Heavy turnout in polling for two Graduates’ MLC seats

Braving sun and bucking the trend of poor response in the past, graduate voters thronged the polling stations in large numbers, as in general elections, to exercise their right to franchise in the polling held for two Graduates’ constituencies in the Legislative Council on Sunday.

The polling was peaceful in all the 21 reorganised districts which make the erstwhile districts, except for a few complaints about attempts to influence the voters in different ways and means including the statements allegedly made by Home Minister Md. Mahamood Ali and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan. A complaint of attack on BJP candidate for Warangal-Nalgonda-Khammam constituency G. Premender Reddy and others by TRS activists was also lodged with officials. The Election Commission has put the polling percentage tentatively at around 60% for Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad constituency and about 74% for Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda constituency till 4 pm. However, the percentage is expected go up further as the voters who reached the polling stations and were in queues till 4 pm were allowed to cast their votes.