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Telangana Assembly Election Results 2018
]After loss in Telangana, many Congress leaders want to end alliance with TDP
Updated on Dec 18, 2018 07:14 AM IST
The TRS swept the Telangana assembly polls winning 88 out of 119 seats. The Congress won 19 out of the 100 seats it contested. Its alliance partner TDP won two seats. The other allies, Telangana Jana Samithi and CPI could not win any seats.
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
‘Ready to accept your return gift’: Chandrababu Naidu’s retort to KCR
Naidu, whose Telugu Desam Party had contested the December 7 Telangana assembly elections as part of the Congress-led grand alliance, also said that he had never worked against the interests of Telangana.
Updated on Dec 14, 2018 07:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Vijayawada | Gali Nagaraja
Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu biggest loser in Maha Kootami decimation
The Andhra Pradesh chief minister had staked his personal prestige and political capital in trying to defeat the K Chandrashekar Rao-led TRS in his own bastion.
Updated on Dec 13, 2018 12:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Gali Nagaraja and Venkatesha Babu, Hyderabad
Telangana assembly election results 2018: What didn’t work for Maha Kootami
Telangana assembly election results 2018: TRS president KCR, who addressed over 100 election rallies in a span of a month, drove home the point that the Congress-TDP alliance would spell doom for Telangana. He pointed out how Congress tried to stall developmental programmes of Telangana by filing over 400 petitions in various courts.
Updated on Dec 12, 2018 06:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | HT Correspondent
Assembly election results: Despite loss in Telangana, Congress vote share goes up, TDP suffers
This time, the Congress contested in only 100 seats, including friendly contests in four seats. Yet, it won 19 seats and its vote share has gone up to 28.4%.
Updated on Dec 12, 2018 06:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
KCR wins by heavy margin, Congress distant second in Telangana
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi won 88 seats in the 119-member assembly.
Updated on Dec 12, 2018 07:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Assembly elections results 2018: KCR calls for ‘BJP-mukt, Congress-mukt’ India
The TRS leader said he and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi would visit various parts of the country to interact with cross-section of people and bring them on a common platform.
Updated on Dec 12, 2018 08:14 AM IST
Hyderabad | Indo Asian News Service
Assembly election results 2018: Big boost for TRS in seat, vote shares as Opposition alliance suffers
The combined vote share of the Congress, TDP, Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Telangana Jan Samithi (TJS) was 6.42 percentage points more than the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) vote share in the 2014 assembly elections for the 119 seats in Telangana.
Updated on Dec 12, 2018 12:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Abhishek Jha
Telangana assembly results 2018: KCR sweeps state again, forecasts national role for his TRS
KCR, as the TRS chief is popularly known, stressed the need for a non-Bharatiya Janata Party, non-Congress dispensation in the country.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 06:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Telangana assembly results: KCR, an obscure Congress foot soldier who became mascot of Telangana pride
The victory in the assembly elections, the first in Telangana after its formation in June 2014, might well act as a springboard for the leader, often accused of perpetuating family rule and promoting nepotism.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 05:27 PM IST
Hyderabad | Press Trust of India
Telangana election results highlights: KCR wins in Gajwel
Telangana assembly election results 2018: The results of assembly polls in Telangana will be declared on Tuesday in what is seen as a major test of popularity of the TRS, BJP and Congress ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 05:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | HT Correspondent
Telangana assembly elections 2018: TRS sweeps Telangana, KCR wins by over 50,000 votes
Telangana assembly elections 2018: Soon after the vote count began at 8 am it became clear that Rao’s Telangana Rashtra Samithi party will sweep back to power with almost three-fourths majority.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 05:45 PM IST
Hyderabad | Press Trust of India
Telangana Election Results: KCR’s nephew retains Siddipet seat with 1.20 lakh margin
Telangana Election Results: T. Harish Rao has won this seat for the sixth consecutive time.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 05:50 PM IST
Hyderabad | Indo Asian News Service
Telangana Election Results: ‘Far from ground realities’: Cong complains to EC as KCR sweeps Telangana
Telangana Election Results: Telangana state Congress have submitted a complaint to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rajat Kumar saying that the EVMs had been manipulated.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 05:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Telangana election results 2018: TRS heads towards a massive victory for second successive term
Going by the trends, TRS is likely to get a three-fourths majority in the 119-member assembly. It is a huge mandate for the party, which won 63 seats, just three seats more than the absolute majority, in 2014.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 11:11 AM IST
Hyderabad, Hindustan Times | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Telangana election results 2018: Big winner KCR’s Telangana formula - Paisa, shaadi, paani, makaan
Telangana Elections Results 2018: Rao had to confront a challenge in the form of the Maha Kootami — the Grand Alliance of the Congress, Telugu Desam Party , Communist Party of India and the Telangana Jana Samithi.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 01:05 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Telangana Election Results 2018: Counting of votes begins in Telangana
Telangana Election Results 2018: Rajat Kumar Chief Electoral Officer on Monday said necessary arrangements have been made for the counting.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 08:49 AM IST
Hyderabad | Press Trust of India
Telangana assembly results 2018: KCR’s gamble pays off, TRS set to form govt
The main challenge to TRS is the Maha Kootami or grand alliance of four parties led by the Congress. The Telugu Desam Party, which is in power in Andhra Pradesh, is part of this alliance, besides the Communist Party of India and the Telangana Jana Samithi.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 12:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Telangana election results Highlights: KCR calls for non-BJP, non-Congress rule
The results of the Telangana assembly election 2018 were declared on Tuesday, which saw K Chandrashekar Rao’s TRS emerging unscathed with 88 seats.This is Telangana’s first assembly election and was being seen as a straight fight between the ruling TRS and the Congress-led opposition alliance. Telengana elections were due in May 2019. TRS leader and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao took a huge gamble by calling these elections 6 months early. Click here for LIVE Updates of Assembly Elections Results 2018All exit polls for Telangana had shown TRS ahead in the race to bag a majority in 119-member assembly. The Congress had fought KCR’s early poll gamble with the four-party Maha Kootami, for which it had roped in its one-time fierce foe, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of Chandrababu Naidu. The BJP, which had contested the 2014 polls in alliance with the TDP, is also contesting all seats, while Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is contesting eight assembly constituencies in Hyderabad and supporting the TRS elsewhere in the state.In the 2014 elections, TRS had won 63 seats, the Congress 21, the TDP 15 and the BJP won 5 seats.
Updated on Dec 12, 2018 02:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Assembly election 2018: In TRS-Congress clash, BJP seeks to leave mark in Telangana
Telangana assembly elections 2018: In the state, where chief minister K Chandrasekhara Rao had advanced the elections due to be held along with the Lok Sabha elections next year, had seen an over 73% turnout in the voting on December 7.
Updated on Dec 10, 2018 07:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Telangana assembly elections 2018: Cong-TDP want alliance to be treated as single political entity
Telangana assembly elections 2018: The Congress and Telugu Desam Party want their People’s Front, an alliance of four parties, be treated as a single political entity and be given the first opportunity to form the next government in Telangana if it gets more seats.
Updated on Dec 10, 2018 07:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Telangana assembly elections: TRS, People’s Front explore options to win power if assembly hung
Telangana assembly elections: While both the TRS and People’s Front have been expressing confidence that they would win the elections, they are not taking chances and are exploring various options in case they fall short of absolute majority mark of 60 seats in the 119-member assembly.
Updated on Dec 10, 2018 06:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Telangana assembly elections 2018: Asaduddin Owaisi drives bullet bike to KCR’s home, kick-starts Plan B for Telangana
Owaisi made it clear that the MIM would continue to be a friendly party of the TRS and indicated that his party would stand by KCR in forming the next government.
Updated on Dec 10, 2018 06:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Telangana election results 2018: All you need to know
Telangana assembly elections 2018: Chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao is leading the fight for his party Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) as he fights incumbency to retain power in the 119-member house.
Updated on Dec 10, 2018 07:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | HT Correspondent
Telangana assembly elections 2018: TRS will form next government on its own strength, says Asaduddin Owaisi
Telangana assembly elections 2018: AIMIM contested eight seats in the December 7 Assembly elections as against the seven in 2014 polls, and supported the TRS.
Published on Dec 10, 2018 03:00 PM IST
Hyderabad | Press Trust of India
Telangana assembly election 2018: Will play vital role in formation of government, claims BJP
Telangana went to polls on December 7 and the results for the state’s 119 Assembly seats will be announced on December 11. “We have contested the election on our own for the first time after a decade. We have contested the polls to win. The BJP will be part of the government,” said state BJP president K Laxman.
Updated on Dec 10, 2018 08:48 AM IST
Hyderabad | Press Trust of India
Telangana assembly elections 2018 records 67.5% voter turnout
Telangana assembly elections 2018: The turnout is marginally lower than the 68.5% that was recorded in the Telangana region in the 2014 elections, which was held together for the erstwhile undivided Andhra Pradesh.
Updated on Dec 07, 2018 10:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivas Rao Apparasu
Telangana elections exit polls show KCR’s early poll gamble may pay off
Telangana assembly elections 2018: Telangana was supposed to hold its assembly elections in May 2019 along with the Lok Sabha elections. However, caretaker chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), who heads the TRS, dissolved the assembly in September 2018, forcing an early election to be held in the state.
Updated on Dec 07, 2018 11:40 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Telangana exit polls 2018: All you need to know
Telangana exit polls 2018: Telangana’s 2.8 crore voters cast their ballot on Friday in the advanced assembly elections, where the TRS government is trying to retain power against a Congress-led four-party alliance, with the BJP seeking to make it a triangular contest.
Updated on Dec 07, 2018 06:50 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Telangana assembly elections 2018: State government waives toll tax for voters heading to native places
Telangana assembly elections 2018: A large number of people from Hyderabad have been leaving for various districts across the state since Thursday. The railway stations and bus stations were also crowded with the people leaving for their destinations.
Updated on Dec 08, 2018 02:40 PM IST
Hyderabad | Indo Asian News Service
