Praja Shanti Party is an Indian political party in the states 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 the ...

and

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 3 ...

, founded by the noted evangelist K. A. Paul. The party was registered in 2008.

Overview

Praja Shanti Party contested in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election along with 2019 Lok Sabha election. Its symbol is

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. In 2022 after the defeat of Praja Shanti Party in 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Paul claimed to contest in the upcoming

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election The 2023 Telangana legislative assembly election is scheduled to be held in or before December 2023 to elect all 119 members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, state's Legislative Assembly. K. Chandrashekar Rao of Bharat Rashtra Samithi, i ...

. In September 2022, Election Commission of India delisted Praja Shanti Party stating that it violates the provisions of the

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Electoral performance

References

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