Hyderabad, Nov. 11 -- Till 1 pm, a 31.94 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the bypoll for Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Polling began at 7 a.m. at all 407 polling stations in the constituency which covers posh Jubilee Hills and several middle-class and weaker section colonies and slums in the heart of the city.

Four lakh voters eligible for Jubilee Hills bypoll

A little over four lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the byelection, which was 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 Congress party and the opposition BRS and BJP.

The BRS has fielded...