Hyderabad: The highly anticipated result of the recently held Telangana elections will be out today with the Election Commission (EC) geared up to push out the results across 119 Assembly constituencies. As many as 2,290 contestants are in the fray in the elections, including BRS chief and incumbent chief minister Chandrasekhar Rao, his minister-son KT Rama Rao, TPCC president A Revanth Reddy, and BJP Lok Sabha members Bandi Sanjay Kumar, D Arvind and Soyam Bapu Rao.
The BRS fielded candidates in all 119 seats. The BJP and Janasena contested 111 and 8 seats respectively in a pre-poll pact while the Congress gave one seat to its ally CPI. The Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM has put up candidates in nine segments in the city.
Several segments witnessed triangular contests making them keenly watched ones.
KCR contested from two segments-Gajwel and Kamareddy- so did Revanth Reddy-Kodangal and Kamareddy. The BJP fielded its MLA, Etala Rajender, from Gajwel, besides Huzurabad, where he is the incumbent legislator.
Live Updates:
08:00: The counting of votes begins
