Telangana Poll Results: TRS Surges Ahead, Mahakutami Far Behind

The K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Telangana Rashtra Samithi is leading in over 81 seats as counting began for the Telangana Assembly election results 2018 on Tuesday, 11 December. A party or alliance needs 60 out of 119 seats to form the government.

The K Chandrasekhar Rao-led TRS is up against the Congress-led grand alliance dubbed the ‘Prajakutami.’

TRS president and Telangana Caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao leading by 9,212 votes over his nearest Congress rival Vanteru Pratap Reddy in Gajwel constituency after the fifth round of counting.

Telangana caretaker Minister T Harish Rao is leading by 19,989 votes over TJS candidate Bhavani Reddy after fourth round of counting in Siddipet.

AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi wins from Chandrayan Gutta constituency, reported ANI.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi leads in 60 out of 119 seats in Telangana assembly elections.

TRS president and Telangana Caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is leading by 2,861 votes over his nearest Congress rival Vanteru Pratap Reddy in Gajwel after first round of counting.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi is edging towards the halfway mark with leads in 50 seats.

Telangana’s first Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is leading in Gajwel.

TRS leader and MP Kavitha said that the people of Telangana are with her party. “We have sincerely worked and utilised the opportunity given to us. So I believe voters will bring us back to power, and that too independently. We are very confident about it,” said Kavitha.

BJP candidate Haneef Ali is ahead in Bahadurpura constituency in western Telangana.

K Chandrasekhar Rao’s Telangana Rashtra Samiti is ahead in one constituency in southern Telangana.

Counting of votes began for all 119 constituencies at 8 am on Tuesday, 11 December.

Counting of votes is set to begin at 8 am on Tuesday, 11 December.

K Chandrasekhar Rao will become CM and form government without any support AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Monday.

Owaisi’s statement came after the AIMIM chief met with TRS at official residence.

“We’ve made no demands, we’re standing with him not only for a prosperous Telangana but also for nation building,” he said.

Congress-led People's Front (Prajakutami), that includes Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS), on Monday met with Telangana Governor, Narasimhan and submitted a representation of the pre-poll alliance of the four parties.

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi reached Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao's official residence on his motorbike on Monday, 10 December for a luncheon meeting with him ahead of the declaration of Assembly election results.

Owaisi and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief have been discussing possible scenarios and the strategy to be adopted after the results are known on Tuesday.

Before his meeting with KCR, Owaisi tweeted that he was going to meet Telangana's caretaker and "next Chief Minister"

While two exit polls predicted that the TRS led by K Chandrasekhar Rao will get a clear majority to form the government, three others have predicted a hung Assembly. The Congress-led Prajakutami is expected to trail behind the TRS.

Predicting a fractured poll mandate in Telangana, the BJP Sunday, 9 December, claimed that it would play a "vital role" in the formation of the next government in the southern state, where the TRS is eyeing a return to power.

"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. Without the BJP, there cannot be any government. What happens after the results are declared, we will think of it," state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president K Laxman told PTI.

He asserted that the saffron party had become a formidable force in Telangana and that it would increase its vote share substantially and its number of seats considerably.

"We have surely become a formidable force in Telangana. We will increase our vote share and even the number of seats. The BJP is definitely going to play a very vital role in the formation of government," Laxman said.

The main contenders for this election remain the KCR-led TRS, which was in power for the last four years, and the Congress-led 'Prajakutami' (or 'Grand Alliance'), which included the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) among many others.

The BJP, although not a main contender, is expected to swing some percentage of vote share its way. In all, there are now as many as nine political parties vying for power in the state.

According to the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), there are 438 crorepati candidates and 368 candidates with criminal cases pending against them.