2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election

The 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election was held on 7 December 2018 which marked the second electoral event since the state's formation in 2014. Key contenders included the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election
7 December 2018
All 119 seats to Telangana Legislative Assembly
60 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.74%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader K. Chandrashekar Rao N. Uttam Kumar Reddy Akbaruddin Owaisi
Party TRS INC AIMIM
Alliance Praja Kutami
Leader since 2001 2015 1999
Leader's seat Gajwel Huzurnagar Chandrayangutta
Last election 34.3%, 63 seats 25.2%, 21 seats 3.8%, 7 seats
Seats won 88 19 7
Seat change 25 2
Popular vote 9,700,479 5,883,111 561,089
Percentage 46.9% 28.4% 2.7%
Swing 12.6 pp 3.2 pp 1.1 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader L. Ramana K. Laxman
Party TDP BJP
Alliance Praja Kutami NDA
Leader since - 2014
Leader's seat Did not contest Musheerabad
(lost)
Last election 14.7%, 15 seats 7.1%, 5 seats
Seats won 2 1
Seat change 13 4
Popular vote 725,845 1,450,456
Percentage 3.5% 6.98%
Swing 11.2 pp 0.12 pp
CM before election

K. Chandrasekhar Rao
TRS

 Chief Minister after election

K. Chandrasekhar Rao
TRS

An noteworthy development in the electoral landscape was the formation of the Praja Kutami (People's Alliance), comprising opposition parties such as INC, TDP, CPI and TJS. Despite their collective efforts, they were restricted to 21 seats. The election ultimately reaffirmed the political dominance of TRS, led by K. Chandrashekar Rao, as they secured victory with 88 seats and continued to govern the state of Telangana.

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