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{{Short description|Overview of the procedure of elections in the Indian state of Telangana}}
{{Politics of Telangana}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
[[Telangana]] has a [[parliamentary system]] as defined by its [[Constitution of India|constitution]], with power distributed between the [[Government of Telangana|state government]] and the [[List of districts of Telangana|districts]].

The [[Governor of Telangana]] is the ceremonial head of the state. However, it is the [[Chief Minister of Telangana]] who is the leader of the party or political alliance having a majority in the state elections to the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]. The chief minister is the leader of the executive branch of the government of Telangana. The chief minister is the chief adviser to the governor of Telangana and the head of the state council of ministers.

Elections in Telangana are conducted every five years to elect [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|members]] to the Telangana Legislative Assembly and [[Member of Parliament (India)|members of parliament]] to the [[Lok Sabha]]. There are [[List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly|119 assembly constituencies]] and [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha#Telangana (17)|17 Lok Sabha constituencies]]. The state has conducted 3 assembly elections and 2 Lok Sabha elections since independence.

==Elections==
The [[Telangana State Election Commission]] is the federal body of Telangana that is enacted under the provisions of the Constitution and is responsible for monitoring and administering all the electoral processes in Telangana. This body is responsible for ensuring elections are free and fair, without any bias.

Elections ensure the conduct of members pre-elections, during elections, and post-elections is as per statutory legislation.

All election-related disputes are handled by the Election Commission. The [[Telangana High Court]] has held that where the enacted laws are silent or make insufficient provisions to deal with a given situation in the conduct of elections, the Election Commission has the residuary powers under the Constitution to act as appropriate.

==Types of elections==
Elections in Telangana include elections for:
*[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Members of Parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] (Upper House)
*[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Members of Parliament]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] (Lower House)
*[[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Members]] of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
*Members of [[List of urban local bodies in Telangana|local governance bodies]] ([[List of municipal corporations in Telangana|municipal bodies]] and [[Panchayati raj|panchayats]])
*A by-election is held when the seat-holder of a particular constituency dies, resigns, or is disqualified.

==Rajya Sabha elections==
[[Member of Parliament (India)|Members of parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] (House of the State) from [[Telangana]] are not directly elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of the state but by the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|members]] of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]. Candidates who win the Rajya Sabha elections are called "[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Members of Parliament]]" and hold their seats for six years. The house meets in the Rajya Sabha Chamber of the [[New Parliament House, New Delhi|Sansad Bhavan]] in [[New Delhi]] on matters relating to the creation of new laws or removing or improving the existing laws that affect all citizens of India. Elections take place to elect 7 members from Telangana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rajya-sabha-election-2017-here-is-how-members-are-elected-to-upper-house-1734558|title=Rajya Sabha Election 2017: Here Is How Members Are Elected To Upper House|website=NDTV.com|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>

==Lok Sabha elections==
{{Main|Lok Sabha}}
[[File:Telangana Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|right|Lok Sabha constituencies of Telangana]]
Telangana has 17 [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]], with 3 reserved for [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]] and 2 for [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes (ST)]], where electors participate in direct elections to choose their preferred candidates for the position of [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament (MP)]]. The state has witnessed a total of two elections till date.

=== By Party ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Lok Sabha
! Election Year
! colspan="2"|1st Party
! colspan="2"|2nd Party
! colspan="2"|3rd Party
! colspan="2"|4th Party
! Others
! Total Seats
|-
|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|{{party color cell|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}
|'''[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|BRS]] 11'''
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 2
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 1
|{{party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] 1
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] 1 [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]] 1
|17
|-
|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|{{party color cell|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}
|'''[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|BRS]] 9'''
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 4
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 3
|{{party color cell|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] 1
|N/A
|17
|-
|-
|[[18th Lok Sabha|18th]]
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 8'''
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 8
|{{party color cell|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] 1
|colspan="3"|N/A
|17
|-
|}

=== By Constituency ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | No.
! rowspan="2" | Constituency
! rowspan="2" | Reserved for SC/ST/None
! colspan="3" | 2014 elections<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/2014-election-results.html | title=16th Lok Sabha Election results | publisher=Election Commission of India | accessdate=19 June 2019}}</ref>
! colspan="3" | 2019 elections<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businessinsider.in/telangana-lok-sabha-election-result-2019-trs-vs-congress-vs-tdp-vs-bjp/articleshow/69445813.cms | title=Telangana Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: TRS wins the state with 9 seats | publisher=Business Insider | date=24 May 2019 | accessdate=12 June 2019 | archive-date=30 November 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130180931/https://www.businessinsider.in/telangana-lok-sabha-election-result-2019-trs-vs-congress-vs-tdp-vs-bjp/articleshow/69445813.cms | url-status=dead }}</ref>
! colspan="3" | 2024 elections
|-
! Elected MP
! colspan="2" | Party
! Elected MP
! colspan="2" | Party
! Elected MP
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
! 1
| [[Adilabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Adilabad]]
| ST
| [[G. Nagesh]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Soyam Bapu Rao]]
| {{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Godam Nagesh]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
! 2
| [[Peddapalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Peddapalli]]
| SC
| [[Balka Suman]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta|V. N. Borlakunta]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
|[[Vamsi Krishna Gaddam]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
! 3
| [[Karimnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karimnagar]]
| None
| [[B. Vinod Kumar]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Bandi Sanjay Kumar]]
| {{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Bandi Sanjay Kumar]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
! 4
| [[Nizamabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nizamabad]]
| None
| [[K. Kavitha]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Dharmapuri Arvind]]
| {{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Dharmapuri Arvind]]
| {{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
! 5
| [[Zahirabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Zahirabad]]
| None
| [[B. B. Patil]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[B. B. Patil]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Suresh Shetkar]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
! 6
| [[Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medak]]
| None
| [[Kotha Prabhakar Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Kotha Prabhakar Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Raghunandan Rao]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
! 7
| [[Malkajgiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Malkajgiri]]
| None
| [[Malla Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| [[Revanth Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Etela Rajender]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
! 8
| [[Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Secunderabad]]
| None
| [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]
| {{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[G. Kishan Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[G. Kishan Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
! 9
| [[Hyderabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hyderabad]]
| None
| [[Asaduddin Owaisi]]
| {{Party name with color|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}
| [[Asaduddin Owaisi]]
| {{Party name with color|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}
| [[Asaduddin Owaisi]]
| {{Party name with color|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}
|-
! 10
| [[Chevella (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chevella]]
| None
| [[Konda Vishweshwar Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[G. Ranjith Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Konda Vishweshwar Reddy]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
! 11
| [[Mahabubnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahbubnagar]]
| None
| [[A. P. Jithender Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Manne Srinivas Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[D. K. Aruna]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
! 12
| [[Nagarkurnool (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagarkurnool]]
| SC
| [[Nandi Yellaiah]]
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Pothuganti Ramulu]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Mallu Ravi]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
! 13
| [[Nalgonda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nalgonda]]
| None
| [[Gutha Sukender Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[N. Uttam Kumar Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Kunduru Raghuveer|Raghuveer Reddy Kunduru]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
! 14
| [[Bhongir (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhongir]]
| None
| [[Boora Narsaiah Goud]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Komatireddy Venkat Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
! 15
| [[Warangal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Warangal]]
| SC
| [[Kadiyam Srihari]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Pasunuri Dayakar]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Kadiyam Kavya]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
! 16
| [[Mahabubabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahabubabad]]
| ST
| [[Sitaram Naik]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Kavitha Maloth]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Balram Naik]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
! 17
| [[Khammam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khammam]]
| None
| [[Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy]]
| {{Party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
| [[Nama Nageswara Rao]]
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
| [[Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}
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| yAxisTitle=Constituencies
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| type=rect
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| y1Title= 2014 elections
| y2Title= 2019 elections
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| y2=1,4,3,9,0,0
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== Legislative Council elections ==
[[Member of the Legislative Council (India)|Members]] of the [[Telangana Legislative Council]] (Upper House of the [[Telangana Legislature]]) are not directly elected. Elections take place to elect 40 members, of whom 14 were elected by [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|members]] of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]], 14 were elected by the local authorities of the state, 6 were nominated by the [[Governor of Telangana|governor]], 3 were elected by teachers of the state, and 3 were elected by graduates of the state. Candidates who win the Telangana Legislative Council elections are called "Members of the Legislative Council" and hold their seats for six years. The house meets in the Council Chamber of the [[Telangana Secretariat|Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat]] in [[Hyderabad]] on matters relating to the creation of new laws or removing or improving the existing laws that affect all citizens of Telangana.

==Legislative Assembly elections==
[[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Members]] of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] (Lower House of the [[Telangana Legislature]]) are directly elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of the state from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of [[Telangana]] can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the legislative assembly elections are called "Members of the Legislative Assembly" and hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the [[governor of Telangana]] on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Assembly Chamber of the [[Telangana Secretariat|Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat]] in [[Hyderabad]] on matters relating to the creation of new laws or removing or improving the existing laws that affect all citizens of Telangana. Elections take place once every five years to elect 119 members to the legislative assembly. The leader of the majority party or alliance takes the oath as [[chief minister of Telangana]].

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|-
{{Scrolling table/mid}}
|+style="text-align:left;"|Legislative Assembly election results
|[[File:2014 Telangana election.svg|center|thumb|200px|1st Assembly ([[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2014]])]]
|[[File:2018 Telangana assembly election.png|center|thumb|192px|2nd Assembly ([[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018]])]]
|[[File:2023 Telangana assembly election result.svg|center|thumb|230px|3rd Assembly ([[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023]])]]
{{Scrolling table/end}}

===History of Legislative Assembly elections===
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!Colour key for parties
|-
|{{div col|colwidth=23em}}
{{legend|{{party color|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]|outline=#000000}}
{{legend|{{party color|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]|outline=#000000}}
{{legend|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|outline=#000000}}
{{legend|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress]]|outline=#000000}}
{{legend|{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}|[[Telugu Desam Party]]|outline=#000000}}
{{div col end}}
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan=14|[[Telangana Legislative Assembly|LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY]] ELECTIONS
|-
!rowspan=2|Assembly {{small|(Election)}}
!rowspan=2|Total Seats
!colspan=4|First
!colspan=4|Second
!colspan=4|Third
|-
!colspan=2|Political party
!Seats
!Percentage of votes
!colspan=2|Political party
!Seats
!Percentage of votes
!colspan=2|Political party
!Seats
!Percentage of votes
|-
|[[1st Telangana Assembly|1st]] {{small|([[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2014]])}}
|119
|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]
|rowspan=2 {{party color cell|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}
|63
|34.31%
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan=2 {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|21
|25.27%
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|{{party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}
|15
|14.73%
|-
|[[2nd Telangana Assembly|2nd]] {{small|([[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018]])}}
|119
|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]
|88
|46.87%
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|19
|28.43%
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]
|{{party color cell|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}
|7
|2.71%
|-
|[[3rd Telangana Assembly|3rd]] {{small|([[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023]])}}
|119
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|64
|39.40%
|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]]
|{{party color cell|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}
|39
|37.35%
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|8
|13.90%
|}

==By-election==
When an elected candidate to either the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, or Telangana Legislative Assembly leaves the office vacant before their term ends, a by-election is conducted to find a suitable replacement to fill the vacant position. It is often referred to as by-polls.

Common reasons for by-elections:
*Resignation of the sitting M.P. or an M.L.A.
*Death of the sitting M.P. or an M.L.A.

But other reasons occur when the incumbent is disqualified for being ineligible to continue in office (criminal conviction, failure to maintain a minimum level of attendance in the office due to election irregularities found later, or when a candidate wins more than one seat and has to vacate one).

==See also==
*[[Government of Telangana]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://legislature.telangana.gov.in/ Telangana Legislative Assembly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502005306/https://legislature.telangana.gov.in/ |date=2 May 2024 }}

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