The central state witnessed a direct contest between the BJP and the Congress. The BJP hopes to retain the state it wrested from the grand old party in 2020, while the Congress went all out to repeat its 2018 success.
The 2023 assembly election results are expected to be an indicator of what lies in store for the BJP and the Congress, along with the I.N.D.I.A bloc, in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Telangana Elections 2023: If there is voter fatigue with sitting BRS MLAs, chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s move to renominate all but four of his sitting MLAs will backfire
Assembly Elections 2023 highlights: There are 3.26 crore eligible voters and they can exercise their franchise at 35,655 polling stations set up across Telangana. The exit poll results of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram elections will be announced on November 30 after 6 pm.
Overall, as per Election Commission figures, illegal inducements worth Rs 690 crore were seized by various agencies deployed by it to ensure free and fair polls in the state where voting was held on November 25 for 199 out of the total 200 assembly seats.
Telangana Elections 2023: North Telangana from where most of the BRS bigwigs hail from has enjoyed the best of irrigation facilities and the bounty of the Godavari river. In contrast south Telangana has fallen behind as successive governments failed to find solutions to its developmental problems
Addressing an election rally at Nampally here, he alleged that RSS, Modi and "hardliners" have spread hatred in the entire country.
Reacting to Telangana Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Bhatti Vikramarka signing an affidavit in a temple and swearing to implement the six guarantees to the people of Telangana, she said the grand old party makes very unreasonable and very absurd promises.
Referring to his government's flagship 'Ladli Behna Yojana' for women, Chouhan on Monday night said the BJP workers have made sincere efforts and "ladli behnas" (beneficiaries of the scheme) have removed all hurdles to ensure the party's victory.
For Chief Minister KCR, Kamareddy is a second seat. While Revanth’s entry has forced former Cong minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir to contest from the Nizamabad Urban constituency, many party workers are now focusing on that constituency. BJP’s Venkataramana Reddy is the dark horse.
Telangana Elections 2023: If the BRS retains power in Telangana for the third time, the impact of the outcome of Telangana election on national politics will be less than if the Congress forms a government there for the first time after the state was born
The model code of conduct came into force in the state after the Elections Commission announced the schedule on October 9.
Assembly Elections highlights: The BRS has been in power in Telangana since its inception in 2014, with the Congress putting a spirited fight to form the government. The BJP is also pushing hard to make an impact in the southern state.
The revival of the Congress seems to have energised the party’s rank and file, and it is fast gaining in popularity. Pinning their hopes on the social welfare schemes it has offered, top party leaders are not missing a chance to remind voters how the party kept its promise of a separate Telangana state.
The ECI informed the state chief electoral officer (CEO) about its decision to revoke permission for the distribution of financial aid after a state minister violated the provisions of the model code by publicly announcing the disbursement.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said this is nothing but a betrayal of one of the main reasons for the formation of Telangana balanced development of the state.
A young Dalit woman contesting as an Independent while foregrounding the issue of joblessness and what it does to the aspirations of the poor are getting attention in her constituency, across the Telugu-speaking states, and on social media. Are increasingly vocal youth disillusioned by the current growth paradigm a sign of where Telangana and Indian politics are headed to?
Congress believes that its grant of a separate state will get settled when people vote them once.
After weeks of high-voltage campaigning, the fate of 1,862 candidates rested in the hands of 5,25,38,105 voters across the state.
While a section of voters praise some of the work Pilot has done, there is a certain resentment among others, who complain that the former deputy CM remained busy with internal politics and didn’t pay attention to his constituency.
The voting percentage till 3 pm was 55.63 per cent, an official said.
In Jaipur district, the Kotputli assembly constituency recorded a voter turnout of 12.04 per cent till 9 am, the highest among the 19 constituencies in the district.
Rajasthan Elections 2023: It was largely a PM-CM contest at the highest level, but a number of state leaders also played decisive roles in reaching out to voters. The state’s voters will not just be scripting the fortunes of these leaders but could even be deciding the future course of their parties
Rajasthan has a total of 200 assembly seats but polling will be held on 199 seats as election in Karanpur of Sriganganagar district was postponed following the death of Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Koonar.
Gehlot’s welfare sops like his health scheme may have created enrollments but no one becomes a beneficiary from day one. In contrast, DBT schemes like Laadli Behna or PM Kisan Nidhi turn recipients into beneficiaries as soon as the first installment is released and this has a higher and immediate impact