2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election

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2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election
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All 119 seats to Telangana Legislative Assembly
60 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.74%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg
Leader K. Chandrashekar Rao N. Uttam Kumar Reddy Akbaruddin Owaisi
Party TRS INC AIMIM
Alliance - UPA -
Leader since 2001 2015 2004
Leader's seat Gajwel[1] Huzurnagar Chandrayangutta
Last election 62 21 7
Seats won 88 19 7
Seat change Increase 26 Decrease 2 Steady
Percentage 46.9% 28.4% 2.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  File:LaxmanBJP.png
Leader L. Ramana K. Laxman Debabrata Biswas
Party TDP BJP AIFB
Alliance UPA NDA -
Leader since 2014 1997
Leader's seat Did not contest Musheerabad
(lost) 		Did not contest
Last election 15 5 0
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Decrease 13 Decrease 4 Increase 1
Percentage 3.5% 7.1% 0.8%
Telangana 2018 Assembly Election Results
CM before election

K. Chandrasekhar Rao
Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Elected Chief Minister

K. Chandrasekhar Rao
Telangana Rashtra Samithi

The Telangana Legislative Assembly election was held in Telangana on 7 December 2018 to constitute the second Legislative Assembly since the formation of the state in 2014.[2] 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.[3] Four opposition parties in the state, the INC, the TJS, the TDP and the CPI have announced the formation of a 'Mahakootami' (Grand Alliance), with an objective of defeating the ruling TRS in the elections. However the Maha Kootami could not win a majority. Ultimately, the TRS won and formed the government once again [4]

Background

K. Chandrashekar Rao went for early elections in 2018, when he resigned nine months (on 6 September 2018) before the completion of his term.

This Election led to the alliance of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Indian National Congress (INC), once arch rivals, coming together as part of Praja or Maha Kuutami for the first time.

Electoral process changes (E.C.I)

Election Commission of India announced that Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be used in all 32,574 polling stations in the assembly elections in Telangana.[5] According to the final electoral rolls published on 12 October 2018, Telangana has 2,80,64,680 voters, which is less than 2,81,65,885 voters in 2014 Telangana assembly elections.[6] There were around 2,600+ transgenders in the voters list.[7]

Final voters list for Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018
S.No Group of voters Voters population
1 Male 1.38 crore
2 Female 1.35 crore
3 transgender 5,560
- Total voters 2,80,64,680

Schedule

The date of the election is 7 December 2018 and the result will be out on 11 December 2018.[8]

Event Date Day
Date for Nominations 12 Nov 2018 Monday
Last Date for filing Nominations 19 Nov 2018 Monday
Date for scrutiny of nominations 20 Nov 2018 Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 22 Nov 2018 Thursday
Date of poll 7 Dec 2018 Friday
Date of counting 11 Dec 2018 Tuesday
Date before which the election shall be completed 13 Dec 2018 Thursday

Results

The seats and vote shares were as follows:[9]

Parties and coalitions 2018 Votes & Seats
Votes % Won +/-
bgcolor="Template:Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color" | Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) 9,700,749 46.9% 88 Increase25
width="2" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | Indian National Congress (INC) 5,883,111 28.4% 19 Decrease2
bgcolor="Template:All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen/meta/color" | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) 561,089 2.7% 7 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Telugu Desam Party/meta/color" | Telugu Desam Party (TDP) 725,845 3.5% 2 Decrease13
bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,450,456 7.1% 1 Decrease4
bgcolor="Template:All India Forward Bloc/meta/color" | All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 159,141 1.8% 1 Increase1
bgcolor="Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color" | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 428,430 2.1% 0 Decrease2
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color" | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 91,099 0.4% 0 Decrease1
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color" | Communist Party of India (CPI) 83,215 0.4% 0 Decrease1
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independents (IND) 673,694 3.3% 1 Steady
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | None of the above (India) (NOTA) 224,709 1.1%
Total 119
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

Parties in Elections 2018

Party Flag Leader Symbol Seats Contested Seats won After Election Last Election
TRS K. Chandrashekar Rao 119 88 88+3=91 63
INC File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy 99 19 19 21
AIMIM Akbaruddin Owaisi 8 7 7 7
TDP L. Ramana 13 2 2-1=1 15
BJP Dr. K. Laxman 118 1 1 5
AIFB Debabrata Biswas 19 1 1-1=0 0
IND Independents All 1 1-1=0 1

See also

References

  1. ^ Reporter, Staff (23 March 2014). "KCR to contest from Gajwel" – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. ^ "KCR's early election gamble gives enough ammo to TRS".
  3. ^ "Telangana elections: TOI does SWOT analysis of parties in fray".
  4. ^ "Congress, TDP, Left form grand alliance to fight Telangana election". 11 September 2018.
  5. ^ Rajeev, M. (2 November 2018). "Randomisation of poll equipment soon". The Hindu.
  6. ^ "Purified Electoral Rolls: Poll Body Chief On Deleting Telangana Voters".
  7. ^ "Only 5,560 KOJA'S in voters' list due to lack of documentation".
  8. ^ "Election Commission Issues Notification for Telangana Assembly Elections".
  9. ^ "GENERAL ELECTION TO VIDHAN SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2018".

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