LIVE Telangana Election Results 2019

Telangana voted in the first phase of the national elections on April 11. It appears to be mainly a three-cornered contest between the ruling TRS, Congress and the BJP in the southern state's 17 seats.
Out of the 17 constituencies, three are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) and two for Scheduled Tribes (ST). A total of 34,603 polling stations have been set up across the state.

This is the first national elections for Telangana after it was recognised as a separate state. The total population in the state is 3,50,03,674.

The 17 constituencies in Telangana are Adilabad, Bhuvanagiri, Chevella, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubabad, Mahabubnagar, Malkajgiri, Medak, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Peddapalle, Secunderabad, Warangal and Zahirabad.

As per the data sourced from the National Election Planner, the state has a total of 2,95,30,838 electors, out of which 1,48,42,582 are men, 1,46,74,217 are women and 2,089 are from the third gender. Further, of the total electors, 10,823 are service electors and 1,127 are overseas Indian electors.

Interestingly, there are 5,99,933 electors in Telangana who are in the age group of 18-19 years, which is significantly higher than its neighbouring state Andhra Pradesh that has 5,39,804 electors in the same category.

The total of 2,95,30,838 electors in Telangana and 3,66,61,315 electors in Andhra Pradesh shows a growth in the number of electors that has increased by 12,58,015 (1.94 per cent) since the previous General Elections of 2014 in undivided Andhra Pradesh. It may be noted that polling percentage was highest at 74.64% in undivided Andhra Pradesh in the General Elections 2014.

The counting of votes for the national elections will be held on May 23.