Hyderabad, March 1 -- The Congress has written to the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), requesting him to instruct officials to adopt a lenient approach in counting towards the preference of the voters in the polled votes that were entered numerically in the Graduates' and Teachers' MLC elections held in the constituencies of Karimnagar, Adilabad, Nizamabad, and Medak on February 27.

"In these elections, voters must mark their preferences numerically (e.g., 1, 2, 3) against thecandidates' names. However, a significant number of voters, accustomed to general voting styles, have marked only "1" or "l" to indicate their choice/preference. While their intent is clear, the mismatch between their understanding and the electoral system's...