Summary:
A+ A-Hyderabad: The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) took early leads in municipal elections as counting of votes was underway across the state on Saturday. The State Election Commission (SEC) took up the counting of votes polled in nine municipal corporations and 120 municipalities. TRS candidates were leading in many municipal wards. A total of 1,746 candidates are in the fray in municipal corporations while 11,099 candidates tested their political fortunes in municipalities. While TRS has fielded candidates for all 3,052 municipal wards, opposition Congress and BJP have fielded 2,616 and 2,313 candidates respectively..