1,824 Candidates in the race for Telangana polls
Telangana | Written by : Suryaa Desk
Hyderabad: A total of 1,824 candidates from 119 constituencies in the race for Telangana Assembly elections to be held on December 7 . The deadline to withdraw nominations ended on Thursday, totally 3584 filed nominations papers and the count reaches to 1824 officials said. The results of polls will be announced on December 11. Nominations of about 500 candidates were rejected during scrutiny on Tuesday.
According to Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar, the total number of voters in the state is 2,80,64,680 including 7,46,077 new voters.Meanwhile, Chief Election Commissioner O. P Rawat along with two election commissioners and other senior officials reached Hyderabad Thursday evening to review the poll arrangements.
The poll panel team will hold meetings with district election officers, superintendents of police and other senior officials to review the arrangements. It will also meet representatives of political parties on Friday.