A record 93 candidates are in the fray for the Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahbubnagar graduates constituency election against 57 in 2015
Voters in any MLC election have to exercise preferential votes, marking their preference of candidates unlike in other elections and for this reason, EVMs cannot be used in any MLC election. (Representational image : PTI file)
Hyderabad: The Election Commission is planning to deploy ‘jumbo ballot boxes’ that were last used in 2010 and 1996 for the upcoming elections to two seats of the Legislative Council as the ballot papers are the size of newspapers.
Chief Electoral Officer Shashank Goel has written to the Election Commission seeking permission to use these ballot boxes and approval is awaited.