Hyderabad: The counting of votes polled for the 119 assembly constituencies has begun at 8 am on Sunday. The votes locked in the EVMs will be taken up for counting by 9 am. The counting of votes is being carried out at 49 centers.
The initial trends are expected quickly, by 10 am, and the winner could be spotted before noon. The final results are expected to be in by 5 pm. The figure to watch is the cut-off mark of 60 seats in the 119-seat Assembly. A total of 2, 290 candidates are in the fray.
The polling was held on November 30, which saw a voter turnout of 71.64%.
In 2018 elections, BRS, retained power for the second successive term by winning 88 seats and the party’s chief K Chandrashekhar Rao took oath as the Chief Minister for the second term in December 2018.
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