The by-election was necessitated by the resignation of sitting TRS MP K Srihari after he became Telangana Deputy Chief Minister
Polling is underway in the by-election to Warangal SC Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana where a multi-corner contest among ruling TRS, Opposition Congress, BJP-TDP combine and the YSRCP is being witnessed.
There are 15,09,671 voters in the constituency including 7,57,231 men and 7,52,293 women, according to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Bhanwar Lal.
Among the 1778 polling stations, 642, 498 and 33 have been identified as sensitive, hyper-sensitive and Left wing extremism-affected polling stations respectively. The authorities have made arrangements for 'live' webcasting in 626 polling stations.
Tight security arrangements have been made, especially in the sensitive and left wing extremism-affected booths to ensure free and fair polls by deploying a total of 7606 policemen.
Though a total of 23 candidates are in the fray, the main contest is considered to be among the ruling TRS candidate P Dayakar, former Union Minister Sarve Satyanarayana (Congress), BJP's P Devaiah on behalf the BJP-TDP combine and YSRCP's N Suryaprakash.
Polling is underway in the by-election to Warangal SC Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana where a multi-corner contest among ruling TRS, Opposition Congress, BJP-TDP combine and the YSRCP is being witnessed.
There are 15,09,671 voters in the constituency including 7,57,231 men and 7,52,293 women, according to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Bhanwar Lal.
Among the 1778 polling stations, 642, 498 and 33 have been identified as sensitive, hyper-sensitive and Left wing extremism-affected polling stations respectively. The authorities have made arrangements for 'live' webcasting in 626 polling stations.
Tight security arrangements have been made, especially in the sensitive and left wing extremism-affected booths to ensure free and fair polls by deploying a total of 7606 policemen.
Though a total of 23 candidates are in the fray, the main contest is considered to be among the ruling TRS candidate P Dayakar, former Union Minister Sarve Satyanarayana (Congress), BJP's P Devaiah on behalf the BJP-TDP combine and YSRCP's N Suryaprakash.
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