Hyderabad: A voter turnout of 61.54 per cent was registered in the election to 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana on Monday, which went off peacefully.
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The polling was held from 7 AM to 6 PM, except Left Wing Extremism-affected constituencies where the process concluded by 4 PM.
The polling process in Telangana was peaceful, DGP Ravi Gupta said in a release. Notably, polling in Naxal-affected areas concluded without any incident by 4 pm, he said. State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vikas Raj said the response from voters was good.
«We have got very good response right from morning. Weather was also supportive. So we had good turnout. There was no problem on law order side also,» Vikas Raj told reporters.
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Out of the total 35,809 polling stations, voting was going on in about 1,400 booths at 6 PM.
The final polling percentage would be known after tabulation on Tuesday, the CEO said. The approximate voter turnout in the state was 62