The 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election was held on 30 November 2023 to elect all 119 members of Telangana Legislative Assembly for its third term. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 3 December 2023.
The Indian National Congress (INC) along with its ally Communist Party of India (CPI) won a majority with 65 seats against the incumbent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)'s 39 seats. With a victory for the first time after the formation of Telangana, it strengthened the INC's position in southern India following its recent success in Karnataka. The BRS and the outgoing chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao suffered a major loss in the elections by losing in one of his contended seats after being in power for two terms.
Background The tenure of Telangana Legislative Assembly was scheduled to end on 16 January 2024. The previous assembly elections were held in December 2018 and the incumbent Telangana Rashtra Samithi, which was later renamed as Bharat Rashtra Samithi, formed the state government, with K. Chandrashekar Rao becoming the Chief Minister for the second time.
Schedule The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 October 2023.
Poll eventDateNotification date3 November 2023Start of nomination3 November 2023Last date for filing nomination10 November 2023Scrutiny of nomination13 November 2023Last date for withdrawal of nomination15 November 2023Date of poll30 November 2023Date of counting of votes3 December 2023
Election statistics There are 15,871,493 male voters and 15,843,339 female voters while the number of transgender voters stood at 2,557. 2,202,168 voters were deleted across the state.
A total of 2,290 candidates were in the fray, while 608 withdrew their nominations. The highest number of candidates in the electoral contest is from the L. B. Nagar constituency, with 48 candidates, and the least from Banswada and Narayanpet constituencies, each with 7 candidates.
The Election Commission of India seized a total of ₹659.2 crore worth of cash and goods across the state, which were alleged to be used by contesting candidates to influence voters in the elections and conduct general electoral malpractice, in violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
Parties and alliances
The Indian National Congress fought the elections in alliance with the Communist Party of India, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party fought alongside the Janasena Party. The Telangana outfit of the Telugu Desam Party did not contest.
Alliance/partyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedBharat Rashtra SamithiK. Chandrashekhar Rao119Rowspan="2" INC+Indian National CongressRevanth Reddy118119Communist Party of IndiaKunamneni Sambasiva Rao1Rowspan="2" NDABharatiya Janata PartyG. Kishan Reddy111119Janasena PartyN. Shankar Goud8All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul MuslimeenAkbaruddin Owaisi9Bahujan Samaj PartyR. S. Praveen Kumar107Communist Party of India (Marxist)Tammineni Veerabhadram19
Candidates District ConstituencyBRSINC+NDA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party CandidateKomaram Bheem Asifabad1SirpurKoneru KonappaRaavi SrinivasPalvai Harish Babu Mancherial2Chennur (SC)Balka SumanG. Vivekanand Durgam Ashok3Bellampalli (SC)Durgam ChinnaiahGaddam VinodA. Sridevi4MancherialNadipelli Divakar RaoKokkirala Premsagar RaoVerabelli RaghunathKomaram Bheem Asifabad5Asifabad (ST)Kova LaxmiAjmera ShyamAjmeera Athmaram NaikAdilabad6Khanapur (ST)Bhukya Johnson Rathod NaikVedma BhojjuRamesh Rathod7AdilabadJogu RamannaKandi Srinivas ReddyPayal Shanker8Boath (ST)Anil JadhavAde GajenderSoyam Bapu RaoNirmal9NirmalAllola Indrakaran ReddyKuchadi Srihari RaoAlleti Maheshwar Reddy10MudholeGaddigari Vittal ReddyBhosle Narayan Rao PatilRama Rao PawarNizamabad11ArmoorAshannagari Jeevan ReddyProdduturi Vinay Kumar Reddy Paidi Rakesh Reddy12BodhanMohammed Shakeel AamirP. Sudarshan ReddyVaddi Mohan ReddyKamareddy13Jukkal (SC)Hanmanth ShindeThota Lakshmi Kantha RaoT. Aruna Tara14BanswadaPocharam Srinivas ReddyEanugu Ravinder Endela LakshminarayanaNizamabad15YellareddyJajala SurenderK. Madan Mohan RaoVaddepally Subhash Reddy Kamareddy16KamareddyK. Chandrashekhar RaoAnumula Revanth ReddyK. V. Ramana ReddyNizamabad17Nizamabad UrbanBigala Ganesh GuptaMohammed Ali ShabbirDhanpal Suryanarayana Gupta18Nizamabad RuralBajireddy GoverdhanRekulapally Bhoopathi ReddyDinesh Kulachari19BalkondaVemula Prashanth ReddySunil Kumar MuthyalaAleti AnnapurnaJagtial20KoratlaKalvakuntla SanjayJuvvadi Narasinga RaoDharmapuri Arvind21JagtialM. Sanjay KumarT. Jeevan ReddyBoga Sravani22Dharmapuri (SC)Koppula EshwarAdluri Laxman RaoSogala KumarPeddapalli23RamagundamKorukanti ChanderMakkan Singh Raj ThakurKandula Sandhya Rani24ManthaniPutta MadhuD. Sridhar BabuChandupatla Sunil Reddy25PeddapalliDasari Manohar ReddyChintakunta Vijaya Ramana RaoDugyala Pradeep RaoKarimnagar26KarimnagarGangula KamalakarPurumalla SrinivasBandi Sanjay Kumar27Choppadandi (SC)Sunke Ravi ShankarMedipally SatyamBodiga ShobhaRajanna Sircilla28VemulawadaChalmeda Lakshmi Narasimha RaoAadi SrinivasChennamaneni Vikas Rao29SircillaK. T. Rama RaoK. K. Mahender ReddyRani Rudrama ReddyKarimnagar30Manakondur (SC)Erupula Rasamayi BalakishanKavvampally SatyanarayanaArepally Mohan31HuzurabadPadi Kaushik ReddyVodithala PranavEtela Rajender32HusnabadVodithela Sathish KumarPonnam PrabhakarBomma Sriram ChakravarthySiddipet33SiddipetT. Harish RaoPoojala HarikrishnaDoodi Srikanth ReddyMedak34MedakM. Padma Devender ReddyMynampally Rohit RaoPanja Vijay KumarSangareddy35NarayankhedMahareddy Bhupal ReddyPatlolla Sanjeeva ReddyJenawade Sangappa36Andole (SC)Chanti Kranthi KiranC. Damodar Raja NarasimhaBabu MohanMedak37NarsapurVakiti Sunitha Laxma ReddyAavalu Raji ReddyErragolla Murali YadavSangareddy38Zahirabad (SC)Koninty Manik RaoAgam Chandra Sekhar Ramchandra Raja Narasimha39SangareddyChinta PrabhakarJagga ReddyPulimamidi Raju40PatancheruGudem Mahipal ReddyKata Srinivas Goud T. Nandhishwar GoudSiddipet41DubbakKotha Prabhakar ReddyCheruku Srinivas ReddyRaghunandan Rao42GajwelK. Chandrashekhar RaoTumkunta Narsa ReddyEtela RajenderMedchal-Malkajgiri43MedchalChamakura Malla ReddyThotakura Vajresh YadavYenugu Sudharshan Reddy 44MalkajgiriMarri Rajasekhar ReddyMynampally Hanumantha RaoN. Ramchander Rao45QuthbullapurK. P. Vivekanand GoudKolan Hanmanth Reddy Kuna Srisailam Goud46KukatpallyMadhavaram Krishna RaoBandi RameshMummareddy Prem Kumar47UppalBandari Lakshma ReddyM. Parmeshwar ReddyN. V. S. S. PrabhakarRanga Reddy48IbrahimpatnamManchireddy Kishan ReddyMalreddy Ranga ReddyNomula Dayanand Goud49L. B. NagarDevireddy Sudheer ReddyMadhu Yaskhi GoudSama Ranga Reddy50MaheshwaramSabitha Indra ReddyKichannagiri Laxma ReddyAndela Sriramulu Yadav51RajendranagarT. Prakash GoudKasturi NarendarTokala Srinivas Reddy52SerilingampallyArekapudi GandhiV. Jagadeeshwar GoudRavi Kumar Yadav 53Chevella (SC)Kale YadaiahPamena BheembharatK. S. RatnamVikarabad54PargiK. Mahesh ReddyT. Ram Mohan ReddyBooneti Maruthi Kiran55Vikrabad (SC)Anand MethukuGaddam Prasad KumarPeddinti Naveen Kumar56TandurPilot Rohith ReddyBuyyani Manohar ReddyNemuri Shankar GoudHyderabad57MusheerabadMuta GopalAnjan Kumar YadavPoosa Raju58MalakpetTeegala Ajith ReddyShaikh AkbarSamreddy Surender Reddy59AmberpetK. VenkateshRohin ReddyKrishna Yadav60KhairatabadDanam NagenderP. Vijaya ReddyChintala Ramachandra Reddy61Jubilee HillsMaganti GopinathMohammed AzharuddinLankala Deepak Reddy62SanathnagarTalasani Srinivas YadavKota NeelimaMarri Shashidhar Reddy63NampallyAnand Kumar GoudMohammed Feroz Khan Rahul Chandra 64KarwanAindala KrishnaiahOsman Bin Mohammed Al HajiriAmar Singh65GoshamahalNand Kishore VyasMogili SunithaT. Raja Singh66CharminarIbrahim LodiMohammed Mujeebulla ShareefMegha Rani67ChandrayanguttaM. Sitharam ReddyBoya NageshK. Mahendra68YakutpuraSama Sunder ReddyK. Ravi RajuVeerendra Yadav69BahadurpuraAli BaqriRajesh Kumar PulipatiY. Naresh Kumar70SecunderabadT. Padma Rao GoudAdam Santosh Kumar Mekala Sarangapani71Secunderabad Cantt. (SC)G. Lasya NandithaG. V. VennelaGanesh Narayan Vikarabad72KodangalPatnam Narendra ReddyAnumula Revanth ReddyBantu Ramesh KumarNarayanpet73NarayanpetS. Rajender ReddyChittem Parnika ReddyK. Rathang Pandu ReddyMahabubnagar74MahbubnagarV. Srinivas GoudYennam Srinivas ReddyA. P. Mithun Kumar Reddy75JadcherlaC. Laxma ReddyJ. Anirudh ReddyChittaranjan Das76DevarkadraAlla Venkateshwar ReddyGavinolla Madhusudan ReddyKonda Prashant ReddyNarayanpet77MakthalChittem Rammohan ReddyVakiti SrihariJalandhar ReddyWanaparthy78WanaparthySingireddy Niranjan ReddyTudi Megha ReddyAnugna ReddyJogulamba Gadwal79GadwalBandla Krishna Mohan ReddySaritha ThirupathaiahBoya Shiva80Alampur (SC)VijayuduS. A. Sampath Kumar Perumallu Rajgopal Nagarkunool81NagarkurnoolMarri Janardhan ReddyKuchkulla Rajesh ReddyVanga Lakshman Goud82Achampet (SC)Guvvala BalarajuChikkudu Vamshi KrishnaDevani Sathish MadigaRanga Reddy83KalwakurthyGurka Jaipal YadavKasireddy Narayan ReddyTalloju Achary84ShadnagarAnjaiah Yadav YelganamoniK. ShankaraiahAnde BabaiahNagarkunool85KollapurBeeram Harshavardhan ReddyJupally Krishna RaoAelleni Sudhakar RaoNalgonda86Devarakonda (ST)Ravindra Kumar RamavathNenavath Balu NaikKethavath Lalu Naik87Nagarjuna SagarNomula Bhagath YadavKunduru JayaveerKankanala Niveditha Reddy88MiryalagudaNallamothu Bhaskar RaoBathula Laxma ReddySadineni SrinivasSuryapet89HuzurnagarShanampudi SaidireddyNalamada Uttam Kumar ReddyChalla Srilatha Reddy90KodadBollam Mallaiah YadavNalamada Padmavathi ReddyMekkala Sathish Reddy91SuryapetGuntakandla Jagadish ReddyRamreddy Damodar ReddySankineni Venkateswara RaoNalgonda92NalgondaKancharla Bhupal ReddyKomatireddy Venkat ReddyMadagani Srinivas Goud93MunugodeKusukuntla Prabhakar ReddyKomatireddy Raj Gopal ReddyChalamalla Krishna ReddyYadadri Bhuvanagiri94BhongirPailla Shekar ReddyKumbam Anil Kumar ReddyGudur Narayana ReddyNalgonda95Nakrekal (SC)Chirumarthi LingaiahVemula VeereshamNakarakanti MogulaiahSuryapet96Thungathurthi (SC)Gadari KishoreMandula SamualKadiyam RamachandraiahYadadri Bhuvanagiri97AlairGongidi SunithaBeerla IlaiahPadala SrinivasJangoan98JangaonPalla Rajeshwar ReddyKommuri Pratap ReddyArutla Dashmanth Reddy99Ghanpur Station (SC)Kadiyam SrihariSinghapuram IndiraGunde Vijayarama Rao100PalakurthiErrabelli Dayakar RaoYeshashwani MemidilaLega Rammohan ReddyMahabubabad101Dornakal (ST)D. S. Redya NaikJatoth Ram Chandru NaikBhukya Sangeetha102Mahabubabad (ST)Banoth Shankar NayakMurali NaikJathoth Hussain NaikWarangal103NarsampetPeddi Sudarshan ReddyDonthi Madhava ReddyK. Pulla Rao104ParkalChalla Dharma ReddyRevuri Prakash ReddyP. Kali Prasad RaoHanamkonda105Warangal WestDasyam Vinay BhaskerNaini Rajender ReddyRao Padma106Warangal EastNannapuneni NarendarKonda SurekhaErrabelli Pradeep Rao107Waradhanapet (SC)Aroori RameshK. R. Naga RajuKondeti SridharJayashankar Bhupalpalle108BhupalpalleGandra Venkata Ramana ReddyGandra Satyanarayana RaoChandupatla Keerthi ReddyMulugu109Mulug (ST)Bade NagajyothiSeethakkaAzmeera Prahlad NaikBhadradri Kothagudem110Pinapaka (ST)Kantha Rao RegaPayam VenkateswarluPodiyam Balaraju111Yellandu (ST)Haripriya BanothKoram KanakaiahDharavath Ravinder NaikKhammam112KhammamPuvvada Ajay KumarThummala Nageswara RaoMiryala Ramakrishna113PalairKandala Upender ReddyPonguleti Srinivas ReddyNunna Ravikumar114Madhira (SC)Kamal Raju LingalaMallu Bhatti VikramarkaPerumarpally Vijaya Raju115Wyra (ST)Banoth MadanlalMaloth RamdasTejavath Sampath Nayak116Sathupalli (SC)Sandra Venkata VeeraiahMatta RagamayeeRamalingeshwar RaoBhadradri Kothagudem117KothagudemVanama Venkateshwara RaoKunamneni Sambasiva RaoLakkineni Surendar Rao118Aswaraopeta (ST)Mecha Nageswara RaoJare AdinarayanaM. Umadevi119Bhadrachalam (ST)Dr. Tellam Venkata RaoPodem VeeraiahKunja Dharma Rao
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