The counting of votes for the MLC elections in the Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh began at 8 am today. Vote counting for 3 seats in Telangana and 3 in Andhra Pradesh is being conducted in three phases. Officials opened the strongrooms in the presence of candidates and their agents. In Telangana, counting centers have been set up at the Ambedkar Indoor Stadium in Karimnagar for the
Karimnagar-Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad graduate constituency and for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda teacher constituency in Nalgonda.
The candidate who secures more than 50 percent of valid votes will be declared the winner. Elections were held for these three MLC seats on February 27, with 19 candidates contesting in Telangana. A total of 25 tables have been set up for counting.