2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election

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. The incumbent Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the Indian National Congress, Telangana Jana Samithi, and Telugu Desam Party were the main contestants in the election. Four opposition parties in the state, the INC, the TJS, the TDP and the CPI announced the formation of a 'Maha Kootami' (Grand Alliance), to defeat the ruling TRS in the elections. However, the Maha Kootami could not win a majority; the TRS won and formed the government once again

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election

December 2018
All 119 seats to Telangana Legislative Assembly 60 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.74%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader K. Chandrashekar Rao N. Uttam Kumar Reddy Akbaruddin Owaisi Party TRS INC AIMIM Alliance UPA Leader since 2001 2015 1999 Leader's seat Gajwel Huzurnagar Chandrayangutta Last election 63 21 7 Seats won 88 19 7 Seat change 25 2 Percentage 46.9% 28.4% 2.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader L. Ramana K. Laxman Debabrata Biswas Party TDP BJP AIFB Alliance UPA NDA Leader since 2014 1997 Leader's seat Musheerabad (lost) Last election 15 5 0 Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 13 4 Percentage 3.5% 7.1% 0.8%
CM before election K. Chandrasekhar Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi Elected Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Background

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

This election led to the alliance of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Indian National Congress (INC), Communist Party of India (CPI) 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. 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. There were around 2,600+ transgenders in the voters list.

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 was 7 December 2018 and the result were to bre out on 11 December 2018.

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

Parties and Coalitions		Popular vote		Seats
		Vote	%	Contested	Won	+/-
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)	9,700,749	46.9%	119	88	25
	Indian National Congress (INC)	5,883,111	28.4%	99	19	2
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)	561,089	2.7%	8	7
	Telugu Desam Party (TDP)	725,845	3.5%	13	2	13
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	1,450,456	7.1%	117	1	4
	All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)	159,141	1.8%	19	1	1
	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	428,430	2.1%	106	0	2
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)	91,099	0.4%	26	0	1
	Communist Party of India (CPI)	83,215	0.4%	3	0	1
	Independents (IND)	673,694	3.3%	675	1
	None of the above (India) (NOTA)	224,709	1.1%
Total		20,695,428	100.00	119
Valid votes		20,695,428	99.97
Invalid votes		6,355	0.03
Votes cast / turnout		20,701,783	73.74
Abstentions		7,374,129	26.26
Registered voters		28,075,912

By constituency

Results

Assembly Constituency		Winner				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
Adilabad district
1	Sirpur	Koneru Konappa		TRS	83088	Palvai Harish Babu		INC	59052	24036
2	Chennur (SC)	Balka Suman		TRS	71980	Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta		INC	43848	28132
3	Bellampalli (SC)	Durgam Chinnaiah		TRS	55026	Gaddam Vinod		BSP	43750	11276
4	Mancherial	Diwakar Rao Nadipelli		TRS	75360	Kokkirala Premsagar Rao		INC	70512	4848
5	Asifabad (ST)	Atram Sakku		INC	65788	Kova Laxmi		TRS	65617	171
6	Khanapur (ST)	Ajmeera Rekha		TRS	67138	Ramesh Rathod		INC	46428	20710
7	Adilabad	Jogu Ramanna		TRS	74050	Payal Shankar		BJP	47444	26606
8	Boath (ST)	Rathod Bapu Rao		TRS	61125	Soyam Bapu Rao		INC	54639	6486
9	Nirmal	Allola Indrakaran Reddy		TRS	79985	Alleti Maheshwar Reddy		INC	70714	9271
10	Mudhole	Gaddigari Vittal Reddy		TRS	83933	Padakanti Ramadevi		BJP	40602	43331
Nizamabad district
11	Armur	Asannagari Jeevan Reddy		TRS	72125	Akula Lalitha		INC	43330	28795
12	Bodhan	Shakil Aamir Mohammed		TRS	74895	Sudarshan Reddy Podduturi		INC	66794	8101
13	Jukkal (SC)	Hanmanth Shinde		TRS	77584	Gangaram S		INC	41959	35625
14	Banswada	Pocharam Srinivas Reddy		TRS	77943	Kasula Balaraju		INC	59458	18485
15	Yellareddy	Jajala Surender		INC	91510	Eanugu Ravinder Reddy		TRS	56362	35148
16	Kamareddy	Gampa Govardhan		TRS	68167	Mohammed Ali Shabbir		INC	63610	4557
17	Nizamabad (Urban)	Bigala Ganesh		TRS	71896	Taher Bin Hamdan		INC	46055	25841
18	Nizamabad (Rural)	Baji Reddy Goverdhan		TRS	87976	Rekulapally Bhoopathi Reddy		INC	58330	29646
19	Balkonda	Vemula Prashanth Reddy		TRS	73662	Sunil Kumar Muthyala		BSP	41254	32408
Karimnagar district
20	Koratla	Kalvakuntla Vidya Sagar Rao		TRS	84605	Juvvadi Narsinga Rao		INC	53385	31220
21	Jagtial	M Sanjay Kumar		TRS	104247	Jeevan Reddy Thatiparthi		INC	43062	61185
22	Dharmapuri (SC)	Koppula Eshwar		TRS	70579	Adluri Laxman Kumar		INC	70138	441
23	Ramagundam	Korukanti Chandar		AIFB	61400	Somarapu Satyanarayana		TRS	34981	26419
24	Manthani	Sridhar Babu		INC	89045	Putta Madhukar		TRS	72815	16230
25	Peddapalle	Dasari Manohar Reddy		TRS	82765	Chinthakunta Vijaya Ramana Rao		INC	74299	8466
26	Karimnagar	Gangula Kamalakar		TRS	80983	Bandi Sanjay Kumar		BJP	66009	14974
27	Choppadandi (SC)	Ravi Shankar Sunke		TRS	91090	Medipally Sathyam		INC	48963	42127
28	Vemulawada	Chennamaneni Ramesh		TRS	84050	Aadi Srinivas		INC	55864	28186
29	Sircilla	K. T. Rama Rao		TRS	125213	K K Mahender Reddy		INC	36204	89009
30	Manakondur (SC)	Rasamayi Balakishan		TRS	88997	Arepalli Mohan		INC	57488	31509
31	Huzurabad	Etela Rajender		TRS	104840	Kaushik Reddy Padi		INC	61121	43719
32	Husnabad	Vodithela Sathish Kumar		TRS	96517	Chadha Venkat Reddy		CPI	46553	49964
Medak district
33	Siddipet	T. Harish Rao		TRS	131295	Bhavani Marikanti		TJS	12596	118699
34	Medak	Padma Devender Reddy		TRS	97670	Ammareddy Gari Upender Reddy		INC	49687	47983
35	Narayankhed	Mahareddy Bhupal Reddy		TRS	95550	Suresh Shetkar		INC	37042	58508
36	Andole (SC)	Kranthi Kiran Chanti		TRS	104229	Damodar Raja Narasimha		INC	87764	16465
37	Narsapur	Chilumula Madan Reddy		TRS	105665	Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy		INC	67345	38320
38	Zahirabad (SC)	Koninty Manik Rao		TRS	96598	J. Geeta Reddy		INC	62125	34473
39	Sangareddy	Turupu Jayaprakash Reddy		INC	76572	Chinta Prabhakar		TRS	73983	2589
40	Patancheru	Gudem Mahipal Reddy		TRS	116474	Kata Srinivas Goud		INC	78775	37699
41	Dubbak	Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy		TRS	89299	Maddula Nageshwar Reddy		INC	26799	62500
42	Gajwel	K. Chandrashekar Rao		TRS	125444	Vanteru Pratap Reddy		INC	67154	58290
Ranga Reddy district
43	Medchal	Malla Reddy		TRS	167324	Kicchannagari Laxma Reddy		INC	79334	87990
43	Malkajgiri	Mynampally Hanumantha Rao		TRS	114149	Naraparaju Ramchander Rao		BJP	40451	73698
45	Quthbullapur	KP Vivekananda		TRS	154500	Kuna Srisailam Goud		INC	113000	41500
46	Kukatpally	Madhavaram Krishna Rao		TRS	111612	Nandamuri Venkata Suhasini		TDP	70563	41049
47	Uppal	Bethi Subhas Reddy		TRS	117442	Tulla Veerender Goud		TDP	69274	48168
48	Ibrahimpatnam	Manchireddy Kishan Reddy		TRS	72581	Malreddy Ranga Reddy		BSP	72205	376
49	L. B. Nagar	Devireddy Sudheer Reddy		INC	113980	Muddagowni Ram Mohan Goud		TRS	96132	17848
50	Maheshwaram	Sabitha Indra Reddy		INC	95481	Teegala Krishna Reddy		TRS	86254	9227
51	Rajendranagar	T Prakash Goud		TRS	108964	Ganesh Renukuntla		TDP	50591	58373
52	Serilingampally	Arekapudi Gandhi		TRS	143307	V.Ananda Prasad		TDP	99012	44295
53	Chevella (SC)	Kale Yadaiah		TRS	99168	K S Ratnam		INC	65616	33552
54	Pargi	K Mahesh Reddy		TRS	83467	T. Ram Mohan Reddy		INC	67626	15841
55	Vicarabad (SC)	Anand Methuku		TRS	59971	G Prasad Kumar		INC	56879	3092
56	Tandur	Pilot Rohith Reddy		INC	70428	P. Mahender Reddy		TRS	67553	2875
Hyderabad district
57	Musheerabad	Muta Gopal		TRS	72997	Anil Kumar Yadav		INC	36087	36910
58	Malakpet	Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala		AIMIM	53281	Mohammed Muzaffar Ali Khan		TDP	29769	23512
59	Amberpet	K. Venkatesham		TRS	61558	G. Kishan Reddy		BJP	60542	1016
60	Khairatabad	Danam Nagender		TRS	63068	Chintala Ramachandra Reddy		BJP	34666	28402
61	Jubilee Hills	Maganti Gopinath		TRS	68979	P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy		INC	52975	16004
62	Sanathnagar	Talasani Srinivas Yadav		TRS	66464	Kuna Venkatesh Goud		TDP	35813	30651
63	Nampally	Jaffer Hussain		AIMIM	57940	Mohammed Feroz Khan		INC	48265	9675
64	Karwan	Kausar Mohiuddin		AIMIM	87586	Amar Singh		BJP	37417	50169
65	Goshamahal	T. Raja Singh		BJP	61854	Prem Singh Rathore		TRS	44120	17734
66	Charminar	Mumtaz Ahmed Khan		AIMIM	53808	T Uma Mahendra		BJP	21222	32586
67	Chandrayangutta	Akbaruddin Owaisi		AIMIM	95339	Shahejadi Sayyad		BJP	15075	80264
68	Yakutpura	Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri		AIMIM	69595	Sama Sunder Reddy		TRS	22617	46978
69	Bahadurpura	Mohammad Moazam Khan		AIMIM	96993	Mir Inayath Ali Baqri		TRS	14475	82518
70	Secunderabad	T. Padma Rao Goud		TRS	79309	Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj		INC	33839	45470
71	Secunderabad Cantt (SC)	G Sayanna		TRS	65797	Sarve Satyanarayana		INC	28234	37563
Mahabubnagar district
72	Kodangal	Patnam Narendra Reddy		TRS	80754	Revanth Reddy		INC	71435	9319
73	Narayanpet	S.Rajender Reddy		TRS	68767	K.Shivkumar Reddy		BLP	53580	15187
74	Mahbubnagar	V. Srinivas Goud		TRS	86474	M. Chandra Shekhar		TDP	28699	57775
75	Jadcherla	Charlakota Laxma Reddy		TRS	94598	Mallu Ravi		INC	49516	45082
76	Devarkadra	Alla Venkateshwar Reddy		TRS	96130	Pavan Kumar		INC	60882	35248
77	Makthal	Chittem Ram Mohan Reddy		TRS	78686	Jalander Reddy		Ind	30371	48315
78	Wanaparthy	Singireddy Niranjan Reddy		TRS	111956	Jillela Chinna Reddy		INC	60271	51685
79	Gadwal	Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy		TRS	100415	D. K. Aruna		INC	72155	28260
80	Alampur (SC)	V M Abraham		TRS	102105	S A Sampath Kumar		INC	57426	44679
81	Nagarkurnool	Marri Janardhan Reddy		TRS	102493	Nagam Janardhan Reddy		INC	48139	54354
82	Achampet (SC)	Guvvala Balaraju		TRS	88073	Chikkudu Vamshikrishna		INC	78959	9114
83	Kalwakurthy	Gurka Jaipal Yadav		TRS	62892	Achary Talloju		BJP	59445	3447
84	Shadnagar	Anjaiah Yelganamoni		TRS	72315	Chowlapally Pratap Reddy		INC	51890	20425
85	Kollapur	Beeram Harshavardhan Reddy		INC	80611	Jupally Krishna Rao		TRS	68068	12543
Nalgonda district
86	Devarakonda	Ravindra Kumar Ramavath		TRS	96454	Balu Naik Nenavath		INC	57606	38848
87	Nagarjuna Sagar	Nomula Narsimhaiah		TRS	83655	Kunduru Jana Reddy		INC	75884	7771
88	Miryalaguda	Nallamothu Bhaskar Rao		TRS	83931	R. Krishnaiah		INC	53279	30652
89	Huzurnagar	N. Uttam Kumar Reddy		INC	92996	Shanampudi Saidireddy		TRS	85530	7466
90	Kodad	Bollam Mallaiah Yadav		TRS	89115	N. Padmavathi Reddy		INC	88359	756
91	Suryapet	Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy		TRS	68650	Damodar Reddy Ram Reddy		INC	62683	5967
92	Nalgonda	Kancharla Bhupal Reddy		TRS	98792	Komatireddy Venkat Reddy		INC	75094	23698
93	Munugode	Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy		INC	97239	Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy		TRS	74687	22552
94	Bhongir	Pailla Shekar Reddy		TRS	85476	Anil Kumar Reddy Kumbam		INC	61413	24063
95	Nakrekal (SC)	Chirumarthi Lingaiah		INC	93699	Vemula Veeresham		TRS	85440	8259
96	Thungathurthi (SC)	Gadari Kishore Kumar		TRS	90857	Addanki Dayakar		INC	89010	1847
97	Alair	Gongidi Sunitha		TRS	94870	Budida Bikshamaiah		INC	61784	33086
Warangal district
98	Jangaon	Muthireddy Yadagiri Reddy		TRS	91592	Ponnala Lakshmaiah		INC	62024	29568
99	Ghanpur(Station) (SC)	Thatikonda Rajaiah		TRS	98612	Indira Singapuram		INC	62822	35790
100	Palakurthi	Errabelli Dayakar Rao		TRS	117504	Janga Ragavareddy		INC	64451	53053
101	Dornakal	D S Redya Naik		TRS	88307	Jatoth Ram Chandru Naik		INC	70926	17381
102	Mahabubabad(ST)	Banoth Shankar Nayak		TRS	85397	Balram Naik		INC	71863	13534
103	Narsampet	Peddi Sudarshan Reddy		TRS	94135	Donthi Madhava Reddy		INC	77186	16949
104	Parkal	Challa Dharma Reddy		TRS	105903	Konda Surekha		INC	59384	46519
105	Warangal West	Dasyam Vinay Bhasker		TRS	81006	Revuri Prakash Reddy		TDP	44555	36451
106	Warangal East	Narendar Nannapuneni		TRS	83922	Ravi Chandra Vaddiraju		INC	55140	28782
107	Waradhanapet(SC)	Aroori Ramesh		TRS	131252	Devaiah Pagidipati		TJS	32012	99240
108	Bhupalpalle	Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy		INC	69918	Gandra Sathyanarayana Rao		AIFB	54283	15635
109	Mulug(ST)	Dansari Anasuya		INC	88971	Azmeera Chandulal		TRS	66300	22671
Khammam district
110	Pinapaka(ST)	Kantha Rao Rega		INC	72283	Payam Venkateswarlu		TRS	52718	19565
111	Yellandu (ST)	Haripriya Banoth		INC	70644	Koram Kanakaiah		TRS	67757	2887
11	Khammam	Puvvada Ajay Kumar		TRS	102760	Nama Nageswara Rao		TDP	91769	10991
113	Palair	Kandala Upender Reddy		INC	89407	Thummala Nageswara Rao		TRS	81738	7669
114	Madhira (SC)	Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka		INC	80598	Kamal Raju Lingala		TRS	77031	3567
115	Wyra (ST)	Lavudya Ramulu		Ind	52650	Banoth Madan Lal		TRS	50637	2013
116	Sathupalle (SC)	Sandra Venkata Veeraiah		TDP	100044	Pidamarthi Ravi		TRS	81042	19002
117	Kothagudem	Vanama Nageswar Rao		INC	81118	Jalagam Venkat Rao		TRS	76979	4139
118	Aswaraopeta(ST)	Mecha Nageswara Rao		TDP	61124	Thati Venkateswarlu		TRS	48007	13117
119	Bhadrachalam(ST)	Podem Veeraiah		INC	47746	Tellam Venkata Rao		TRS	35961	11785

See also

• 2018 elections in India
• List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly

References

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