Telangana assembly elections 2018: Nomination filing to start from today

 Filing of nominations for Telangana assembly elections will begin today after the release of election notification. The last date for filing nominations is November 19.

The state will go to polls on December 7 and counting will be held on December 11. 

Meanwhile, the election commission of the state have set up 32,574 polling stations and is likely to increase a few more. According to CEO Rajath Kumar, the proposed additional polling stations are 217.

For the 119 assembly seats, the TRS has announced 105 candidates on September 6 after dissolving the assembly. However, later he announced the other two names, while the remaining 12 candidates names are yet to be announced. Meanwhile, the BJP also announced their list of candidates.

The Congress party and its allies TJS, TDP and CPI will announce the candidates' names after getting a clarification on seat sharing.