Telangana Assembly Elections 2018 : 2.8 crore voters to decide who will form the Next government in ‘T’ State
Hyderabad: The first Assembly elections of Telangana state some 2.8 crore voters will decide who among the main contenders the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) or the Congress led peoples front will form the Telangana state.
The polling will be held on Friday from 7am-5pm. 13 Assembly constituencies the polling will be held from 7 am - 4 pm in view of the security issues.
Some where around 1,821 candidate are contesting 119 Assembly constituencies. The TRS is contesting all 119 seats and the BJP is contesting 118 seats. Among the alliance parties the congress is contesting 99 seats, the Telugu Desam, 13, the Telangana Jana samithi, eight, and the communist party of India ( CPI), three, Malkajgiri Assembly constituency has the most number of candidates (42) and Bansuwada and the least at just six.
In 25 Assembly constituencies up to 15 candidates are contesting. In 78 constituencies, 16 to 31 candidates are battling it out and 16 constituencies gave more than 32 candidates in the fray.
The main fight is between the ruling TRS and the congress led peoples Front. In some constituencies the BJP and the Bahujan Left Front (BFL) led b the CPM are giving a fight to the TRS and front candidates. In these constituencies the BJP and BLF may change the fate of the TRS and front candidates.