Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018
7 December 2018
All 119 Assembly Constituencies
60 seats needed for a majority

 
Leader K. Chandrasekhar Rao N. Uttam Kumar Reddy Akbaruddin Owaisi
Party TRS INC AIMIM
Alliance Grand Alliance (INC+TDP+LEFT)
Leader since 2001 2015 2004
Leader's seat Gajwel[1] Huzurnagar Chandrayangutta
Last election 63 21 7
Current seats 90[2] 13 7
 
Leader K. Laxman R. Krishnaiah Sunnam Rajaiah
Party BJP TDP CPI(M)
Alliance Grand Alliance (INC+TDP+LEFT) Grand Alliance (INC+TDP+LEFT+TJS)
Leader since 2014 2014 2014
Leader's seat Musheerabad L. B. Nagar Bhadrachalam (ST)
Last election 5 15 1
Current seats 5 3 1
Election Map (by Constituencies)
Incumbent CM

K. Chandrasekhar Rao
TRS

The next Telangana Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held in Telangana on 7 December 2018 to constitute the second Legislative Assembly. [3] The incumbent Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the Indian National Congress, Telangana Jana Samithi, and Telugu Desam Party are considered to be the main contestants in the election. Four opposition parties in the state, the INC, the TJS, the TDP and the CPI on Tuesday announced the formation of “Maha Kootami” (grand alliance) with the sole objective of defeating the TRS in the ensuing assembly elections.[4]

Schedule

The date of the election is 7th December 2018 and the result will be out on 11 December 2018.

Event Date Day
Date for Nominations12 Nov 2018Monday
Last Date for filing Nominations19 Nov 2018Monday
Date for scrutiny of nominations20 Nov 2018Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures22 Nov 2018Thursday
Date of poll7 Dec 2018Friday
Date of counting11 Dec 2018Tuesday
Date before which the election shall be completed13 Dec 2018Thursday

Parties and coalitions

Telangana Rashtra Samithi

PartyFlagLeader Symbol last Election Current Seats
Telangana Rashtra SamithiK. Chandrashekar Rao 63 90

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

PartyFlagLeader Symbol last Election Current Seats
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul MuslimeenAkbar Owaisi 7 7

Bharatiya Janata Party

PartyFlagLeader Symbol last Election Current Seats
Bharatiya Janata PartyDr. K. Laxman 5 5

Maha Kootami (Grand Alliance)

PartyFlagLeader Symbol last Election Current Seats
Indian National CongressN. Uttam Kumar Reddy 21 13
Telugu Desam PartyR. Krishnaiah 15 3
Communist Party of India (M)Sunnam Rajaiah 1 1
Telangana Jana SamithiM. Kodandaram 0 0

Opinion polls

Date Polling agency INC TDP TRS AIMIM YSR Congress BSP Lead
July 2018 Spick Media 73 41 3 2 32
35 24 50 5 3 2 15

See also

References

  1. ↑ KCR to contest from Gajwel
  2. ↑ Congress ready to align with TDP in Telangana, says AICC in-charge
  3. ↑ "KCR's early election gamble gives enough ammo to TRS".
  4. ↑ https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-a-first-tdp-ready-for-alliance-with-congress-to-fight-telangana-election/story-og07X15IM8vPXwGWJNEFCP.html


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