The 119-member Telangana legislative assembly will go to polls on November 30, 2023, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced this noon.
The BRS has won the election two times and if it wins now it will be a hatrick for the CM KCR.
Total voters in Telangana are over 3 crores. Over 17 lakh new voters were added to the voting list in the state.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that the Telangana elections will be held in a single phase and the results would be out on December 3.
The Election notification for the Telangana assembly will be announced on November 3. Whereas, the last date for submitting the nomination of a candidate will be November 10.
The last date for withdrawing candidature will be November 15.
The counting of votes will be done on December 3.The major contest in Telangana remains between Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress. In 2018, BRS won 87 seats making K Chandrashekar Rao with the support of MIM.
For the first time in Telangana, there would be a facility available for all senior citizens aged 80 and above to vote from the comfort of their home.
Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar said, adding that the facility will also be extended to persons with disabilities — those with more than 40 per cent or more disability.
