With 185 Candidates in the Race, Nizamabad to Use Ballot Paper

Most candidates are farmers who filed mass nominations to highlight their problems with remunerative prices.

K Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.

(Photo: IANS)

Ballot papers will be used for polling in Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana as 185 candidates, a majority of them farmers, remained in fray for the next month's elections, officials said.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha is seeking re-election from the constituency, where the Congress has once again fielded Madhu Yaskhi Goud.

With the deadline for withdrawal of nominations coming to an end on Thursday, Chief Electoral Officer Rajath Kumar said.

Turmeric and red sorghum farmers filed their nominations en masse to highlight their problems, especially with regard to remunerative prices.

EVMs can only accommodate 16 names with the control unit capable of recording the voting of four EVMs linked together. In total, each control unit can record the maximum of 64 candidates.

The EC is thus left with no choice but to use ballot paper for the constituency which has 1.5 million voters.

Rajath Kumar said the arrangements for conduct of polling with ballot papers were still under discussion and a final decision would be taken by the Election Commission.

It is expected that the results of the constituency will be delayed.