Hyderabad, Nov 11 (IANS) About 9.2 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first two hours in the byelection for Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Polling began at 7 a.m. at all 407 polling stations in the constituency. According to the Election Commission, 9.2 per cent of votes were cast till 9 a.m.

Moderate polling was seen in initial overs in the constituency, which covers posh Jubilee Hills and several middle-class and weaker section colonies and slums in the heart of the city.

A little over four lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the byelection, which is necessitated by the death of sitting MLA Maganti Gopinath of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).

A total of 58 candidates are in the fray, but the main contest is between the ruling Con

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