All arrangements have been made to allow a total of 74.67 lakhs of voters in 150 divisions to exercise their right to vote in 9,101 polling stations to elect their representatives to the civic body.
Distribution, Reception and Counting Centers (DRCs) across the city were filled with frenzied activity on Monday, where election officials reported collecting ballot boxes and election material. A total of 18,202 ballot boxes, escorted by officials, have been dispatched to the respective polling stations through 2,671 specially equipped vehicles.
Here are the live updates:
5 pm
The voting percentage stands at 35.8 at night.
4.40 pm
Low voter turnout until 4pm
The poll percentage stayed at nearly 30% even at 4 p.m., just two hours before the deadline.
While voting has been largely uneventful unlike Assembly polls in 2018, when complaints of missing voter names and faulty EVMs were rife, voter turnout has only been a trickle at most centers. voting.
This time, the elections were conducted by paper ballot, so EVM’s malfunction was not a problem.
3.30 pm
The percentage of polls until 3:00 p.m. is 25.34%.
– Swathi Vadalamudi
1.30 p.m.
SEC schedules new vote for Old Malakpet neighborhood, bans broadcast of exit poll until December 3
The State Elections Commission (SEC) has scheduled a new vote for the Old Malakpet neighborhood (No. 26) at GHMC for December 3. Voting will take place from 7 am. at 6 pm in the 69 polling stations also replacing the Regulatory Officer.
The SEC previously canceled voting for the Old Malakpet district after printing an incorrect symbol against the name of the CPI candidate on the ballot. Indelible ink would be applied to the middle finger of the left hand during repoll.
With the re-voting for a GHMC district, the SEC has also banned the television broadcast of exit polls until 6 pm on December 3.
– Chandrashekhar Bhalki
12.30 pm
Little involvement in the old city
Voting in the Old City districts was slow in the early hours of the morning with empty booths and voters entering two or three, but as the day progressed, more voters began to arrive.
A voter from Pathergatti’s 32nd district, Haseeb Samad, went to cast his vote early in the morning with his wife around 7:30 a.m. He was able to complete the process in less than five minutes.
Similarly, Dabeerpura 30th district voter Mohammed Abdul Rafey, businessman and resident of Noor Khan Bazaar, went to cast his ballot at the Government Girls School, Chaaderghat, only a handful had cast their vote. “I went to the voting station at 8.30 in the morning. I was the fifteenth to vote. The turnout was very low,” he said.
11.40 a. M.
VIPs cast their votes
MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha, showing ink stained finger after casting her vote for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election, in Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Photo credit: Nagara Gopal
As voting accelerates for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, several VIPs along with their families cast their votes.
The Minister of Municipal Administration and Acting Chairman of TRS, KT Rama Rao, was one of the first to cast his vote. Mr. Rama Rao exercised his right to vote at the Banjara Hills Electoral College.
The Minister of State for the Home Union, G. Kishan Reddy, accompanied by his wife, cast their vote at the Kacheguda electoral college. The Minister exhorted voters to exercise their suffrage as it was a constitutional right.
AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi cast his vote at the St. Faiz High School Electoral College in Shastripuram.
11.00 a. M.
Missing Voter Ballots
Despite GHMC / SEC’s claims of handing out ballots to the electorate, several voters arriving at the polling stations complain of not receiving the ballots at various polling stations in the Moosapet and Kukatpally circles.
Complaints of missing votes are common in many polling stations. – B. Chandrashekar
10.45 a. M.
The State Elections Commission cancels voting for GHMC’s Old Malakpet district (# 26) following a complaint from CPI of an incorrect symbol printed on the ballot. Formal order to be issued in half an hour. – B. Chandrashekar
10.30 am
BJP accuses TRS of influencing voters
BJP candidate showing a voter ballot with the TRS symbol.
In Patancheru, the BJP candidate alleged that TRS was trying to influence voters on Election Day.
In Bharati Nagar, BJP candidate Godavari Anji Reddy saw ballot papers with the car symbol being distributed. The car symbol was displayed on disinfectants that were kept in the polls, he alleged.
In Chaitanya Nagar, the cadres of the BJP and Congress clashed. The police intervened and pacified them.
Elections in three GHMC divisions in the Patancheru constituency are peaceful so far. – R. Avadhani
10.20 a. M.
Polling stops at the Old Malakpet division as the IPC and CPI (M) symbols were mixed. Cabbage is imminent, officials say – Swathi Vadalamudi
10.15 am
Police personnel at a polling station in Jeedimetla said that phones or other belongings, including hand sanitizer, are not allowed at the polling station.
Many voters were seen returning to keep their phones at home. Those who came to the polling station with someone take turns securing phones and voting.
10.00 a. M.
Vote smoothly
Three generations of voters showing their inked fingers after exercising their right to vote. | Photo credit: Nagara Gopal
Voting for the Greater Hyderabad municipal elections began smoothly in the Golconda, Attapur, Rajendra Nagar, Tolichowki and Langar Houz districts at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
For the most part, voting began at the scheduled time and voters began arriving as early as 7 a.m.
Voting was rather slow for the first hour, with reported cases of voters being denied entry despite showing identity documents.
In the Golconda neighborhood, as the distribution of the ballots was not completed, the representatives of the candidates had to intervene to help the voters. – Serish nanisetti
9.00 a.m. M.
Voters maintaining social distancing at the AV College polling station, December 1, 2020.
3.1% of the survey was completed within the first two hours, GHMC officials reported.
8.00 a. M.
Actor Chiranjeevi and his wife K. Surekha after casting their vote in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election in Hyderabad on December 1, 2020. | Photo credit: Nagara Gopal
In the first hour of the vote, actor Chiranjeevi and his wife K. Surekha, Telangana Acting President Rashtra Samiti, and Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao were seen casting their votes in Hyderabad.
6.00 a. M.
According to the schedule, voting personnel are required to be present at the polling stations at 5.30 a.m. and electoral agents at 6 a.m. Mock voting will be held between 6 a.m. and 6.15 a.m., and at 6.55 a.m. am, the polls will be taken. sealed. Starting at 7 a.m. M., Voting will end at 6 p.m. M.
There would be a special queue for COVID-19 patients to exercise their franchise. Separate lines would also be formed for the elderly and the disabled.
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