Hyderabad, Feb. 11 -- Voting for the municipalities and municipal corporations elections began on Wednesday morning across Telangana amid tight security arrangements.

Polling commenced at 0700 hours in 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations and will continue until 1700 hours.

According to the Telangana State Election Commission (TSEC), elections are being held for 2,582 municipal wards. Of these, 12 wards have been declared unanimously elected, one ward has seen polling adjourned, and voting is underway in the remaining 2,569 wards across 6,017 polling stations. A total of 10,719 candidates are contesting the municipal ward elections.

In municipal corporations, polling is underway in 412 wards across seven corporations, with...