Elections in Telangana

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The Indian state of Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014. Since then, elections in the state are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India to elect representatives of various bodies on national, state and district levels.

State of Telangana

National level[]

Lok Sabha[]

Main article: Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha constituencies of Telangana

Telangana has 17 Lok Sabha constituencies of which 3 are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) and 2 for Scheduled Tribes (ST) from which electors have direct election to choose their desired candidate to make them Member of Parliament (MP). Lok Sabha elections have been held in Telangana only once, during the 2019 Indian general election.

No. Constituency Reserved for
SC/ST/None 		2014 elections[1] 2019 elections[2]
Elected MP Party Elected MP Party
1 Adilabad ST G. Nagesh TRS Soyam Bapu Rao BJP
2 Peddapalli SC Balka Suman TRS V. N. Borlakunta TRS
3 Karimnagar None B. Vinod Kumar TRS Bandi Sanjay Kumar BJP
4 Nizamabad None K. Kavitha TRS Dharmapuri Arvind BJP
5 Zahirabad None B. B. Patil TRS B. B. Patil TRS
6 Medak None Kotha Prabhakar Reddy TRS Kotha Prabhakar Reddy TRS
7 Malkajgiri None Malla Reddy TDP Revanth Reddy INC
8 Secunderabad None Bandaru Dattatreya BJP G. Kishan Reddy BJP
9 Hyderabad None Asaduddin Owaisi AIMIM Asaduddin Owaisi AIMIM
10 Chevella None Konda Vishweshwar Reddy TRS G. Ranjith Reddy TRS
11 Mahbubnagar None A. P. Jithender Reddy TRS Manne Srinivas Reddy TRS
12 Nagarkurnool SC Nandi Yellaiah INC Pothuganti Ramulu TRS
13 Nalgonda None Gutha Sukender Reddy INC N. Uttam Kumar Reddy INC
14 Bhongir None Boora Narsaiah Goud TRS Komatireddy Venkat Reddy INC
15 Warangal SC Kadiyam Srihari TRS Pasunuri Dayakar TRS
16 Mahabubabad ST Sitaram Naik TRS Kavitha Maloth TRS
17 Khammam None Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy YSRCP Nama Nageswara Rao TRS

Rajya Sabha[]

Main articles: Rajya Sabha and List of Rajya Sabha members from Telangana

The members of Rajya Sabha are elected indirectly, through the MLAs. Telangana sends 7 members to Rajya Sabha, elected through its legislative assembly and legislative council. Before the bifurcation of states, the combined state of Andhra Pradesh used to represent 18 seats to Rajya Sabha. Post bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh seats were changed to 11 and Telangana has had 7 seats since then. On 30 May 2014, draw was conducted amongst the existing 18 members select the 7 members of Telangana. In the draw, 3 members of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and 4 members of Indian National Congress (INC) were selected.[3]

Current Members
No Name[4] Party Date of
Appointment[5] 		Date of
Retirement[5]
1 K. Keshava Rao TRS 10-Apr-2020 09-Apr-2026
2 K. R. Suresh Reddy TRS 10-Apr-2020 09-Apr-2026
3 Banda Prakash TRS 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024
4 B. Lingaiah Yadav TRS 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024
5 Joginapally Santosh Kumar TRS 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024
6 V. Lakshmikantha Rao TRS 22-Jun-2016 21-Jun-2022
7 D. Srinivas TRS 22-Jun-2016 21-Jun-2022

State level[]

Legislative Assembly[]

Year Election Chief minister Party Party-wise seats Opposition leader
2014 2014 Telangana Assembly K. Chandrashekar Rao TRS Total: 119. TRS: 63, Congress: 21, TDP: 15, MIM: 7, BJP: 5, YCP: 3, BSP: 2, CPI: 1, CPM: 1, Independents: 1 Kunduru Jana Reddy
2018 2018 Telangana Assembly K. Chandrashekar Rao TRS Total: 119. TRS: 85, Congress: 19, MIM: 7, BJP: 3, TDP: 2, AIFB: 1, Independents: 1 Vacant
Legislative Assembly constituencies of Telangana
Main articles: Telangana Legislative Assembly and State Assembly elections in India

The Telangana Legislative Assembly has 119 constituencies of which 18 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 9 for Scheduled Tribes candidates. The first election to constitute the Legislative Assembly were held on 30 April 2014, prior to the formation of the state. The first phase of the elections were held in constituencies that would form the new state in June 2014.[6] The results were declared on 16 May 2014 and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) won 63 seats and received the majority. K. Chandrashekar Rao, the founder of TRS was sworn in as the first Chief Minister of Telangana.[7] The second Assembly elections were held on 7 December 2018 after Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan dissolved the assembly early on the advice of Rao.[8] The results declared on 11 December 2018 indicated TRS maintaining the majority; this time winning 88 seats. Rao was again sworn in as the Chief Minister for second term.[9]

Summary of MLAs elected to the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Parties Seats won
2014 2018
Telangana Rashtra Samithi 63 87
Indian National Congress 21 19
Telugu Desam Party 15 2
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 7 7
Bharatiya Janata Party 5 3
YSR Congress Party 3 0
Bahujan Samaj Party 2 0
Communist Party of India 1 0
Communist Party of India 1 0
All India Forward Bloc 0 1
Independent 1 1
Total 119 119

Legislative Council[]

Main article: Telangana Legislative Council

Political parties[]

Since its inception, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi has been the most dominant political party in the state, forming full majority governments in the state for two consecutive terms on its own. TRS was formed in 2001 with primary agenda of obtaining statehood for Telangana.[10]

Other major political parties are:

Issues[]

As per the survey conducted by the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms, for the 2019 general election, unemployment remained the major issue amongst the voters in both urban and rural areas. For urban areas this was followed by noise pollution and in rural areas next immediate issues were noted to be better prices for farm products, and continuation of subsidy for seeds and fertilizers.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "16th Lok Sabha Election results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Telangana Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: TRS wins the state with 9 seats". Business Insider. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Draw of lots decides Rajya Sabha members for Telangana, Andhra". The Hindu. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Telangana witnesses high voter turnout". The Hindu. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  7. ^ "CR to become the first Chief Minister of Telangana". The Hindu. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  8. ^ Lasania, Yunus Y. (6 September 2018). "Telangana CM KCR dissolves assembly, to go for early elections". Mint. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  9. ^ Srinivasa Rao Apparasu (13 December 2018). "Hindustan Times". KCR is back as Telangana chief minister, will pick his team next week. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  10. ^ Harihar Bhattacharyya, Lion König (2015). Globalisation and Governance in India: New Challenges to Society and Institutions. Routledge. p. 118. ISBN 9781317526391.
  11. ^ "Job worry top on Telangana voters' minds: ADR survey". Times of India. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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