Telangana elections | 2,290 candidates in fray, 608 withdraw nominations
The Hindu
Telangana Assembly elections: 2,290 candidates in fray; 44 from Gajwel, 39 from Kamareddy; 48 from L B Nagar, 7 from Banswada, Narayanpet; 3.26 crore eligible voters; highest 7.32 lakh in Serilingampally, lowest 1.49 lakh in Bhadrachalam; polling Nov 30, counting Dec 3.
With 608 candidates withdrawing their nominations, as many as 2,290 contestants are in the fray for the upcoming Assembly elections in Telangana, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer said on Thursday.
As many as 44 candidates from Gajwel and 39 from Kamareddy Assembly constituencies from where BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is contesting, are in the poll arena.
The highest number of 48 candidates are from L B Nagar segment while Banswada and Narayanpet seats are witnessing the least number of 7 each.
Several leaders from Congress and other major parties, who filed nominations as independents after failing to obtain party tickets to contest, have withdrawn in favour of official candidates, on Wednesday, the last date for withdrawal of candidature.
Earlier, Election officials had found 2,898 nominations of candidates to be valid and rejected nominations of 606 candidates during scrutiny.
As per the latest reports, Telangana has over 3.26 crore eligible voters with almost equal number of male and female.
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