Assembly elections in Telangana will be held on November 30. The counting of votes for the Telangana Assembly will be held along with those of four other poll-bound states on December 3.
Telugu actor-turned-politician Vijayashanti, on Saturday returned to the fold of the Congres party after announcing her resignation from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Besides, Constituency-wise, the highest voting percentage is in Ratlam's Sailana assembly constituency, which is 90 percent, Seoni's Barghat constituency records 88.20 per cent polling and in Mandsaur's Malhargarh constituency, the voting percentage is 87.08 per cent, till the report was
Telangana will go for Assembly elections on November 30 and counting of votes, along with those of four other poll-bound states, has been scheduled for December 3.
Polling concluded in the high-stakes electoral battle in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh on Friday, with both the Congress and the BJP hoping for victory in the two Hindi heartland states.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Pragathi Bhavan, the official residence of the chief minister in Telangana, will be renamed 'Praja Paalana Bhavan' if his party is elected to power in the southern state.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed confidence that the Congress party will win in the upcoming state assembly elections in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi in Telangana of "corruption" and claimed that his party has "punctured the wheels of PM Modi's vehicle in Telangana" as the Congress leader promised free power to farmers in the poll-bound state
The capital city- Bhopal, recorded 59.19 per cent of voter turnout, while Chhindwara recorded 78.85 per cent, Damoh at 73.83 per cent, Dhar at 72.35 per cent, Dindori at 78.30 per cent, Datia at 69.66 per cent, Indore at 64.95 per cent and Jhabua at 73.10 per cent.
"It is voting day today for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections and I have also come here with my family to vote. I want to appeal to the public that they must vote, it is their right. It is a very good opportunity to elect the government of their choice. Please everyone vote," Firojiya
A voter turnout of 60.52 per cent was recorded till 3 pm in 230 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh elections which are underway on Friday, the Elections Commission of India said.
Madhya Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 45.40 per cent while neighbouring Chhattisgarh saw 38.22 per cent polling in the second phase till 1 pm on Friday, the Election Commission informed.