AIMIM is leading on Hyderabad seat.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which lost power in the recent assembly elections, was not leading in any constituency.

Karimnagar, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Warangal are among the constituencies where the BJP took an early lead.

Congress was ahead in Nalgonda, Khammam, Mahabubabad and Nalgonda constituencies.

Union Minister and State BJP President G. Kishan Reddy is leading, BJP general secretary Bandi Sanjay Kumar has taken an early lead in Karimnagar constituency.

In Malkajgiri, India's largest constituency, BJP's Eatala Rajender was leading in the early stages.

In Khammam, Congress party's Raghurami Reddy is leading by 19,935 votes in the first round.

Congress candidate Balram Naik had taken an early lead in Mahabubabad.

Counting of votes was conducted at all 34 counting centers on Tuesday amid tight security.

Counting of votes was also done simultaneously for Secunderabad Cantonment assembly constituency, where the by-election was held along with the Lok Sabha elections.

Over 10,000 employees will be deployed on counting duties, while an additional 20 per cent of the workforce is on standby.

A total of 49 central observers and 2,414 micro observers will monitor the counting process.