2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election 2nd Telangana Legislative Assembly election
2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election Registered 28,075,912 Turnout 20,701,783 (73.74%)
Majority party
Minority party
Third party
Leader
K. Chandrashekar Rao
N. Uttam Kumar Reddy
Akbaruddin Owaisi
Party
TRS
INC
AIMIM
Alliance
-
Praja Kutami
-
Leader since
2001
2015
1999
Leader's seat
Gajwel (won )[ 1]
Huzurnagar (won )
Chandrayangutta (won )
Last election
63 seats, 34.30%[ 2]
21 seats, 25.20%[ 2]
7 seats, 3.8%[ 2]
Seats won
88
19
7
Seat change
25
2
No change
Popular vote
9,700,479
5,883,111
561,089
Percentage
46.90%
28.40%
2.70%
Swing
12.60%
3.20%
1.10%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
L. Ramana
K. Laxman
Party
TDP
BJP
Alliance
Praja Kutami
NDA
Leader since
2015
2014
Leader's seat
Did not contest
Musheerabad (lost )
Last election
15 seats, 14.70%[ 2]
5 seats, 7.10%[ 2]
Seats won
2
1
Seat change
13
4
Popular vote
725,845
1,450,456
Percentage
3.50%
6.98%
Swing
11.20%
0.12%
The 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election was held on 7 December 2018 which marked the second electoral event since the state's formation in 2014.[ 3] Key contenders included the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP).[ 4]
An noteworthy development in the electoral landscape was the formation of the Praja Kutami (People's Alliance), comprising opposition parties such as INC, TDP, CPI and TJS. Despite their collective efforts, they were restricted to 21 seats. The election ultimately reaffirmed the political dominance of TRS, led by K. Chandrashekar Rao , as they secured victory with 88 seats and continued to govern the state of Telangana .[ 5]
Background
The chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao called for an early election, when he resigned 6 September 2018, nine months before the completion of his term.
Since no other party had a majority, the house was dissolved by the governor and general elections were announced.
This election led to the alliance of TDP and INC, once arch rivals, coming together as part of Praja Kutami for the first time.
Electoral process changes
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.[ 6] 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.[ 7] There were around 2,600+ transgenders in the voters list.[ 8]
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 be out on 11 December 2018.[ 9]
Poll event
Date
Start of nomination
12 November 2018
Last Date for filing nomination
19 November 2018
Scrutiny of nomination
20 November 2018
Last date for withdrawal of nomination
22 November 2018
Date of poll
7 December 2018
Date of counting of votes
11 December 2018
Date of the election being completed
13 December 2018
Parties and alliances
Seat sharing agreement between the constituent parties of Praja Kutami
Results
Vote share
Vote share by party
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (46.87%)
Indian National Congress (28.43%)
Bharatiya Janata Party (6.98%)
Telugu Desam Party (3.51%)
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (2.71%)
Others (11.50%)
Seat share
Seat share by party
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (73.94%)
Indian National Congress (15.96%)
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (5.88%)
Telugu Desam Party (1.68%)
Bharatiya Janata Party (0.84%)
Others (1.68%)
Results by party
Source: Election Commission of India
Alliance/Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
Contested
Won
+/โ
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
9,700,948
46.87
119
88
25
Praja Kutami
Indian National Congress
5,883,088
28.43
94
19
2
Telugu Desam Party
725,714
3.51
14
2
13
Telangana Jana Samithi
95,364
0.46
8
0
Communist Party of India
83,215
0.40
3
0
1
Total
6,787,381
32.80
119
21
N/A
Bharatiya Janata Party
1,443,799
6.98
118
1
4
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
561,091
2.71
8
7
Other parties
1,303,939
6.30
782
1
N/A
Independents
673,609
3.25
675
1
NOTA
224,661
1.09
Total
20,695,428
100.00
1,821
119
N/A
Vote statistics
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
Results by district
Results by constituency
District
Constituency
Winner[ 10]
Runner Up
Margin
No.
Name
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Adilabad
1
Sirpur
Koneru Konappa
TRS
83,088
50.57
Palvai Harish Babu
INC
59,052
35.94
24,036
2
Chennur (SC)
Balka Suman
TRS
71,980
53.06
Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta
INC
43,848
32.32
28,132
3
Bellampalli (SC)
Durgam Chinnaiah
TRS
55,026
43.16
Gaddam Vinod
BSP
43,750
34.31
11,276
4
Mancherial
Diwakar Rao Nadipelli
TRS
75,360
45.20
Kokkirala Premsagar Rao
INC
70,512
42.29
4,848
5
Asifabad (ST)
Atram Sakku
INC
65788
40.92
Kova Laxmi
TRS
65617
40.81
171
6
Khanapur (ST)
Ajmeera Rekha
TRS
67,138
44.12
Ramesh Rathod
INC
46,428
30.51
20,710
7
Adilabad
Jogu Ramanna
TRS
74,050
44.66
Payal Shankar
BJP
47,444
28.62
26,606
8
Boath (ST)
Rathod Bapu Rao
TRS
61,125
38.99
Soyam Bapu Rao
INC
54,639
34.85
6,486
9
Nirmal
Allola Indrakaran Reddy
TRS
79,985
46.21
Alleti Maheshwar Reddy
INC
70,714
40.86
9,271
10
Mudhole
Gaddigari Vittal Reddy
TRS
83,933
45.68
Padakanti Ramadevi
BJP
40,602
22.01
43,331
Nizamabad
11
Armur
Asannagari Jeevan Reddy
TRS
72,125
51.37
Akula Lalitha
INC
43,330
30.86
28,795
12
Bodhan
Shakil Aamir Mohammed
TRS
74,895
47.12
Sudarshan Reddy Podduturi
INC
66,794
42.04
8,101
13
Jukkal (SC)
Hanmanth Shinde
TRS
77,584
51.20
S. Gangaram
INC
41,959
27.69
35,625
14
Banswada
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy
TRS
77,943
53.46
Kasula Balaraju
INC
59,458
40.78
18,485
15
Yellareddy
Jajala Surender
INC
91,510
54.31
Eanugu Ravinder Reddy
TRS
56,362
33.45
35,148
16
Kamareddy
Gampa Govardhan
TRS
68,167
42.02
Mohammed Ali Shabbir
INC
63,610
39.21
4,557
17
Nizamabad Urban
Bigala Ganesh
TRS
71,896
47.53
Taher Bin Hamdan
INC
46,055
30.44
25,841
18
Nizamabad Rural
Baji Reddy Goverdhan
TRS
87,976
50.86
Rekulapally Bhoopathi Reddy
INC
58,330
33.72
29,646
19
Balkonda
Vemula Prashanth Reddy
TRS
73,662
47.57
Sunil Kumar Muthyala
BSP
41,254
26.64
32,408
Karimnagar
20
Koratla
Kalvakuntla Vidya Sagar Rao
TRS
84.605
51.63
Juvvadi Narsinga Rao
INC
53,385
32.58
31,220
21
Jagtial
M. Sanjay Kumar
TRS
104,247
65.27
Jeevan Reddy Thatiparthi
INC
43,062
26.96
61,185
22
Dharmapuri (SC)
Koppula Eshwar
TRS
70,579
42.58
Adluri Laxman Kumar
INC
70,138
42.32
441
23
Ramagundam
Korukanti Chandar
AIFB
61,400
45.10
Somarapu Satyanarayana
TRS
34,981
25.69
26,419
24
Manthani
Sridhar Babu
INC
89,045
50.41
Putta Madhukar
TRS
72,815
41.22
16,230
25
Peddapalle
Dasari Manohar Reddy
TRS
82,765
44.33
Chinthakunta Vijaya Ramana Rao
INC
74,299
39.79
8,466
26
Karimnagar
Gangula Kamalakar
TRS
80,983
40.71
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
BJP
66,009
33.18
14,974
27
Choppadandi (SC)
Ravi Shankar Sunke
TRS
91,090
53.79
Medipally Sathyam
INC
48,963
28.92
42,127
28
Vemulawada
Chennamaneni Ramesh
TRS
84,050
54.10
Aadi Srinivas
INC
55,864
35.96
28,186
29
Sircilla
K. T. Rama Rao
TRS
125,213
70.89
K. K. Mahender Reddy
INC
36,204
20.50
89,009
30
Manakondur (SC)
Rasamayi Balakishan
TRS
88,997
51.47
Arepalli Mohan
INC
57,488
33.25
31,509
31
Huzurabad
Etela Rajender
TRS
104,840
59.34
Kaushik Reddy Padi
INC
61,121
34.60
43,719
32
Husnabad
Vodithela Sathish Kumar
TRS
96,517
62.67
Chada Venkat Reddy
CPI
46,553
24.92
49,964
Medak
33
Siddipet
T. Harish Rao
TRS
131,295
78.59
Bhavani Marikanti
TJS
12,596
7.54
118,699
34
Medak
Padma Devender Reddy
TRS
97,670
57.84
Ammareddy Gari Upender Reddy
INC
49,687
29.42
47,983
35
Narayankhed
Mahareddy Bhupal Reddy
TRS
95,550
55.00
Suresh Shetkar
INC
37,042
21.32
58,508
36
Andole (SC)
Kranthi Kiran Chanti
TRS
104,229
52.61
Damodar Raja Narasimha
INC
87,764
44.30
16,465
37
Narsapur
Chilumula Madan Reddy
TRS
105,665
57.54
Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy
INC
67,345
36.67
38,320
38
Zahirabad (SC)
Koninty Manik Rao
TRS
96,598
51.14
J. Geeta Reddy
INC
62,125
32.89
34,473
39
Sangareddy
Turupu Jayaprakash Reddy
INC
76,572
45.77
Chinta Prabhakar
TRS
73,983
44.22
2,589
40
Patancheru
Gudem Mahipal Reddy
TRS
116,474
54.41
Kata Srinivas Goud
INC
78,775
36.80
37,699
41
Dubbak
Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy
TRS
89,299
54.36
Maddula Nageshwar Reddy
INC
26,799
16.31
62,500
42
Gajwel
K. Chandrashekar Rao
TRS
125,444
60.45
Vanteru Pratap Reddy
INC
67,154
32.36
58,290
Ranga Reddy
43
Medchal
Malla Reddy
TRS
167,324
54.98
Kicchannagari Laxma Reddy
INC
79,334
26.07
87,990
44
Malkajgiri
Mynampally Hanumantha Rao
TRS
114,149
54.49
Naraparaju Ramchander Rao
BJP
40,451
19.31
73,698
45
Quthbullapur
K. P. Vivekanand Goud
TRS
154,500
53.39
Kuna Srisailam Goud
INC
113,000
39.05
41,500
46
Kukatpally
Madhavaram Krishna Rao
TRS
111,612
51.78
Nandamuri Venkata Suhasini
TDP
70,563
32.74
41,049
47
Uppal
Bethi Subhas Reddy
TRS
117,442
51.53
Tulla Veerender Goud
TDP
69,274
30.40
48,168
48
Ibrahimpatnam
Manchireddy Kishan Reddy
TRS
72,581
36.87
Malreddy Ranga Reddy
BSP
72,205
36.68
376
49
L. B. Nagar
Devireddy Sudheer Reddy
INC
113,980
46.66
Muddagowni Ram Mohan Goud
TRS
96,132
39.33
17,848
50
Maheshwaram
Sabitha Indra Reddy
INC
95,481
40.76
Teegala Krishna Reddy
TRS
86,254
36.82
9,227
51
Rajendranagar
T. Prakash Goud
TRS
108,964
43.42
Ganesh Renukuntla
TDP
50,591
20.16
58,373
52
Serilingampally
Arekapudi Gandhi
TRS
143,307
51.22
V. Ananda Prasad
TDP
99,012
35.39
44,295
53
Chevella (SC)
Kale Yadaiah
TRS
99,168
55.96
K. S. Ratnam
INC
65,616
37.03
33,552
54
Pargi
K. Mahesh Reddy
TRS
83,467
47.60
T. Ram Mohan Reddy
INC
67,626
38.56
15,841
55
Vikarabad (SC)
Anand Methuku
TRS
59,971
39.40
G. Prasad Kumar
INC
56,879
37.46
3,092
56
Tandur
Pilot Rohith Reddy
INC
70,428
45.02
P. Mahender Reddy
TRS
67,553
43.18
2,875
Hyderabad
57
Musheerabad
Muta Gopal
TRS
72,997
50.42
M. Anil Kumar Yadav
INC
36,087
24.93
36,910
58
Malakpet
Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala
AIMIM
53,281
42.86
Mohammed Muzaffar Ali Khan
TDP
29,769
23.95
23,512
59
Amberpet
Kaleru Venkatesh
TRS
61,558
45.79
G. Kishan Reddy
BJP
60,542
45.03
1,016
60
Khairatabad
Danam Nagender
TRS
63,068
44.56
Chintala Ramachandra Reddy
BJP
34,666
24.50
28,402
61
Jubilee Hills
Maganti Gopinath
TRS
68,979
44.30
P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy
INC
52,975
34.02
16,004
62
Sanathnagar
Talasani Srinivas Yadav
TRS
66,464
55.52
Kuna Venkatesh Goud
TDP
35,813
29.91
30,651
63
Nampally
Jaffer Hussain
AIMIM
57,940
41.99
Mohammed Feroz Khan
INC
48,265
34.98
9,675
64
Karwan
Kausar Mohiuddin
AIMIM
87,586
52.88
Amar Singh
BJP
37,417
22.59
50,169
65
Goshamahal
T. Raja Singh
BJP
61,854
45.18
Prem Singh Rathore
TRS
44,120
32.23
17,734
66
Charminar
Mumtaz Ahmed Khan
AIMIM
53,808
53.36
T. Uma Mahendra
BJP
21,222
21.04
32,,586
67
Chandrayangutta
Akbaruddin Owaisi
AIMIM
95,339
67.95
Shahejadi Sayyad
BJP
15,075
10.75
80,264
68
Yakutpura
Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri
AIMIM
69,595
49.07
Sama Sunder Reddy
TRS
22,617
15.95
46,978
69
Bahadurpura
Mohammad Moazam Khan
AIMIM
96,993
74.26
Mir Inayath Ali Baqri
TRS
14,475
11.08
82,518
70
Secunderabad
T. Padma Rao Goud
TRS
79,309
60.18
Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj
INC
33,839
25.68
45,470
71
Secunderabad Cantt. (SC)
G. Sayanna
TRS
65,797
55.90
Sarve Satyanarayana
INC
28,234
23.99
37,563
Mahabubnagar
72
Kodangal
Patnam Narendra Reddy
TRS
80,754
48.78
Revanth Reddy
INC
71,435
43.15
9,319
73
Narayanpet
S. Rajender Reddy
TRS
68,767
42.51
K. Shivkumar Reddy
BLPF
53,580
33.12
15,187
74
Mahbubnagar
V. Srinivas Goud
TRS
86,474
54.16
M. Chandra Shekhar
TDP
28,699
17.97
57,775
75
Jadcherla
Charlakota Laxma Reddy
TRS
94,598
58.95
Mallu Ravi
INC
49,516
30.85
45,082
76
Devarkadra
Alla Venkateshwar Reddy
TRS
96,130
55.12
Pavan Kumar
INC
60,882
34.91
35,248
77
Makthal
Chittem Ram Mohan Reddy
TRS
78,686
47.77
Jalander Reddy
IND
30,371
18.40
48,315
78
Wanaparthy
Singireddy Niranjan Reddy
TRS
111,956
60.31
Jillela Chinna Reddy
INC
60,271
32.47
51,685
79
Gadwal
Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy
TRS
100,415
52.60
D. K. Aruna
INC
72,155
37.64
28,260
80
Alampur (SC)
V. M. Abraham
TRS
102,105
56.83
S. A. Sampath Kumar
INC
57,426
31.96
44,679
81
Nagarkurnool
Marri Janardhan Reddy
TRS
102,493
60.80
Nagam Janardhan Reddy
INC
48,139
28.56
54,354
82
Achampet (SC)
Guvvala Balaraju
TRS
88,073
50.11
Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna
INC
78,959
44.66
91,14
83
Kalwakurthy
Gurka Jaipal Yadav
TRS
62,892
35.35
Achary Talloju
BJP
59,445
33.41
3,447
84
Shadnagar
Anjaiah Yelganamoni
TRS
72,315
43.43
Chowlapally Pratap Reddy
INC
51,890
31.16
20,425
85
Kollapur
Beeram Harshavardhan Reddy
INC
80,611
46.36
Jupally Krishna Rao
TRS
68,068
39.15
12,543
Nalgonda
86
Devarakonda (ST)
Ravindra Kumar Ramavath
TRS
96,454
51.97
Balu Naik Nenavath
INC
57,606
31.04
38,848
87
Nagarjuna Sagar
Nomula Narsimhaiah
TRS
83,655
46.33
Kunduru Jana Reddy
INC
75,884
42.05
7,771
88
Miryalaguda
Nallamothu Bhaskar Rao
TRS
83,931
46.90
R. Krishnaiah
INC
53,279
29.77
30,652
89
Huzurnagar
N. Uttam Kumar Reddy
INC
92,996
47.82
Shanampudi Saidireddy
TRS
85,530
43.98
7,466
90
Kodad
Bollam Mallaiah Yadav
TRS
89,115
45.96
N. Padmavathi Reddy
INC
88,359
45.57
756
91
Suryapet
Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy
TRS
68,650
37.34
Damodar Reddy Ram Reddy
INC
62,683
34.10
5,967
92
Nalgonda
Kancharla Bhupal Reddy
TRS
98,792
53.22
Komatireddy Venkat Reddy
INC
75,094
40.46
23,698
93
Munugode
Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy
INC
97,239
48.90
Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy
TRS
74,687
37.56
22,552
94
Bhongir
Pailla Shekar Reddy
TRS
85,476
49.34
Anil Kumar Reddy Kumbam
INC
61,413
35.45
24,063
95
Nakrekal (SC)
Chirumarthi Lingaiah
INC
93,699
46.33
Vemula Veeresham
TRS
85,440
42.25
8,259
96
Thungathurthi (SC)
Gadari Kishore Kumar
TRS
90,857
45.47
Addanki Dayakar
INC
89,010
44.54
1,847
97
Alair
Gongidi Sunitha
TRS
94,870
49.55
Budida Bikshamaiah Goud
INC
61,784
32.27
33,086
Warangal
98
Jangaon
Muthireddy Yadagiri Reddy
TRS
91,592
50.47
Ponnala Lakshmaiah
INC
62,024
34.18
29,568
99
Ghanpur Station (SC)
T. Rajaiah
TRS
98,612
49.57
Indira Singapuram
INC
62,822
31.58
35,790
100
Palakurthi
Errabelli Dayakar Rao
TRS
117,504
59.19
Janga Ragavareddy
INC
64,451
32.47
53,053
101
Dornakal
D. S. Redya Naik
TRS
88,307
50.73
Jatoth Ram Chandru Naik
INC
70,926
40.74
17,381
102
Mahabubabad (ST)
Banoth Shankar Nayak
TRS
85,397
46.18
Balram Naik
INC
71,863
38.86
13,534
103
Narsampet
P. Sudarshan Reddy
TRS
94,135
49.80
Donthi Madhava Reddy
INC
77,186
40.85
16,949
104
Parkal
Challa Dharma Reddy
TRS
105,903
59.64
Konda Surekha
INC
59,384
33.44
46,519
105
Warangal West
Dasyam Vinay Bhasker
TRS
81,006
56.78
Revuri Prakash Reddy
TDP
44,555
31.23
36,451
106
Warangal East
Narendar Nannapuneni
TRS
83,922
53.94
Ravi Chandra Vaddiraju
INC
55,140
35.44
28,782
107
Waradhanapet (SC)
Aroori Ramesh
TRS
131,252
69.35
Devaiah Pagidipati
TJS
32,012
16.91
99,240
108
Bhupalpalle
Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy
INC
69,918
33.50
Gandra Sathyanarayana Rao
AIFB
54,283
26.00
15,635
109
Mulug (ST)
Dansari Anasuya
INC
88,971
52.71
Azmeera Chandulal
TRS
66,300
39.28
22,671
Khammam
110
Pinapaka (ST)
Kantha Rao Rega
INC
72,283
50.13
Payam Venkateswarlu
TRS
52,718
36.56
19,565
111
Yellandu (ST)
Haripriya Banoth
INC
70,644
42.95
Koram Kanakaiah
TRS
67,757
41.20
2,887
112
Khammam
Puvvada Ajay Kumar
TRS
102,760
49.78
Nama Nageswara Rao
TDP
91,769
44.46
10,991
113
Palair
Kandala Upender Reddy
INC
89,407
46.53
Thummala Nageswara Rao
TRS
81,738
42.54
7,669
114
Madhira (SC)
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
INC
80,598
43.11
Kamal Raju Lingala
TRS
77,031
41.21
3,567
115
Wyra (ST)
Lavudya Ramulu
IND
52,650
33.36
Banoth Madan Lal
TRS
50,637
32.08
2,013
116
Sathupalli (SC)
Sandra Venkata Veeraiah
TDP
100,044
50.46
Pidamarthi Ravi
TRS
81,042
40.87
19,002
117
Kothagudem
Vanama Nageswar Rao
INC
81,118
46.78
Jalagam Venkat Rao
TRS
76,979
44.39
4,139
118
Aswaraopeta (ST)
Mecha Nageswara Rao
TDP
61,124
48.21
Thati Venkateswarlu
TRS
48,007
37.86
13,117
119
Bhadrachalam (ST)
Podem Veeraiah
INC
47,746
43.23
Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao
TRS
35,961
32.56
11,785
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