Riding on anti-incumbency, the Congress registered a huge win in the Telangana assembly election 2023 and defeated the ruling BRS. BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao, two-time chief minister and the man who is credited with achieving statehood for Telangana, also lost one of the two seats he contested on. The BJP made big gains and the AIMIM retained all seven seats it had held earlier.
Telangana Assembly Election 2023 Results:
Party | Seats |
BRS | 64 |
Congress | 39 |
BJP | 08 |
AIMIM | 07 |
CPI | 01 |
For the first time since the formation of Telangana in 2014, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will not be forming the government. BRS conceded defeat after trailing the Congress for most of the day. Congress, which has won 64 seats in the 119-member house, will form the next government. BRS won 39 seats, while the BJP bagged 8.
The Congress is poised to form government in Telangana as it is likely to win the assembly election. Of 119 seats, the Congress has secured lead on 64 seats, four more than the majority figure of 60. The BRS is leading in 40 constituencies. The BJP is ahead in eight constituencies and the AIMIM is leading on six seats. One CPI nominee is also among leading candidates. BRS has conceded its defeat. BRS leader and CM K Chandrashekhar Rao's son KT Rama Rao said the party was disappointed with the results, but will bounce back.
The Congress is poised to win the Telangana election 2023. As per the Election Commission, the Congress is leading on 62 seats, whereas the BRS is ahead in 43 constituencies. The BJP seems to have made massive gains and has secured lead on nine seats. The AIMIM is leading in just four constituencies.
The Congress has secured lead on more than 60 seats in Telangana, whereas the BRS is ahead in 42 seats. The AIMIM is leading in seven constituencies and the BJP is ahead in six. The counting of votes is still underway.
Party | Seats (Lead) |
BRS | 64 |
Congress | 42 |
BJP | 06 |
AIMIM | 07 |
The Congress has secured lead in 50 of 119 seats in Telangana, as per initial trends. The ruling BRS is ahead in 27 constituencies. These numbers are based on initial trends. The numbers could change as counting of votes is underway.
The ruling BRS and the Congress are in a neck-and-neck fight in Telangana where 119 seats went to polls on November 30. Both parties are leading in more than 15 seats each. These are initial trends. The numbers could change. Stay with us to get live news updates on the Telangana election 2023 results.
The counting of votes at 49 centres spread across 119 assembly seats of Telangana has begun. Who will win the Telangana assembly elections 2023? Stay here with us to get live news updates on the Telangana Vidhan Sabha elections results.
The counting of votes for the Telangana election 2023 results will begin shortly. The results will tell whether the ruling BRS will make a hat-trick of win in Telangana or the Congress will wrest power. Many exit polls precited a landslide victory for the Congress party in Telangana elections. Catch live news updates on counting of votes, leading candidates, trends and the final Telangana election 2023 results here.
Hyderabad, December 3: The Telangana election 2023 results will be declared by the Election Commission of India (ECI) today, December 3. Voting for the 119 assembly seats of Telangana took place in a single phase on Thursday, November 30. The counting of votes in Telangana and Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Mizoram will occur today. Voting in the five states took place between November 7 and November 30. Catch live news updates on the Telangana assembly elections 2023 results here.
The tenure of Telangana Legislative Assembly will end on January 16, 2024. It must be noted that various exit polls have given an edge to the Congress in Telangana, with the ruling BRS a distant second. However, several surveys have predicted a neck-and-neck fight between incumbent BRS and the Congress party. While the Telangana Legislative Assembly election results will be available on the ECI website, we shall know which party will form a new government today.
The 2018 assembly elections saw a three-cornered battle between the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi, the Congress and the resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Other key players include All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Independent candidates. Incumbent Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, or KCR, is seeking a third term in Telangana. At the same time, the Congress party aims to wrest power in the southern state.
The Telangana Vidhan Sabha polls will decide the fate of several key politicians, including CM K Chandrashekar Rao, K T Rama Rao, Harish Rao, Etela Rajender, Revanth Reddy, Arvind Dharmapuri, K Laxma Reddy, T Raja Singh, Akbaruddin Owaisi etc. Some of the crucial constituencies include Gajwel, Huzurabad, Korutla, Maheshwaram, Goshamahal, Mahbubnagar, LB Nagar, Warangal East and West, Bhupalapally, Amberpet, Boath, Ramagundam, Peddapalli, Armoor, and Nizamabad Urban among others.
In the 2018 assembly elections, BRS, then known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi, won 88 of the 119 seats and again formed government in Telangana. The Congress came a distant second as it managed to bag only 19 seats. The BJP contested the Telangana assembly elections 2023 to establish its first government in the state, while the Congress is eying to leverage recent momentum to form government in the southern state.
If the BRS-led KCR secures another term, it will be the first instance of a Chief Minister from a southern state serving three consecutive terms.
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