Will Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) win a 3rd successive time period because the chief minister of Telangana? Will the Congress wrest one other southern state after Karnataka within the run-up to 2024 election? Or, will the Bharatiya Janata Party play a spoiler in 2023?

Around 3.26 crore eligible voters will solid their votes in 35,655 polling stations throughout the state. Polling will happen from 7 am to five pm in 106 constituencies and from 7 am to 4 pm in 13 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas.

The Thursday’s election will see 2,290 contestants vying for victory. Telangana is India’s youngest state, which was born out of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.

In the earlier 2018 meeting elections, BRS, then named Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), swept the polls by clinching 88 out of 119 seats, capturing 47.4 per cent of the general vote share. The Congress trailed far behind with solely 19 seats, whereas the BJP had received one seat.

Okay Chandrasekhar Rao (Gajwel, Kamareddy)

Chief minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao is contesting from Gajwel and Kamareddy constituencies. On the ultimate day of campaigning, KCR, who’s the present chief minister, made an emotional plea, expressing his want for the state’s growth over private positions as he nears 70 .

In 2018, KCR received from Gajwel by over 58,000 votes. This time, he has been pitted towards Bharatiya Janata Party’s Etala Rajender.

KT Rama Rao (Sircilla)

Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, Telangana minister and son of KCR, is contesting from the Sircilla seat, which he secured within the 2018 meeting election by a considerable margin of over 89,000 votes.

Amidst the 2023 meeting polls’ marketing campaign, KTR reminded constituents that the Telangana authorities, beneath Chief Minister KCR’s management, has supplied the Rythu Bandhu profit 11 occasions, positively impacting 70 lakh farmers within the state.

Revanth Reddy

Revanth Reddy, the state Congress chief and a Lok Sabha member, is getting into the electoral fray from Kodangal and Kamareddy constituencies. In Kamareddy, he’ll contest towards the present chief minister KCR. “Six guarantees will be implemented when Congress comes to power,” he stated throughout his election marketing campaign.

In the 2018 elections, Reddy contested from Kodangal, a seat beforehand received by Patnam Narendra Reddy, with a margin exceeding 9,000 votes.

Etela Rajender

Former minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Eatala Rajender faces a singular scenario within the Telangana meeting elections scheduled for November 30.

Rajender is amongst three candidates opting to contest from two completely different seats—the opposite being chief minister KCR and Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A Revanth Reddy.

He is difficult KCR in Gajwel whereas striving to retain his authentic seat in Huzurabad.

T Raja Singh

BJP chief T Raja Singh, the controversial MLA, is contesting for the third time from the Goshamahal constituency. BRS’s Nanda Kishore Vyas is contesting towards Raja Singh within the Goshamahal section. In the 2018 election, Singh had defeated Prem Singh Rathore of TRS by greater than 17,000 votes.

Bandi Sanjay

Bandi Sanjay Kumar, BJP’s National General Secretary and Karimnagar MP, seeks victory from the Karimnagar meeting constituency, after he misplaced the seat in two-straight elections.

In the 2018 elections, he misplaced to Gangula Kamalakar from the then TRS (now BRS) by a margin of over 14,000 votes in the identical seat.

In the upcoming election, BRS has as soon as once more fielded Kamalakar towards Bandi Sanjay, whereas the Congress has launched a brand new candidate, Purumalla Srinivas.

Harish Rao

Thanneeru Harish Rao, the finance minister and six-time MLA of Telangana’s ruling get together, BRS, is vying for re-election from Siddipet. In the 2018 Assembly elections, Harish Rao received by securing a exceptional 1,31,295 votes, defeating Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) candidate Bhavani Marikanti by an awesome margin of over 1,18,000 votes.

Akbaruddin Owaisi (AIMIM)

Akbaruddin Owaisi, the youthful brother of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi is contesting from the Chandrayangutta constituency.

During the 2018 meeting elections, Akbaruddin Owaisi secured victory within the Chandrayangutta seat by a margin of greater than 80,000 votes, defeating BJP candidate Shahejadi Sayyad.

Karne Shireesha alias ‘Barrelakka’ (Kollapur)

Karne Shireesha, 26, popularly often called ‘Barrelakka’ (sister who owns buffaloes), is the youngest candidate contesting within the present meeting elections. She is contesting from the Kollapur constituency of Nagarkurnool district. Shireesha’s illustration on behalf of unemployed youths has sparked consideration in her constituency, drawing volunteers from distant areas who actively take part in her marketing campaign.

She faces stiff competitors from two skilled politicians, incumbent BRS MLA Beeram Harshavardhan Reddy and former minister Jupally Krishna Rao, a five-time consultant of Kollapur.

The counting of votes will happen on December 3.