<span style="color: #222222;">Elaborate arrangements have been made for the biennial elections for the Telangana Legislative Council from Hyderabad- Rangareddy-Mahbubnagar teachers' constituency today.<br />''<br />''The Polling will be held from 8 AM to 4 PM through the ballot and preferential vote. A total of 137 polling stations including 11 additional polling stations have been set up.<br />''<br />''A total of 29,720 people have registered themselves as electors for the MLC Teachers' Constituency election from eight districts. They include 15,472 male and 14,246 female voters while two electors registered themselves as third gender.<br />''<br />''Returning officer Priyanka Ala informed that 12 sectoral officers and 29 observers have been appointed to ensure a smooth poll.<br />''<br />''As many as 21 candidates are in the fray. While the ruling BRS supporting Gurram Chenna Keshav Reddy, who is backed by the Progressive Recognised Teachers Union-TS (PRTU-TS), the BJP has declared support to A. Venkata Narayan Reddy, while the Congress has extended support to Gali Harshavardhan Reddy.<br />''<br />''AIR Correspondent says, the "second preference vote" assumed significance as none of the three major candidates are expected to get 50 percent of votes as "first preference vote".<br />''<br />''In the election held for this seat in 2017, the second preference vote decided the winning candidate.</span><br />