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| Registered | 32,618,257 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 23,474,306 (71.97%)  1.77% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Indian National Congress Bharat Rashtra Samithi Bharatiya Janata Party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Communist Party of India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Structure of the Telangana Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 its position in southern India following its recent success in Karnataka.[1] The BRS and then-CM 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.[2]
Background
The tenure of Telangana Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 16 January 2024.[3] 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.[4]
Schedule
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 October 2023.[5][6]
| Poll Event | Schedule |
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| Notification Date | 3 November 2023 |
| Start of nomination | 3 November 2023 |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 10 November 2023 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 13 November 2023 |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 15 November 2023 |
| Date of Poll | 30 November 2023 |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 3 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.[7]
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.[8][9]
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.[10][11]
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 Jana Sena Party.[12] The Telangana outfit of the Telugu Desam Party did not contest.
