Telangana Legislative Assembly · 119 seats
Assembly 2018
- Poll date
- 7 Dec 2018
- Counting date
- 11 Dec 2018
- Seats
- 119
- Majority mark
- 60
- Electors
- 2,80,75,912
- Turnout
- 73.71%
- Total votes
- 2,06,95,428
- Candidates
- 1,821
Seats in the house
Telangana Rashtra Samithi wins a majority: 88 of 119
- Telangana Rashtra Samithi 88
- Indian National Congress 19
- All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen 7
- Telugu Desam Party 2
- Bharatiya Janata Party 1
- Independent 1
- All India Forward Bloc 1
Party performance
| Party | Seats | ± | Vote % | ± pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 88 | +25 | 46.9% | +12.8 |
| Indian National Congress | 19 | −2 | 28.4% | +3.4 |
| All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 7 | 0 | 2.7% | −1.0 |
| Telugu Desam Party | 2 | −13 | 3.5% | −11.0 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | −4 | 7.0% | −0.1 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 3.3% | −1.7 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 1 | +1 | 0.8% | +0.6 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 0 | −2 | 2.1% | +0.7 |
| 86 other parties and independents | 0 | 4.3% |
Majority: 60 of 119. Vote shares are statewide; NOTA counts in the total. Change is against the Assembly 2014.
Source: ECI Statistical Report (final figures) · Data version 2026.10.8 · Sources
Who won where
Open the map explorerEach hexagon is one assembly constituency.
How big were the wins?
Each dot is a seat: the winner's vote share minus the runner-up's, in percentage points.
Closest contests
- Asifabad (ST)Athram Sakku beat Kova Laxmi (TRS)171
- IbrahimpatnamManchireddy Kishan Reddy beat Malreddy Ranga Reddy (BSP)376
- Dharmapuri (SC)Eshwar Koppula beat Adluri Laxman Kumar (INC)441
- KodadBollam. Mallaiah Yadav beat Nalamada Padmavathi Reddy (INC)756
- AmberpetKaleru Venkatesh beat G. Kishan Reddy (BJP)1,016
- Thungathurthi (SC)Gadari Kishore Kumar beat Addanki Dayakar (INC)1,847
- Wyra (ST)Lavudya Ramulu beat Madanlal Banoth (TRS)2,013
- SangareddyT. Jayaprakash Reddy beat Chinta Prabhakar (TRS)2,589
Biggest winning margins
- SiddipetThanneeru Harish Rao beat Bhavani Marikanti (TJS)1,18,699
- Waradhanapet (SC)Aroori Ramesh beat Devaiah Pagidipati (TJS)99,240
- SircillaKalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (K.T.R) beat K.K. Mahender Reddy (INC)89,009
- MedchalCh. Malla Reddy beat Kicchannagari Laxma Reddy (INC)87,990
- BahadurpuraMohd. Moazam Khan beat Mir Inayath Ali Baqri (TRS)82,518
- ChandrayanguttaAkbar Uddin Owaisi beat Shahejadi Sayyad (BJP)80,263
- MalkajgiriMynampally Hanumanth Rao beat Ramchander Rao N (BJP)73,698
- HusnabadSatish Kumar Voditela beat Chadha Venkat Reddy (CPI)70,530
Deeper insights
What the numbers say
- 73.9%of seats for Telangana Rashtra Samithi on 46.9% of the vote
- 55of 119 seats changed party since the Assembly 2014 (46.2%)
- +25seats for Telangana Rashtra Samithi compared with the Assembly 2014
- 60winners took more than half of all votes cast in their seat
- 1.09%of all votes went to NOTA (2,24,661 votes)
Where the seats moved
| 2014 ↓ / 2018 → | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Indian National Congress | All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen | Telugu Desam Party | All India Forward Bloc | Bharatiya Janata Party | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRS | 51 | 11 | · | · | 1 | · | · |
| INC | 17 | 4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| TDP | 12 | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | · |
| AIMIM | · | · | 7 | · | · | · | · |
| BJP | 4 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · |
| YSRCP | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 |
| BSP | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| CPI | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| IND | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| CPI(M) | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
Rows: who won before. Columns: who won now. Outlined cells are seats the same party kept: 64 of 119.
Seats won by district
Each seat counted in its main district (today's 33 districts).
- Adilabad2
- Bhadradri Kothagudem4
- Hanumakonda3
- Hyderabad15
- Jagtial3
- Jangaon3
- Jayashankar Bhupalapally2
- Jogulamba Gadwal2
- Kamareddy3
- Karimnagar4
- Khammam5
- Kumuram Bheem Asifabad2
- Mahabubabad2
- Mahabubnagar3
- Mancherial3
- Medak2
- Medchal–Malkajgiri5
- Mulugu2
- Nagarkurnool3
- Nalgonda6
- Narayanpet2
- Nirmal3
- Nizamabad6
- Peddapalli2
- Rajanna Sircilla2
- Ranga Reddy8
- Sangareddy5
- Siddipet4
- Suryapet4
- Vikarabad4
- Wanaparthy1
- Warangal2
- Yadadri Bhuvanagiri2
Votes against seats
- TRS+27.1
- INC−12.5
- AIMIM+3.2
- TDP−1.8
- BJP−6.1
- IND−2.4
- AIFB+0.1
The number on the right is seat share minus vote share, in percentage points. First-past-the-post rewards the leader.
Reserved and general seats
SC- and ST-reserved constituencies compared with general seats.
| Seats | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Indian National Congress | All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen | Telugu Desam Party | Independent | All India Forward Bloc | Bharatiya Janata Party | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 16 | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 19 |
| ST | 5 | 5 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 12 |
| General | 67 | 12 | 7 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 88 |
6women elected of 119
141women among 1,821 candidates
Who won by how much
Seats each party won, grouped by winning margin in votes.
| Winner | < 1,000 | 1K – 5K | 5K – 10K | 10K – 25K | 25K – 50K | 50K + | Total | Median margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRS | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 15 | 88 | 30,652 |
| INC | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | · | 19 | 9,227 |
| AIMIM | · | · | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 46,978 |
| TDP | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | 2 | 16,060 |
| AIFB | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 26,419 |
| BJP | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | 17,734 |
| IND | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 2,013 |
Strongholds and swing seats
Strongholds · 64
Won by the same party in all 2 elections.
- Chennur
- Bellampalli
- Mancherial
- Khanapur
- Adilabad
- Boath
- Armur
- Bodhan
- Jukkal
- Banswada
- Kamareddy
- Nizamabad (Urban)
- Nizamabad (Rural)
- Balkonda
- Koratla
- Dharmapuri
- Peddapalle
- Karimnagar
- Choppadandi
- Vemulawada
- Sircilla
- Manakondur
- Huzurabad
- Husnabad
- +40 more
Changed hands every time · 55
A different party won at each election.