The counting of votes for the Telangana Legislative Council elections to two teachers and one graduate constituency began on Monday at 8 a.m. The polling for these seats was held on February 27 through ballot paper, and the counting process is expected to take two to three days. The Election Commission officials opened strong rooms in the presence of candidates or their agents.

The counting is being held at different locations, including Ambedkar Indoor Stadium in Karimnagar and the godown of Warehousing Corporation in Nalgonda. The candidates polling more than 50 per cent of first preference votes will be declared elected. If there are no winners in the first preference votes, the counting of second preference votes will be taken up. The process is likely to take 36 hours in the two teachers’ constituencies while it may take three days in the graduates’ constituency ¹.

The Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar graduates’ constituency had recorded 70.4 per cent polling, while the voter turnout in the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar teachers’ constituency was 91.9 per cent. The Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda teachers’ constituency recorded a 93.55 per cent polling. A total of 56 candidates are in the fray in the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar graduates’ constituency.