2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election
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All 119 seats in the Telangana Legislative Assembly
60 seats needed for a majority
Registered28,075,912
Turnout20,701,783 (73.74%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
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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 Increase 25 Decrease 2 Steady No change
Popular vote 9,700,479 5,883,111 561,089
Percentage 46.90% 28.40% 2.70%
Swing Increase 12.60% Increase 3.20% Decrease 1.10%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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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 Decrease 13 Decrease 4
Popular vote 725,845 1,450,456
Percentage 3.50% 6.98%
Swing Decrease 11.20% Decrease 0.12%
Chief Minister before election

K. Chandrasekhar Rao
TRS

Chief Minister after election

K. Chandrasekhar Rao
TRS

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]

  1. ^ Staff Reporter (23 March 2014). "KCR to contest from Gajwel" – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e "IndiaVotes AC: Party-wise performance for 2014". IndiaVotes. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. ^ "KCR's early election gamble gives enough ammo to TRS". The Times of India.
  4. ^ "Telangana elections: TOI does SWOT analysis of parties in fray". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Congress, TDP, Left form grand alliance to fight Telangana election". 11 September 2018.