In Andhra Pradesh, elaborate arrangements are being made for conducting smooth polling in 12 Assembly segments on Tuesday. The polling will be held between 7AM and 5PM on Tuesday. Over 23.5 lakh voters would utilize their franchise in 2783 polling stations in 5 Telangana districts while a total 435 candidates are in the fray. Polling is being held through ballot paper in 5 segments- Sircilla, Yellareddy, Warangal West, Hujurabad and Korutla as the number of candidates is more than 64, the Electronic Voting Machines are being used in rest of the 7 assembly segments-Vemulawada, Dharmapuri(SC), Siddipet, Sirpur, Nizamabad Urban, Mancherial and Chennur(SC). About 20 lakh ballot papers are kept ready while 1500 ballot boxes and 2000 EVMs are being used in the bye-poll. About 15,000 polling staff and 68,000 police personnel have been deployed for bye-poll. Polling material and staff are being airlifted to some interior places especially in Adilabad district, where the road transport has been affected due to heavy rains.