Hyderabad : A total of 525 candidates remained in the fray for 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana as the deadline for withdrawal of nominations finished Monday.
According to the Election Commission, 100 candidates withdrew their nominations till 3 p.m. when the deadline ended.
Nominations of 625 candidates were filed legitimate throughout the scrutiny of nomination on April 26.
Secunderabad has a greatest range of candidates at 45. A whole of 44 candidates are in the fray in Medak, followed by 43 in Chevella and 42 every single in Peddapalle (SC) and Warangal (SC) constituencies.
Nevertheless, there are only 12 candidates in the Adilabad (ST) constituency.
A 3-cornered contest amongst the Congress, the BRS, and the BJP is very likely in the elections scheduled to be held on May possibly 13.
A very little around 3.30 crore voters, a lot more than 50 percent of them women, are qualified to solid their votes in these elections.
Union Minister and state BJP President G. Kishan Reddy is searching for re-election from Secunderabad and BJP nationwide Typical Secretary Bandi Sanjay Kumar is contesting once again from Karimnagar.
AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi is searching for re-election for a fifth consecutive time period from Hyderabad.
In the 2019 elections, the BRS had won 9 seats although the BJP experienced bagged 4 seats. The Congress could gain three seats even though AIMIM experienced retained its lone seat.
Refreshing from its victory in the Assembly elections held in November 2023, the Congress is wanting to make improvements to its effectiveness this time. The social gathering has set a focus on of 12 seats and it is hoping to capitalise on the defections of several leaders from BRS to the Congress camp during the final couple of months. The BJP is also self-assured of enhanced overall performance subsequent the excellent demonstrate in the Assembly elections and is wanting to improve its tally to double digits.
Jolted by the exodus of quite a few leaders which includes five sitting MPs, MLAs, and MLCs, the BRS will be struggling with an acid check in retaining the seats it won in 2019.