Elections in Telangana will be held on November 30 with results announced on December 3. Here is everything you need to know.
Five crucial states — Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram — will vote this year ahead of the pivotal Lok Sabha elections in 2024. Telangana will vote on November 30, and the Election Commission of India (ECI) said today that the results will be made public on December 3. The second week of January will mark the end of the 119-seat Telangana assembly’s session.
Telangana elections in 2018 had the following results:
KCR was elected chief minister for a second term. With 47% of the vote in the state and 87 seats in the 119-member House, the BRS won. The Prajakutami (People’s Alliance), which included the Congress, Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Jana Samithi, and CPI, won 22 seats. The BJP received one, and the Independents received two of its seven seats.
Despite a significant victory in the 2018 Telangana Assembly election, the BJP managed to capture four unexpected seats and the Congress three. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen gained one seat, giving the Telangana Rashtra Samithi nine seats.
BRS, BJP, and Congress are engaged in a triangular election in Telangana.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi, which is now in power, the Congress, and the BJP will be vying for votes in the next elections. In the 2018 Assembly elections, BRS won 47.4% of the vote and 88 out of 119 seats. Contrarily, Congress received only 19 members and received 28.7% of the vote, placing it in second place.
Why the Telangana elections matter for the BRS, BJP, and Congress
The elections are crucial for both the BJP and the Congress since they mark the first round of voting following the forging of the opposition’s broad coalition against the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections the following year. In Telangana, where no recent government has been elected to a second consecutive term, the state election will also be a test for the incumbent chief minister Ashok Gahlot.
Will K Chandrashekhar Rao triumph over the state once more?
The results of the polls are crucial for the Congress because, even though opposition groups are increasingly shifting their allegiances, the big, old party still needs to hold onto the two states to continue serving as the major opposition. The strength of the Congress in the anti-BJP INDIA bloc will depend on how many seats it gains in the upcoming state elections, even if it is a significant component of the coalition.
For KCR, there is a lot on the line. Since Telangana became a state in 2014, the BRS has been in charge. The party is experiencing anti-incumbency as a natural phenomenon as a result of its ten-year control. Out of the 119 members of the state Assembly, 101 are from the party.
A number of significant populist initiatives, including Rythu Bandhu, KCR Kits, Aasara Pensions, and Kalyana Lakshmi/Shaadi Mubarak, have been announced by KCR.
The Chandrashekhar-led BRS already named candidates for 115 seats on August 21 in anticipation of a challenging contest with the BJP. It has said that it will run independently and continue to cooperate cordially with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), which has seven seats. Even though the BRS might not gain as many votes as it did the last time, the fact that it has 104 Assembly members is nevertheless a positive indicator.
BRS is suffering because of those who wanted to join but weren’t included on the list. Mynampally Hanumanth Rao, a former BRS leader, recently joined Congress.
