Low turnout so far in two graduate constituencies’ MLC polls in Telangana
The Hindu
Intense canvassing by candidates in the fray aside, only about 8% polling was recorded in the first two hours, till 10 a.m., for the two graduates’ constituencies in the Legislative Council elections on March 14. In the next two hours, it crossed 15%.
According to information reaching here from 21 districts (reorganised) in which the Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahabubnagar and Warangal-Nalgonda-Khammam Graduates’ Constituencies (six erstwhile districts) are spread, polling began at 8 a.m. with registered graduates (voters) trickling in to polling stations in small numbers. Candidates of all major parties in the fray such as TRS, BJP, CPI, TJS, TDP and Congress cast their vote in the first two hours. Besides, Ministers, legislators and some officers also voted by 10 a.m. They made an appeal to the registered voters to cast their vote.
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