Hyderabad, Nov 11 (PTI) Polling for the by-election to Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency here began at 7 AM on Tuesday, amid tight security arrangements.

Over 4.01 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise who will decide the electoral fortunes of 58 candidates.

The contest is triangular among the ruling Congress, BJP and BRS.

According to officials, 226 polling stations have been identified as "critical" out of the total 407 polling stations.

About 1,800 police force, besides central security force personnel have been deployed for the polling. For the first time, drone surveillance is deployed at all polling locations, for centralised aerial monitoring and real-time situation analysis.

Web-casting is arranged at all polling stations for real-time monitoring.

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