The Indian state of

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and ...

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. IN-TG

National level

Lok Sabha

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 A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...

(MP). Lok Sabha elections have been held in Telangana only once, during the

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

Rajya Sabha

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 Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to t ...

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 The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has f ...

(TDP) and 4 members of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...

(INC) were selected.

State level

Legislative Assembly

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Kunduru Jana Reddy Kunduru Jana Reddy (born 20 June 1946) is an Indian politician. He was the leader of opposition in first Telangana Assembly and served as the Minister for Panchayat Raj & Rural Water Supply in the State of Andhra Pradesh during its term from 20 ...

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Wahlkreise zur Vidhan Sabha von Telangana

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. The results were declared on 16 May 2014 and

Bharat Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a singl ...

(BRS) won 63 seats and received the majority. K. Chandrashekar Rao, the founder of BRS was sworn in as the first

Chief Minister of Telangana The chief minister of Telangana is the chief executive of the Indian state of Telangana. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief ministe ...

. The second Assembly elections were held on 7 December 2018 after

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

E. S. L. Narasimhan dissolved the assembly early on the advice of Rao. The results declared on 11 December 2018 indicated BRS maintaining the majority; this time winning 88 seats. Rao was again sworn in as the Chief Minister for second term. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;" , + Summary of MLAs elected to the

Telangana Legislative Assembly The Telangana Legislative Assembly or Telangana Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members and 1 nominated member from the Anglo-Indian commu ...

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Legislative Council

Political parties

Since its inception, the

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a sing ...

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. Other major political parties are: National Parties *

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), a ...

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...

* Communist Party of India *

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

State Parties *

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen ( en, All India Council for Unity of Muslims) ( AIMIM) is an Indian political party based primarily in the city of Hyderabad. It is also a significant political party in the States and union territorie ...

Other Parties *

All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party ...

Jana Sena Party Jana Sena or Jana Sena Party (JSP) (''People's Army Party'') is an Indian Regional political party based in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. It was founded by Tollywood actor and politician Pawan Kalyan on 14 March 2014. ''Jana Sena'' ...

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.

References

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