Live updates of Telangana Assembly election: 10.15 pc voter turnout till 9.30 AM

 Hyderabad: Voting for the 119 seats of Telangana is on its today. Over 2.8 crore voters of Telangana are expected to exercise their right to elect the new government in the state.Voting began at 7 am and will conclude at 5 pm, except in 13 constituencies classified as Left Wing Extremist-affected, where the process ends at 4 pm.

 As many as 1,821 candidates, including a transgender, are in in today’s wear of assembly election which is the first full-fledged polls in the country’s youngest state.
Election Commission has made comfortable arrangements for a smooth conduct of the voting process in 32,815 polling stations.

For the first time, the Election Commission is using Voters Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in Telangana.The Assembly polls in Telangana were originally organised to be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections next year, but the House was dissolved prematurely on September 6 as per a recommendation by the state cabinet.Counting of votes would be taken up on December 11.Here are LIVE updates on Telangana Assembly elections 201810:02 am: 10.15 per cent voter turnout recorded till 9.30 am 

09:57 am: TRS MP K Kavitha stands in a queue to toss his vote at polling booth no. 177 in Pothangal, Nizamabad.

09:54 am: Actor Chiranjeevi in a queue to toss his vote at polling booth no. 148 in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.

09:48 am: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi toss his vote at polling booth no. 317 at Mailardevpally, Shastripuram.