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]
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 [ edit ]
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
The date of the election was 7 December 2018 and the result were to be out on 11 December 2018.[ 9]
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
Parties and alliances [ edit ]
Seat sharing agreement between the constituent parties of Praja Kutami
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 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%)
Source: Election Commission of India
Alliance/Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
Contested
Won
+/−
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 [ edit ]
Region
Seats
TRS
INC
AIMIM
BJP
OTH
Northern Telangana
49
35
12
00
00
02
Greater Hyderabad
39
26
05
07
01
00
Southern Telangana
31
27
04
00
00
00
Total
119
88
19
07
01
02
Results by constituency [ edit ]
Assembly Constituency
Winner[ 10]
Runner Up
Margin
#
Name
Candidate
Party
Votes
Candidate
Party
Votes
Adilabad district
1
Sirpur
Koneru Konappa
TRS
83,088
Palvai Harish Babu
INC
59,052
24,036
2
Chennur (SC)
Balka Suman
TRS
71,980
Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta
INC
43,848
28,132
3
Bellampalli (SC)
Durgam Chinnaiah
TRS
55,026
Gaddam Vinod
BSP
43,750
11,276
4
Mancherial
Diwakar Rao Nadipelli
TRS
75,360
Kokkirala Premsagar Rao
INC
70,512
4,848
5
Asifabad (ST)
Atram Sakku
INC
65788
Kova Laxmi
TRS
65617
171
6
Khanapur (ST)
Ajmeera Rekha
TRS
67,138
Ramesh Rathod
INC
46,428
20,710
7
Adilabad
Jogu Ramanna
TRS
74,050
Payal Shankar
BJP
47,444
26,606
8
Boath (ST)
Rathod Bapu Rao
TRS
61,125
Soyam Bapu Rao
INC
54,639
6,486
9
Nirmal
Allola Indrakaran Reddy
TRS
79,985
Alleti Maheshwar Reddy
INC
70,714
9,271
10
Mudhole
Gaddigari Vittal Reddy
TRS
83,933
Padakanti Ramadevi
BJP
40,602
43,331
Nizamabad district
11
Armur
Asannagari Jeevan Reddy
TRS
72,125
Akula Lalitha
INC
43,330
28,795
12
Bodhan
Shakil Aamir Mohammed
TRS
74,895
Sudarshan Reddy Podduturi
INC
66,794
8,101
13
Jukkal (SC)
Hanmanth Shinde
TRS
77,584
S. Gangaram
INC
41,959
35,625
14
Banswada
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy
TRS
77,943
Kasula Balaraju
INC
59,458
18,485
15
Yellareddy
Jajala Surender
INC
91,510
Eanugu Ravinder Reddy
TRS
56,362
35,148
16
Kamareddy
Gampa Govardhan
TRS
68,167
Mohammed Ali Shabbir
INC
63,610
4,557
17
Nizamabad Urban
Bigala Ganesh
TRS
71,896
Taher Bin Hamdan
INC
46,055
25,841
18
Nizamabad Rural
Baji Reddy Goverdhan
TRS
87,976
Rekulapally Bhoopathi Reddy
INC
58,330
29,646
19
Balkonda
Vemula Prashanth Reddy
TRS
73,662
Sunil Kumar Muthyala
BSP
41,254
32,408
Karimnagar district
20
Koratla
Kalvakuntla Vidya Sagar Rao
TRS
84.605
Juvvadi Narsinga Rao
INC
53,385
31,220
21
Jagtial
M. Sanjay Kumar
TRS
104,247
Jeevan Reddy Thatiparthi
INC
43,062
61,185
22
Dharmapuri (SC)
Koppula Eshwar
TRS
70,579
Adluri Laxman Kumar
INC
70,138
441
23
Ramagundam
Korukanti Chandar
AIFB
61,400
Somarapu Satyanarayana
TRS
34,981
26,419
24
Manthani
Sridhar Babu
INC
89,045
Putta Madhukar
TRS
72,815
16,230
25
Peddapalle
Dasari Manohar Reddy
TRS
82,765
Chinthakunta Vijaya Ramana Rao
INC
74,299
8,466
26
Karimnagar
Gangula Kamalakar
TRS
80,983
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
BJP
66,009
14,974
27
Choppadandi (SC)
Ravi Shankar Sunke
TRS
91,090
Medipally Sathyam
INC
48,963
42,127
28
Vemulawada
Chennamaneni Ramesh
TRS
84,050
Aadi Srinivas
INC
55,864
28,186
29
Sircilla
K. T. Rama Rao
TRS
125,213
K. K. Mahender Reddy
INC
36,204
89,009
30
Manakondur (SC)
Rasamayi Balakishan
TRS
88,997
Arepalli Mohan
INC
57,488
31,509
31
Huzurabad
Etela Rajender
TRS
104,840
Kaushik Reddy Padi
INC
61,121
43,719
32
Husnabad
Vodithela Sathish Kumar
TRS
96,517
Chada Venkat Reddy
CPI
46,553
49,964
Medak district
33
Siddipet
T. Harish Rao
TRS
131,295
Bhavani Marikanti
TJS
12,596
118,699
34
Medak
Padma Devender Reddy
TRS
97,670
Ammareddy Gari Upender Reddy
INC
49,687
47,983
35
Narayankhed
Mahareddy Bhupal Reddy
TRS
95,550
Suresh Shetkar
INC
37,042
58,508
36
Andole (SC)
Kranthi Kiran Chanti
TRS
104,229
Damodar Raja Narasimha
INC
87,764
16,465
37
Narsapur
Chilumula Madan Reddy
TRS
105,665
Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy
INC
67,345
38,320
38
Zahirabad (SC)
Koninty Manik Rao
TRS
96,598
J. Geeta Reddy
INC
62,125
34,473
39
Sangareddy
Turupu Jayaprakash Reddy
INC
76,572
Chinta Prabhakar
TRS
73,983
2,589
40
Patancheru
Gudem Mahipal Reddy
TRS
116,474
Kata Srinivas Goud
INC
78,775
37,699
41
Dubbak
Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy
TRS
89,299
Maddula Nageshwar Reddy
INC
26,799
62,500
42
Gajwel
K. Chandrashekar Rao
TRS
125,444
Vanteru Pratap Reddy
INC
67,154
58,290
Ranga Reddy district
43
Medchal
Malla Reddy
TRS
167,324
Kicchannagari Laxma Reddy
INC
79,334
87,990
44
Malkajgiri
Mynampally Hanumantha Rao
TRS
114,149
Naraparaju Ramchander Rao
BJP
40,451
73,698
45
Quthbullapur
K. P. Vivekanand Goud
TRS
154,500
Kuna Srisailam Goud
INC
113,000
41,500
46
Kukatpally
Madhavaram Krishna Rao
TRS
111,612
Nandamuri Venkata Suhasini
TDP
70,563
41,049
47
Uppal
Bethi Subhas Reddy
TRS
117,442
Tulla Veerender Goud
TDP
69,274
48,168
48
Ibrahimpatnam
Manchireddy Kishan Reddy
TRS
72,581
Malreddy Ranga Reddy
BSP
72,205
376
49
L. B. Nagar
Devireddy Sudheer Reddy
INC
113,980
Muddagowni Ram Mohan Goud
TRS
96,132
17,848
50
Maheshwaram
Sabitha Indra Reddy
INC
95,481
Teegala Krishna Reddy
TRS
86,254
9,227
51
Rajendranagar
T. Prakash Goud
TRS
108,964
Ganesh Renukuntla
TDP
50,591
58,373
52
Serilingampally
Arekapudi Gandhi
TRS
143,307
V. Ananda Prasad
TDP
99,012
44,295
53
Chevella (SC)
Kale Yadaiah
TRS
99,168
K. S. Ratnam
INC
65,616
33,552
54
Pargi
K. Mahesh Reddy
TRS
83,467
T. Ram Mohan Reddy
INC
67,626
15,841
55
Vikarabad (SC)
Anand Methuku
TRS
59,971
G. Prasad Kumar
INC
56,879
3,092
56
Tandur
Pilot Rohith Reddy
INC
70,428
P. Mahender Reddy
TRS
67,553
2,875
Hyderabad district
57
Musheerabad
Muta Gopal
TRS
72,997
M. Anil Kumar Yadav
INC
36,087
36,910
58
Malakpet
Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala
AIMIM
53,281
Mohammed Muzaffar Ali Khan
TDP
29,769
23,512
59
Amberpet
Kaleru Venkatesh
TRS
61,558
G. Kishan Reddy
BJP
60,542
1,016
60
Khairatabad
Danam Nagender
TRS
63,068
Chintala Ramachandra Reddy
BJP
34,666
28,402
61
Jubilee Hills
Maganti Gopinath
TRS
68,979
P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy
INC
52,975
16,004
62
Sanathnagar
Talasani Srinivas Yadav
TRS
66,464
Kuna Venkatesh Goud
TDP
35,813
30,651
63
Nampally
Jaffer Hussain
AIMIM
57,940
Mohammed Feroz Khan
INC
48,265
9,675
64
Karwan
Kausar Mohiuddin
AIMIM
87,586
Amar Singh
BJP
37,417
50,169
65
Goshamahal
T. Raja Singh
BJP
61,854
Prem Singh Rathore
TRS
44,120
17,734
66
Charminar
Mumtaz Ahmed Khan
AIMIM
53,808
T. Uma Mahendra
BJP
21,222
32,,586
67
Chandrayangutta
Akbaruddin Owaisi
AIMIM
95,339
Shahejadi Sayyad
BJP
15,075
80,264
68
Yakutpura
Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri
AIMIM
69,595
Sama Sunder Reddy
TRS
22,617
46,978
69
Bahadurpura
Mohammad Moazam Khan
AIMIM
96,993
Mir Inayath Ali Baqri
TRS
14,475
82,518
70
Secunderabad
T. Padma Rao Goud
TRS
79,309
Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj
INC
33,839
45,470
71
Secunderabad Cantt. (SC)
G. Sayanna
TRS
65,797
Sarve Satyanarayana
INC
28,234
37,563
Mahabubnagar district
72
Kodangal
Patnam Narendra Reddy
TRS
80,754
Revanth Reddy
INC
71,435
9,319
73
Narayanpet
S. Rajender Reddy
TRS
68,767
K. Shivkumar Reddy
Other
53,580
15,187
74
Mahbubnagar
V. Srinivas Goud
TRS
86,474
M. Chandra Shekhar
TDP
28,699
57,775
75
Jadcherla
Charlakota Laxma Reddy
TRS
94,598
Mallu Ravi
INC
49,516
45,082
76
Devarkadra
Alla Venkateshwar Reddy
TRS
96,130
Pavan Kumar
INC
60,882
35,248
77
Makthal
Chittem Ram Mohan Reddy
TRS
78,686
Jalander Reddy
IND
30,371
48,315
78
Wanaparthy
Singireddy Niranjan Reddy
TRS
111,956
Jillela Chinna Reddy
INC
60,271
51,685
79
Gadwal
Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy
TRS
100,415
D. K. Aruna
INC
72,155
28,260
80
Alampur (SC)
V. M. Abraham
TRS
102,105
S. A. Sampath Kumar
INC
57,426
44,679
81
Nagarkurnool
Marri Janardhan Reddy
TRS
102,493
Nagam Janardhan Reddy
INC
48,139
54,354
82
Achampet (SC)
Guvvala Balaraju
TRS
88,073
Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna
INC
78,959
91,14
83
Kalwakurthy
Gurka Jaipal Yadav
TRS
62,892
Achary Talloju
BJP
59,445
3,447
84
Shadnagar
Anjaiah Yelganamoni
TRS
72,315
Chowlapally Pratap Reddy
INC
51,890
20,425
85
Kollapur
Beeram Harshavardhan Reddy
INC
80,611
Jupally Krishna Rao
TRS
68,068
12,543
Nalgonda district
86
Devarakonda (ST)
Ravindra Kumar Ramavath
TRS
96,454
Balu Naik Nenavath
INC
57,606
38,848
87
Nagarjuna Sagar
Nomula Narsimhaiah
TRS
83,655
Kunduru Jana Reddy
INC
75,884
7,771
88
Miryalaguda
Nallamothu Bhaskar Rao
TRS
83,931
R. Krishnaiah
INC
53,279
30,652
89
Huzurnagar
N. Uttam Kumar Reddy
INC
92,996
Shanampudi Saidireddy
TRS
85,530
7,466
90
Kodad
Bollam Mallaiah Yadav
TRS
89,115
N. Padmavathi Reddy
INC
88,359
756
91
Suryapet
Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy
TRS
68,650
Damodar Reddy Ram Reddy
INC
62,683
5,967
92
Nalgonda
Kancharla Bhupal Reddy
TRS
98,792
Komatireddy Venkat Reddy
INC
75,094
23,698
93
Munugode
Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy
INC
97,239
Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy
TRS
74,687
22,552
94
Bhongir
Pailla Shekar Reddy
TRS
85,476
Anil Kumar Reddy Kumbam
INC
61,413
24,063
95
Nakrekal (SC)
Chirumarthi Lingaiah
INC
93,699
Vemula Veeresham
TRS
85,440
8,259
96
Thungathurthi (SC)
Gadari Kishore Kumar
TRS
90,857
Addanki Dayakar
INC
89,010
1,847
97
Alair
Gongidi Sunitha
TRS
94,870
Budida Bikshamaiah Goud
INC
61,784
33,086
Warangal district
98
Jangaon
Muthireddy Yadagiri Reddy
TRS
91,592
Ponnala Lakshmaiah
INC
62,024
29,568
99
Ghanpur Station (SC)
T. Rajaiah
TRS
98,612
Indira Singapuram
INC
62,822
35,790
100
Palakurthi
Errabelli Dayakar Rao
TRS
117,504
Janga Ragavareddy
INC
64,451
53,053
101
Dornakal
D. S. Redya Naik
TRS
88,307
Jatoth Ram Chandru Naik
INC
70,926
17,381
102
Mahabubabad (ST)
Banoth Shankar Nayak
TRS
85,397
Balram Naik
INC
71,863
13,534
103
Narsampet
P. Sudarshan Reddy
TRS
94,135
Donthi Madhava Reddy
INC
77,186
16,949
104
Parkal
Challa Dharma Reddy
TRS
105,903
Konda Surekha
INC
59,384
46,519
105
Warangal West
Dasyam Vinay Bhasker
TRS
81,006
Revuri Prakash Reddy
TDP
44,555
36,451
106
Warangal East
Narendar Nannapuneni
TRS
83,922
Ravi Chandra Vaddiraju
INC
55,140
28,782
107
Waradhanapet (SC)
Aroori Ramesh
TRS
131,252
Devaiah Pagidipati
TJS
32,012
99,240
108
Bhupalpalle
Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy
INC
69,918
Gandra Sathyanarayana Rao
AIFB
54,283
15,635
109
Mulug (ST)
Dansari Anasuya
INC
88,971
Azmeera Chandulal
TRS
66,300
22,671
Khammam district
110
Pinapaka (ST)
Kantha Rao Rega
INC
72,283
Payam Venkateswarlu
TRS
52,718
19,565
111
Yellandu (ST)
Haripriya Banoth
INC
70,644
Koram Kanakaiah
TRS
67,757
2,887
112
Khammam
Puvvada Ajay Kumar
TRS
102,760
Nama Nageswara Rao
TDP
91,769
10,991
113
Palair
Kandala Upender Reddy
INC
89,407
Thummala Nageswara Rao
TRS
81,738
7,669
114
Madhira (SC)
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
INC
80,598
Kamal Raju Lingala
TRS
77,031
3,567
115
Wyra (ST)
Lavudya Ramulu
IND
52,650
Banoth Madan Lal
TRS
50,637
2,013
116
Sathupalli (SC)
Sandra Venkata Veeraiah
TDP
100,044
Pidamarthi Ravi
TRS
81,042
19,002
117
Kothagudem
Vanama Nageswar Rao
INC
81,118
Jalagam Venkat Rao
TRS
76,979
4,139
118
Aswaraopeta (ST)
Mecha Nageswara Rao
TDP
61,124
Thati Venkateswarlu
TRS
48,007
13,117
119
Bhadrachalam (ST)
Podem Veeraiah
INC
47,746
Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao
TRS
35,961
11,785