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{{short description|Upcoming assembly elections in Telangana}}
{{Speculation|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| country = India
| previous_election = 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 2018
| election_date = By December 2023
| seats_for_election = All 119 seats to [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 60
| leader1 = [[K. Chandrashekhar Rao]]
| leader2 = [[Anumula Revanth Reddy]]
| leader3 =
| image1 = [[File:Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao.png|110px]]
| image2 = [[File:Revanth Reddy.jpg|113px]]
| image3 =
| party1 = [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|BRS]]
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| party3 =
| last_election1 = 46.87%%, 88 seats
| last_election2 = 28.43%, 19 seats
| last_election3 =
| title = [[Chief Minister of Telangana|Chief Minister]]
| before_party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| before_election = [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]]
| map_image = Wahlkreise zur Vidhan Sabha von Telangana.svg
| leader_since1 = 2001
| leader_since2 = 2023
| leader_since3 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Gajwel Assembly constituency|Gajwel]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency|Malkajgiri]]
| leaders_seat3 =
| seats_before1 = 103
| seats_before2 = 5
| seats_before3 =
}}

The '''2023 Telangana legislative assembly election''' is scheduled to be held in or before December 2023 to elect all 119 members of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|state's Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Roushan Ali|date=Mar 21, 2021|title=Telangana: Defeat a blow to BJP's plans for 2023 {{!}} Hyderabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/defeat-a-blow-to-bjps-plans-for-2023/articleshow/81609790.cms|access-date=2021-05-15|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BJP's eyes set on Telangana Assembly Elections 2023|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/bjps-eyes-set-on-telangana-assembly-elections-2023|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref>

==Background==
The tenure of [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] is scheduled to end on 16 January 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Terms of the Houses|url=https://eci.gov.in/elections/term-of-houses/|access-date=2021-10-03|publisher=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref> The [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|previous assembly elections]] were held in December 2018 and the incumbent '''Telangana Rashtra Samithi''', which was later renamed as [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|Bharat Rashtra Samithi]], formed the [[Government of Telangana|state government]], with [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] becoming the [[List of chief ministers of Telangana|Chief Minister]] for the second time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-12-13|title=K Chandrashekar Rao takes oath as Telangana Chief Minister for 2nd time|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/131218/k-chandrashekar-rao-oath-taking-telangana-chief-minister-second-time.html|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>

==Schedule==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Poll Event
! Schedule
|-
| Notification Date
| '''TBD'''
|-
| Last Date for filing nomination
| '''TBD'''
|-
| Scrutiny of nomination
| '''TBD'''
|-
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination
| '''TBD'''
|-
| Date of Poll
| '''TBD'''
|-
| Date of Counting of Votes
| '''TBD'''
|}

==Parties and alliances==

=== {{legend2|{{party color|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]}} ===
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
!No.
!Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Photo
!Seats Contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}};color:white"|'''1.'''
|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]
|[[File:Flag of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (India Nation Council).png|50px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Car.jpg|50px]]
|[[K. Chandrashekar Rao]]
|[[File:Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao.png|50px]]
|''TBD''
|-
|}

=== {{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress]]}} ===
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
!No.
!Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Photo
!Seats Contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white"|'''1.'''
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]]
|[[Revanth Reddy]]
| [[File:Revanth Reddy.png|50px]]
|''TBD''
|}

=== {{legend2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}} ===

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|+
!No.
!Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Photo
!Seats Contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[File:BJP flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Lotos flower symbol.svg|50px]]
| [[G Kishan Reddy]]
|[[File:Shri G. Kishan Reddy, in New Delhi on August 09, 2019.jpg|50px]]
|''TBD''
|}

=== {{legend2|{{party color|Left Front}}|[[Communism in India#Alliances|Left Front]]}} ===
On 17 February 2023, [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] state secretary [[Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao]] said that [[CPI(M)]] and [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] will contest together in the upcoming polls.<ref name=":5">{{cite news |date=2023-02-18 |title=Left parties will jointly contest the next Assembly polls: CPI |work=Deccan Chronicle |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/180223/left-parties-will-jointly-contest-the-next-assembly-polls-cpi.html |access-date=2023-05-06}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
!No.
!Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Photo
!Seats Contested
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}};color:white" |'''1.'''
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:CPIM election symbol.png|50px]]
| [[Tammineni Veerabhadram]]
|[[File:Tammineni Veerabhadram.png|50px]]
|''TBD''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}};color:white" |'''2.'''
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|[[File:CPI-banner.svg|50px]]
|[[File:CPI symbol.svg|50px]]
|[[Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao]]
|[[File:Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao.png|50px]]
|TBD
|-
|}

=== Others ===
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
!No.
!Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Photo
!Seats Contested
|-
! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}};color:black"|'''1.'''
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|[[File:Telugu Desam Party Flag.png|Telugu Desam Party Flag|50px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|Tdp cycle|50px]]
|[[Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj]]
|[[File:Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj.png|50px]]
|''TBD''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}};color:white" ! |'''2.'''
| [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]
|[[File:All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen logo.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Kite.svg|50px]]
|[[Asaduddin Owaisi]]
|[[File:Asaduddin.jpg|Asaduddin|50px]]
|''TBD''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}};color:white" ! |'''3.'''
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|[[File:Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg|50px|BSP Flag]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png|BSP elephant|50px]]
|[[R. S. Praveen Kumar]]
|[[File:RS PRAVEEN KUMAR.jpg|50px]]
|''TBD''
|-
| style="text-align:Center; background:#ac1313" |'''4.'''
|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|[[File:AIFB Flag 2023.png|50px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg|50px]]
|Banda Surender Reddy
|[[File:No image available.svg|50px]]
|''TBD''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Telangana Jana Samithi}};color:white" ! |'''5.'''
|[[Telangana Jana Samithi]]
|[[File:TJS.jpg|50px]]
|[[File:No image available.svg|50px]]
|[[M. Kodandaram]]
|[[File:Kodandaram reddy.jpg|50px]]
|''TBD''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Jana Sena Party}};color:white" ! |'''6.'''
| [[Jana Sena Party]]
| [[File:Janasena Party Flag.png|50px]]
| [[File:Indian election symbol glass tumbler.svg|50px]]
| N. Shankar Goud<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jana Sena starts preparing for 2023 polls in Telangana |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/dec/12/jana-sena-starts-preparing-for-2023-polls-in-telangana-2527279.html |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
| [[File:No image available.svg|50px]]
|''TBD''
|-
! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|YSR Telangana Party}};color:white"|'''7.'''
|[[YSR Telangana Party]]
|[[File:Ysrtp.jpg|Ysrtp|50px]]
|TBA
|[[Y. S. Sharmila]]
|[[File:Ysrtp.1.jpg|Ysrtp.1|50px]]
|''TBD''
|-
|}



==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Telangana elections}}
{{Next Indian elections}}

[[Category:Future elections in India|T]]
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Telangana]]
[[Category:2023 State Assembly elections in India]]

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