Two people were killed near a polling booth in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday after workers from Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress workers clashed, reports said.

The TDP worker, identified as Siddha Bhaskar Reddy, was hacked to death at Veerapuram in Anantapur’s Tadipatri constituency, The Hindu reported.

YSRCP’s worker Pulla Reddy was also killed in the clashes in which party workers pelted stones at each other, the Hindustan Times said.

Workers of both the parties have clashed at various places in Andhra Pradesh.

The state is voting for its 175-seat assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats in the first phase of the elections today.