Telangana Election Result 2023: After several exit polls gave Congress an advantage over the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samiti, all eyes are on the southern state of Telangana. Results of elections to the 119 seats for the Telangana Legislative Assembly will be known tomorrow (December 3). Polling across the 119 seats took place on November 30 which saw a voter turnout of 70.60 per cent. In the 2018 elections, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), earlier known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), made a thumping return to power bagging 87 seats, way ahead of the magic figure of 60. The Prajakutami (People’s Alliance), forged by the Congress, Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Jana Samithi and CPI, won 22 seats, while AIMIM secured seven seats. KCR returned for a second term as chief minister after being unanimously elected as leader of the TRS Legislature Party.

The polling in all the 119 assembly segments began at 7 AM on Thursday amid tight security arrangements. It concluded at 4 pm in 13 Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected constituencies, while in the rest 106 others, people could vote till 5 pm. Those who were in the queue before the scheduled closing time were allowed to cast their votes.

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While incumbent Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar-led BRS is trying to come to power for a third consecutive term, Opposition Congress under the leadership of state president A Revanth Reddy, has mounted an all-out effort to oust the ruling party. The BRS has been in power since 2014 when the previous UPA government at the Centre carved Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh. The BJP has also conducted an elaborate campaign with a host of top leaders, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and state BJP president G Kishan Reddy, addressing rallies in the state.

As soon as polling got over, exit polls for the state were out. Along with Telangana, four other states – Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Mizoram – will also know their results tomorrow. Most exit polls have given Congress advantage in Telangana.

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For Telangana, while India TV-CNX forecast 63-79 seats for the Congress, 31-47 for the BRS, 2-4 for the BJP and 5-7 for the AIMIM, Jan Ki Baat forecast that the Congress would get 48-64 seats, the BRS would get 40-55, BJP 7-13 and AIMIM 4-7. Republic TV-Matrize has predicted Congress would get 58-68 seats, BRS 46-56, BJP 4-9 and AIMIM 5-7, while TV9 Bharatvarsh Polstrat projected that the Congress would get 49-59 seats, the BRS would get 48-58, the BJP 5-10 and AIMIM 6-8.

Meanwhile, News 24-Today’s Chankaya gave a clear victory to the Congress by giving it 71 seats against 33 of the BRS and 7 of the BJP.

As soon as the poll schedule was announced on October 9, the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force. The Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced the poll schedule for all the five states. The ECI, in an official release, has meanwhile, stated that as on November 29, law enforcement agencies have seized cash, gold, liquor, freebies among others all worth about Rs 759 crore in the state ever since the MCC came into force.