The procedure of withdrawal of nominations for the assembly elections in Telangana ended on Thursday Nov 22,2018 with 1821 candidates left in the poll fray for a total of 119 constituencies, an official statement released by the office of Telangana Chief Electoral Officer said.
2653 candidates had filed nominations and among them 465 nominations were rejected by the returning officers due to various reasons. The total number of valid nominations identified by the poll officers stood at 2188
A total of 367candidates, including a large number of Congress rebels withdrew their nominations on Thursday Nov 22.2018
With 42 candidates, Malkajgiri constituency has the highest number of contestants in fray, while Uppal registered second highest number of contestants with 35 candidates. Banswada has 6 candidates, which is the least.
The Telangana assembly elections are scheduled for December 7 and the counting of votes will take place on December 11.
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