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{{Short description|Telangana coal-mining corporation election}}
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Elections for union representation at the [[Singareni Collieries Company Limited]] (SCCL) were held on December 27, 2023. The SCCL union representative elections carry strong political prestige in the state of [[Telangana]], and [[trade union]]s of various political colours contested the vote. The main competitors were the unions affiliated to the [[All India Trade Union Congress]] (AITUC, linked to the [[Communist Party of India]]) and the [[Indian National Trade Union Congress]] (INTUC, linked to the [[Indian National Congress]]). Voting was postponed repeatedly. AITUC emerged as the winner of the election. The incumbent recognized union, the [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]-linked [[Telangana Boggu Ghani Karmika Sangham]] (TBGKS), was completely routed in the election.

==Background==
SCCL is a coal mining company, operating 45 mines.<ref name=tsf2/> 51% of the stakes in the company are held by the Telangana state government, whilst the remaining 49% are held by the union [[Ministry of Coal]].<ref name=tsf2/> In the SCCL union elections, the union with the largest number of votes becomes the recognized union at company level, whilst the most voted union at each division would become the recognized union at that division.<ref name=tsf1>{{cite web|website=The South First|url=https://thesouthfirst.com/telangana/aituc-wins-singareni-collieries-union-election-brs-crushed/|date=December 28, 2023|title=CPI-affiliate AITUC wins election for recognised union status in Singareni Collieries, BRS union crushed|author=Raj Rayasam}}</ref> Until 2023, six such elections had been held, with AITUC winning thrice, TBGKS twice and INTUC once.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2023/Sep/30/singareni-trade-unions-gear-up-for-elections-2619621.html|title=Singareni trade unions gear up for elections|date=September 30, 2023}}</ref> All major political parties have their respective trade unions at SCCL.<ref name=ajy1/>

The Singareni union elections have a key political importance, as the divisions of the company stretches over 11 [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] and 5 [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies where the coal miners and their families represent a major chunk of the electorate.<ref name=tsf1/><ref name=tsf2/><ref name=toi1/> The BRS-linked TBGKS had been the recognized union at SCCL since 2012.<ref name=tsf1/> The last election had been held in 2017, with TBGKS winning the company level representation and the nine out of eleven divisions.<ref name=tsf2/> The TBGKS victory in the 2017 SCCL union representative election contributed to the BRS victory in the [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=tsf2/>

==Postponed elections==
Per the usual schedule, SCCL union representative election should be been held in 2022.<ref name=tsf1/><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/120622/trs-to-assess-mood-of-public-through-sccl-elections.html|title=TRS to assess mood of public through SCCL elections|date=June 12, 2022}}</ref> But without clearance from the BRS state government, the SCCL union representative election were being delayed.<ref name=ht1/> Since the October 5, 2017 union representative election until 2023 the electorate at SCCL had shrunk by more than 12,500 people, with further significant decline in the workforce to continue due to upcoming retirements.<ref>{{cite web|website=Oneindia|url=https://telugu.oneindia.com/news/telangana/singareni-election-polling-continues-tbgks-dropped-competition-between-national-unions-368985.html|title=కొనసాగుతున్న సింగరేణి ఎన్నికల పోలింగ్.. టీబీజీకేఎస్‌ దూరం, జాతీయ సంఘాల మధ్యే పోటీ!!|date=December 27, 2023|author=Dr. Veera Srinivas}}</ref>

Eventually the SCCL union representative elections were scheduled for October 28, 2023, just one month before the Telangana Legislative Assembly election.<ref name=tnm1>{{cite web|website=The News Minute|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/telangana-aituc-emerges-victorious-in-singareni-trade-union-elections|title=Telangana: AITUC emerges victorious in Singareni Trade Union elections|date=December 28, 2023}}</ref> The SCCL management and 11 unions (including TBGKS, INTUC, HMS and IFTU) had requested further delaying the election.<ref name=v2/> AITUC and BMS on the other hand met with Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and SCCL union representative election Returning Officer D. Srinivasulu and asked for the holding of elections.<ref name=v2/> D. Srinivasulu went ahead with issuing notification for election per the court order.<ref name=v2>{{cite web|website=V6Velugu|url=https://www.v6velugu.com/nominations-for-the-singareni-recognition-committee-elections-have-started|date=October 7, 2023|title=వెలుగు సింగరేణి ఎన్నికల కోలాహలం మొదలైంది}}</ref> D. Srinivasulu received nominations for the SCCL union representative election in [[Hyderabad]] October 6–7, 2023.<ref name=sak>{{cite web|website=Sakhi|title=ఎన్నికల బరిలో 14 యూనియన్లు|date=October 8, 2023|url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/mancherial/1804197}}</ref><ref name=v2/><ref name=eco1/>

The Singareni Colliery Workers Union (AITUC) nomination was filed by SCWU president Vasireddy Seetharamaiah and union leaders Balaraju, Vanga Venkat, Bose and Venu.<ref name=v2/> The Singareni Coal Mines Karmika Sangh (BMS) was filed by SCMKS president Yadagiri Sattaiah, general secretary Pawan Kumar, working president Peram Ramesh, Akhil Bharatiya Khadan Mazdoor Sangh leaders Puli Raja Reddy and Arutla Madhav Reddy.<ref name=v2/> The Singareni Coal Mines Labour Union (INTUC) nomination was filed by INTUC general secretary Janak Prasad and leaders Chandrasekhar, Narasimha Reddy and Thyagarajan.<ref name=v2/> The Singareni Miners and Engineering Workers Union (HMS) nomination was filed by its union president, Riyaz Ahmed.<ref name=v2/> All in all, 14 unions filed their nominations.<ref name=sak/> Any union not filing their nomination by October 7, 2023, would be disqualified from the election.<ref name=v2/> As such the unions that had argued for further postponement filed their nominations within the deadline.<ref name=v2/> Nominations could be withdrawn until October 9, 2023.<ref name=sak/>

Thirteen unions would appear on the ballot for the SCCL union representative election;

{| class="wikitable"
!Union
!Affiliation
!Political orientation
!Election symbol
|-
|[[Godavari Loya Boggugani Karmika Sangham]] (GLBKS)
|[[Indian Federation of Trade Unions]] (IFTU)
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy]]
|Hammer in a cogwheel
|-
|Shramikashakti Godavari Loya Boggugani Karmika Sangham (SGLBKS)
|[[All India Federation of Trade Unions]] (AIFTU)
|
|Lion
|-
|Praja Telangana Singareni Karma Sangham (PTSKS)
|
|
|Two leaves
|-
|Singareni Coal Mines Karmika Sangh (SCMKS)
|[[Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh]] (BMS)
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Torch
|-
|Singareni Coal Mines Labor Union (SCMLU)
|[[Indian National Trade Union Congress]] (INTUC)
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Table clock
|-
|Singareni Collieries Employees Union (SCEU)
|[[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]] (CITU)
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|Rising Sun
|-
|Singareni Collieries Labour Union (SCLU)
|[[Telugu Nadu Trade Union Council]] (TNTUC)
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|Motorcycle
|-
|Singareni Collieries Workers Union (SCWU)
|[[All India Trade Union Congress]] (AITUC)
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|Star
|-
|[[Singareni Ghani Karmika Sangham]] (SGKS)
|
|[[Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist) (D.V. Rao)|Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Pick axe
|-
|Singareni Miners and Engineering Workers Union (SM&EWU)
|[[Hind Mazdoor Sabha]] (HMS)
|
|Scales
|-
|[[Telangana Boggu Ghani Karmika Sangham]] (TBGKS)
|
|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]
|Arrow
|-
|Telangana Godavari Loya Boggugani Karmika Sangam (TGLBKS)
|Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU)
|
|Fist
|-
|Telangana Singareni Employees Union (TSEU)
|
|
|Lamp helmet
|}
<ref name=sak/><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Nava Telangana|url=https://navatelangana.com/whose-identity-is-mine/|title=గని గుర్తింపు ఎవరిదో..?|date=December 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=TV9 Telugu|url=https://tv9telugu.com/telangana/after-singareni-election-cpi-come-together-with-the-congress-in-the-parliament-elections-1145659.html|title=Congress-CPI: సింగరేణి ఎన్నికల కేంద్రంగా రాజుకున్న రగడ.. పార్లమెంట్ ఎన్నికల్లో కాంగ్రెస్‌తో సీపీఐ కలిసి వచ్చేనా..?|author=G Sampath Kumar|date=December 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Eenadu|url=https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/districts/warangal-news/697/123239803|title=సింగరేణిలో రణభేరి!|date=December 27, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=V6Velugu|url=https://www.v6velugu.com/tbgks-nominated-14-unions-in-singareni-elections|title=సింగరేణి ఎన్నికల బరిలో 14 యూనియన్లు|date=October 8, 2023}}</ref>

==Campaigning==
Considering the proximity to the Telangana Legislative Assembly election the SCCL management filed a plea in the [[Telangana High Court]], seeking a delay of the SCCL union representative election until after the Legislative Assembly election.<ref name=tnm1/> The Telangana High Court then directed the SCCL management to hold the union representative election on December 27, 2023.<ref name=tnm1/>

During the campaigning for the Legislative Assembly election in [[Bellampally]], [[Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee]] president [[Revanth Reddy]] questioned why the BRS state government was seeking to delay the SCCL union representative elections.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/151123/parties-focusing-on-singareni-workers-votes-for-24-ts-assembly-seats.html|date=November 14, 2023|author=Pillalamarri Srinivas|title=Parties focusing on Singareni workers' votes for 24 TS assembly seats}}</ref> In the November 30, 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election the [[Indian National Congress]] won 9 seats in the SCCL area, the [[Communist Party of India]] 1 seat and the BRS just 1 seat ([[Asifabad Assembly constituency|Asifabad]]).<ref name=ht1/> Following the outcome of the Legislative Assembly election, in which BRS lost the state government to the Indian National Congress, the SCCL management again approached the Telangana High Court and filed another request to delay the union representative elections.<ref name=tnm1/> The SCCL management argued that the new state administration would need time to settle in before the holding of the union representative elections, seeking that the union representative election be held only after the [[2024 Indian general election|2024 Lok Sabha election]].<ref name=tnm1/><ref name=tsf1/><ref name=tsf2/> The BRS leadership feared that another backlash would further hurt the prospect of the party in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.<ref name=tsf2/> On December 21, 2023, the Telangana High Court dismissed this request, asking that the election be held December 27, 2023 as scheduled.<ref name=tnm1/><ref name=ht1/><ref>{{cite web|website=CVR News|url=https://cvrnews.net/election-uproar-in-singareni/|title=సింగరేణిలో ఎన్నికల కోలాహలం|date=December 21, 2023}}</ref>

In the light of the recent debacle in the Legislative Assembly election, the BRS supremo [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] then instructed TBGKS to withdraw from the SCCL union representative election.<ref name=tsf1/><ref name=ht1/> On December 21, 2023, three TBGKS office bearers - the union president B. Venkat Rao, general secretary Miryala Rajireddy and working president K. Mallaiah - resigned in protest against this decision.<ref name=tsf2>{{cite web|website=The South First|url=https://thesouthfirst.com/telangana/brs-flip-flop-on-bgks-contesting-singareni-elections-may-prove-costly-as-trade-unions-prepare-for-the-race/|date=December 25, 2023|title=BRS flip-flop on BGKS contesting Singareni elections may prove costly as trade unions prepare for the race|author=Raj Rayasam}}</ref><ref name=ht1>{{cite news|newspaper=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/brs-withdraws-from-singareni-union-polls-after-defeat-in-assembly-elections-101703272629543.html|title=BRS withdraws from Singareni union polls after defeat in assembly elections|date=December 23, 2025|author=Srinivasa Rao Apparasu}}</ref> The TBGKS office bearers stated that they would not lead a union that would drop out from the race prematurely, and K. Mallaiah argued that ballots had already been printed with the TBGKS election symbol.<ref name=ht1/> Following the desertions from the TBGKS leadership, the next day the TBGKS honorary president [[Kalvakuntla Kavitha|K. Kavitha]] announced that TBGKS was still in the race.<ref name=tsf1/><ref name=tsf2/><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2023/Dec/23/finally-tbgks-decides-to-fight-sccl-election-on-dec-27-2644218.html|title=Finally, TBGKS decides to fight SCCL election on Dec 27|date=December 22, 2023}}</ref> Seeking to defend the TBGKS and BRS state government legacy, K. Kavitha claimed that thanks to K. Chandrashekhar Rao and BRS 32% of SCCL profits had been set aside for bonuses, 20,000 dependent jobs had been created in the SCCL and 10,000 interest-free home loans issued.<ref name=tsf2/><ref name=tnm1/> TBGKS ran a very minimal campaign, with second-tier TBGKS leaders holding some meetings.<ref name=one1/>

Whilst the mother parties of INTUC (the Indian National Congress) and AITUC (the Communist Party of India) were allies in the [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|INDIA]] alliance at the national level, their unions at SCCL contested the election separately.<ref name=tsf2/> INTUC built its campaign messaging around "6Gs" - six guarantees, being promises to set up more underground mines to generate more jobs in SSCL, preventing and opposing privatization of SCCL, allocation of 250-yard plots for workers to build homes, interest-free bank loans of up to 2 million [[Indian rupee]]s, exemption for mine workers from paying income tax on allowances, the building of a superspeciality hospital and modernization of area hospitals and open cast mining jobs for women.<ref name=dc2/><ref name=eco1/><ref name=tsf2/> Congress state government ministers and Members of Legislative Assembly campaigned for INTUC.<ref name=one1/> State government ministers [[D. Sridhar Babu]] and [[Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy]] spoke at INTUC campaign meetings.<ref name=eco1>{{cite news|website=Economic Times|url=https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/coal/telangana-ministers-campaign-for-intuc-in-singareni-collieries-polls/106278755|title=Telangana ministers campaign for INTUC in Singareni Collieries polls|date=December 26, 2023}}</ref> [[Mancherial Assembly constituency|Mancherial]] Member of Legislative Assembly [[Kokkirala Premsagar Rao]] campaigned for INTUC in Srirampur division.<ref name=dc2/> On December 22, 2023, some 3,000 people attended an INTUC campaign rally, at which Kokkirala Premsagar Rao and INTUC general secretary Janak Prasad spoke.<ref name=dc2>{{cite news|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/241223/intuc-releases-6gs-for-singareni-trade-union-polls.html|title=Intuc Releases 6Gs for Singareni Trade Union Polls|date=December 24, 2023}}</ref>

AITUC ran a 'whirlwind election campaign' led by CPI state secretary and [[Kothagudem Assembly constituency|Kothagudem]] Member of Legislative Assembly [[Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao]] and other local AITUC leaders.<ref name=hin1/> Leaders of CITU, BMS, and HMS also campaigned for their respective affiliated unions.<ref name=one1>{{cite web|website=Oneindia|url=https://telugu.oneindia.com/news/telangana/singareni-election-results-intuc-and-aituc-record-victories-in-various-divisions-369087.html|title=సింగరేణి ఎన్నికల ఫలితాలు: ఐఎన్టీయూసీ హవా, సత్తా చాటిన ఏఐటీయూసీ|date=December 28, 2023|author=Rajashekhar Garrepally}}</ref>

Three revolutionary trade unions - GLBKS, TGLBKS and SGLBKS - decided to contest in alliance, calling on workers to vote for the hammer in cogwheel symbol of GLBKS.<ref name=ajy2>{{cite web|website=Andhra Jyothy|url=https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2023/telangana/karimnagar/support-uncompromising-revolutionary-societies-1180737.html|title=రాజీపడని విప్లవ సంఘాలనే ఆదరించండి|date=December 13, 2023}}</ref><ref name=cvr1/> On December 13, 2023, they held a joint rally at GDK-1 division, addressed by GLBKS president S. Venkateswara Rao, TGLBKS general secretary I. Krishna and SGLBKS president Ramanna, at which they recalled the historical legacy of revolutionary trade unions of Singareni, that SCCL had been kept alive thanks to the struggles of the grandfathers and fathers of the workers and that electing bourgeois union representatives at this juncture would threaten the survival of SCCL.<ref name=ajy2/> On December 15, 2023, GLBKS-TGLBKS-SGLBKS held a joint press conference, at which [[Indian Federation of Trade Unions]] (IFTU) national general secretary T. Srinivas called on workers to resist threats of privatization and contractualization.<ref name=cvr1>{{cite web|website=CVR News|url=https://cvrnews.net/think-before-you-vote/|title=ఓటు వేసే ముందు ఆలోచించండి….|date=December 15, 2023}}</ref>

==Voting==
Campaigning ended on December 25, 2023.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Hans India|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/sccl-gears-up-for-union-elections-847055|title=SCCL gears up for Union elections|date=December 27, 2023}}</ref> There were 84 polling stations across the 11 divisions.<ref>{{cite web|website=Samayam|url=https://telugu.samayam.com/telangana/news/all-set-for-singareni-elections-2023-in-telangana/articleshow/106293867.cms|title=SCCL Elections: సింగరేణిలో ఎన్నికల కాక.. AITUC వర్సెస్ TBGKS.. సర్వత్రా ఉత్కంఠ|date=December 26, 2023|author=Ram Prasad}}</ref> The Central Labour Department observed the election.<ref name=dc1>{{cite news|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/271223/9415-votes-polled-in-peaceful-sccl-elections.html|title=94.15% votes polled in peaceful SCCL elections|date=December 27, 2023}}</ref> Security arrangements were strict during the voting, with [[Section 144]] being implemented.<ref name=ajy1/> Barring minor incidents, voting was largely peaceful.<ref name=ajy1>{{cite news|newspaper=Andhra Jyothi|url=https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2023/telangana/telangana-sscl-recognised-trade-union-elections-2023-aituc-intuc-tbgks-and-bms-in-singareni-coal-mines-voting-and-results-latest-news-in-telugu-2699.html|title=Singareni Election Result Live Updates: ఇప్పటివరకు ఏ సంఘం ఎన్ని స్థానాల్లో గెలిచిందంటే.. శ్రీరాంపూర్ ఫలితంపై ఉత్కంఠ |date=December 27, 2023}}</ref><ref name=dc1/> At the Srirampur 3 Coal Mine at [[Mancherial]] AITUC protested, accusing that election staff was favouring INTUC.<ref name=dc1/> Voting turnout was high, with the highest percentage of participation recorded in [[Yellandu]] division (98.37%).<ref name=nt1/><ref name=ajy1/>

==Results==
===Company-wide results===
{| class="wikitable"
!Union
!Votes
!%
!Divisions won
|-
|Singareni Collieries Workers Union (AITUC)
|16,177
|43.20%
|5
|-
|Singareni Coal Mine Labour Union (INTUC)
|14,178
|37.86%
|6
|-
|Telangana Boggu Ghani Karmika Sangham
|1,298
|3.47%
|0
|-
|Others
|7,086
|18.92%
|0
|}
<ref name=pri1/><ref name=toi1/><ref name=hin1>{{cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/sccl-trade-union-election-aitucs-scwu-emerges-winner/article67683442.ece|title=SCCL trade union election: AITUC's SCWU emerges winner|author=P. Sridhar|date=December 28, 2023}}</ref>

===Voting per division===
{| class="wikitable"
!Division
!Eligible voters
!Votes cast
!Participation
!Winner
|-
| Ramagunda-I || 5,384 || 5,044 || 93.68%
| style="color: white; background-color: red;"|AITUC
|-
| Ramagunda-II || 3,556 || 3,369 || 94.74%
| style="color: white; background-color: red;"|AITUC
|-
| Ramagunda-III || 3,884 || 3,612 || 93.00%
| style="color: white; background-color: green;"|INTUC
|-
| Bhupalpally || 5,442 || 5,123 || 94.14%
| style="color: white; background-color: green;"|INTUC
|-
| Bellampally || 996 || 959 || 96.29%
| style="color: white; background-color: red;"|AITUC
|-
| Mandamarri || 4,835 || 4,515 || 93.38%
| style="color: white; background-color: red;"|AITUC
|-
| Srirampur || 9,127 || 8,491 || 93.03%
| style="color: white; background-color: red;"|AITUC
|-
| Kothagudem || 2,326 || 2,207 || 94.88%
| style="color: white; background-color: green;"|INTUC
|-
| Yellandu || 614 || 604 || 98.37%
| style="color: white; background-color: green;"|INTUC
|-
| Manuguru || 2,450 || 2,378 || 97.06%
| style="color: white; background-color: green;"|INTUC
|-
| Corporate headquarters || 1,191 || 1,149 || 96.47%
| style="color: white; background-color: green;"|INTUC
|}
<ref name=nt1>{{cite web|website=Namasthe Telangana|url=https://www.ntnews.com/karimnagar/workers-voted-in-singareni-recognition-labor-union-elections-2-1406679|date=December 28, 2023|title=ఓటెత్తిన కార్మికులు}}</ref><ref name=ajy1/><ref name=tsf1/><ref name=toi1/>

AITUC won the election to become the recognized union at company level.<ref name=tsf1/> Reacting to the results, INTUC accused CPI of colluding with the BRS to win the election.<ref name=pri1>{{cite web|website=The Print|url=https://theprint.in/politics/congress-backed-intuc-says-india-ally-cpi-colluded-with-brs-to-win-telangana-coal-workers-union-polls/1904114/|title=Congress-backed INTUC says INDIA ally CPI 'colluded' with BRS to win Telangana coal workers' union polls|date=December 29, 2023|author=Prasad Nichenametla}}</ref>

At the [[Kothagudem]] corporate headquarters INTUC got 549 votes, BMS in second place with 261 votes, AITUC 253 votes, CITU 42 votes, TBGKS 32 votes and HMS 4 votes.<ref name=ajy1/> At the Bellampalli division AITUC got 497 votes, INTUC 375 votes, HMS 61 votes, CITU 11 votes, BMS 6 votes, TBGKS 3 votes and there were 3 invalid votes.<ref name=ajy1/><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2023/Dec/28/sccl-polls-aituc-intuc-neck-and-neck-poor-show-by-brs-backed-union-2645613.html|date=December 28, 2023|title=SCCL polls: AITUC, INTUC neck and neck; poor show by BRS-backed union}}</ref> At Yellandu INTUC won with 311 votes, 264 votes, BMS 9 votes, IFTU 7 votes, CITU 7 votes, HMS 3 votes, TBGKS 1 vote and 1 invalid vote.<ref name=hin1/><ref name=dda>{{cite web|website=Disha Daily|url=https://www.dishadaily.com/telangana/khammam/intuc-won-in-illandu-284304|date=December 27, 2023|title=ఇల్లందులో గెలిచిన ఐఎన్టీయూసీ|author=Sridhar Babu}}</ref> Congress Member of Legislative Assembly [[Koram Kanakaiah]] joined celebrations of the INTUC victory at Yellandu on December 27, 2023.<ref name=dda/>

The Telangana Godavari Loya Boggugani Karmika Sangam (which had called for a vote for GLBKS) obtained 6 votes company-wide, whilst the election symbols of the Praja Telangana Singareni Karmika Sangam and the Shramikashakti Godavari Loya Boggugani Karmika Sangam obtained 2 votes each.<ref name=toi1>{{cite news|newspaper=Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/106357984.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst|title=AITUC wins five of 11 Singareni recognised trade union elections|date=December 28, 2023|author=Koride Mahesh}}</ref>

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2023 Singareni Collieries Company Limited union representative election - Revision history

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