Telangana elections: Telangana records 67 per cent polling

According to the poll of polls, TRS likely to win 62 seats

The Congress-led alliance is likely to gain 44 seats, while the BJP is expected to be restricted to 5 seats and others may gain 8 seats.

Times Now-CNX has predicted majority for TRS with 66 seats, 37 for Congress led 'Praja Kutami', 7 for BJP and 9 for others in the exit polls

56.17 per cent polling recorded till 3 pm

Over 56 per cent of 2.80 crore voters of Telangana exercised their franchise till 3 pm on Friday, officials said.

Polling concludes in 13 Maoist affected constituencies in Telangana

P V Sindhu casts her vote

Nearly 38.68 per cent voting recorded by 3pm in Hyderabad

Telangana elections: 53 per cent voting till 3pm

A man was taken into custody after he allegedly took a selfie while casting his vote at a polling station in Rajendra Nagar here Friday, police said.

After casting his vote at his native village Chintamadaka, TRS president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) on Friday said the tide was in favour of the government. “We will come back with a huge majority,” he said answering questions from the media.

Indian badminton player Jwala Gutta was in for a surprise after she couldn’t find her name in the polling list on Friday. “While my name was there in the online list, I couldn’t find it in the list at the polling booth. In my family also, my father and sister’s names were missing from the list. No official was able to help to understand the process further,” said Gutta at the Gati Government School polling booth in Banjara Hills.

Several youngsters gathered at Prasads Large Screen at NTR Marg on Friday morning to protest after the picturehall management cancelled the morning shows of all movies in the view of the assembly election.

TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao Friday exuded confidence that his party would come back to power in Telangana with a "huge majority." There is a "very, very positive" mood among voters towards the party, KCR, as Rao is popularly known as, told reporters at his native village Chintamadaka where he cast his vote in the Assembly polls.

Telangana elections: 48 per cent voting till 1pm

Uttam Kumar Reddy after casting his vote in Kodad

AIMIM confident of winning all contested seats, says Asaduddin Owaisi

The AIMIM has fielded candidates in eight assembly segments in Hyderabad out of the total 119 seats in the state. It is supporting TRS in other segments.

Mahesh Babu outside a polling booth after casting his vote

Setting a good example, renowned Telugu actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Amala Akkineni and Allu Arjun exercised their franchise in the Telangana Assembly Elections on Friday. Nagarjuna and his wife Amala were among the many early voters. The star couple was seen at booth number 151 in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. While Allu Arjun was also spotted standing in a queue outside booth number 152 in Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad to cast his vote.