Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Single phase polling in Telangana as TRS, Congress and BJP battle it out

Telangana, the newest state of the country, will go to polls for the first time in the first phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 on Thursday. As many as 2.97 crore voters will exercise their franchise on April 11 at 34,604 polling centres in all 17 Lok Sabha constituencies. The main battle in the state is among the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Congress and the BJP. In 2014, while the Congress won two seats, the BJP secured a single seat. The TRS has set a target of securing 16 seats leaving Hyderabad for its ally All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen. The BJP faces an uphill task to retain the lone parliamentary constituency of Secunderabad under its fold. In the Assembly elections held in December, K Chandrashekar Rao's TRS had won 88 of the 119 Assembly seats, guaranteeing at least 15 Lok Sabha seats. The Congress had won 21 Assembly seats, which would add up to one Lok Sabha seat. The TRS also registered a huge victory in the recent panchayat elections in the state. Telangana votes in a single phase on Thursday. 

Phase 1: April 11 (91 Lok Sabha seats in 20 states/UTs) 

Telangana: 17 seats 

2014 Results in these 17 seats: NDA: 2 (TDP: 1, BJP: 1), Congress: 2, TRS: 11, AIMIM: 1, YSRCP: 1. 

1. Adilabad (2014 Result: TRS)

2019 candidates: Godam Nagesh (TRS) Vs Ramesh Rathod (Congress) Vs Soyam Babu Rao (BJP)

2. Peddapalle (2014 Result: TRS)

2019 candidates: Borlakunta Venkatesh Nethani (TRS) Vs A Chandrashekhar (Congress) Vs Soyam Babu Rao (BJP)

3. Karimnagar (2014 Result: TRS) 

2019 candidates: B Vinod Kumar (TRS) Vs Ponnam Prabhakar (Congress) Vs Bandi Sanjay (BJP)

4. Zahirabad (2014 Result: TRS)

2019 candidates: BB Patil (TRS) Vs Madan Mohan (Congress) Vs Banala Laxma Reddy (BJP)

5. Medak (2014 Result: TRS)

2019 candidates: Kotha Prabhakar Reddy (TRS) Vs Gail Anil Kumar (Congress) Vs Raghunanadan Rao (BJP)

6. Nizamabad (2014 Result: TRS)

2019 candidates: Kalvakuntla Kavitha (TRS) Vs Madhu Yashki Goud (Congress) Vs D Aravind (BJP)

7. Hyderabad (2014 Result: AIMIM)

2019 candidates: Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM) Vs Firoz Khan (Congress) Vs Dr Bhagwanth Rao (BJP)

8. Malkajgiri (2014 Result: TDP)
 
2019 candidates: Marri Rajashekar Reddy (TRS) Vs A Revanth Reddy (Congress) Vs N Ramchandra Rao (BJP)

9. Chevella (2014 Result: TRS)

2019 candidates: G Ranjith Reddy (TRS) Vs Konda Vishweshwar Reddy (Congress) Vs B Janardhan Reddy (BJP)

10. Bhongir (2014 Result: TRS)

2019 candidates: Boora Narsaiah Goud (TRS) Vs Komatireddy Venkat Reddy (Congress) Vs PV Shamsunder Rao (BJP)
 
11. Warangal (2014 Result: TRS)

2019 candidates: Pasunuri Dayakar (TRS) Vs Dommati Sambaiah (Congress) Vs Chinta Sambamurthy (BJP)

12. Mahbubnagar (2014 Result: TRS)

2019 candidates: Manne Srinivas Reddy (TRS) Vs Dr Ch Vamshichand Reddy (Congress) Vs DK Aruna (BJP)
 
13. Nalgonda (2014 Result: Congress)

2019 candidates: Vemireddy Narasimha Reddy (TRS) Vs N Uttam Kumar Reddy (Congress) Vs Garlapati Jithender Kumar (BJP)

14. Nagarkurnool (2014 Result: Congress)

2019 candidates: P Ramulu (TRS) Vs Dr Mallu Ravi (Congress) Vs Bangaru Shruthi (BJP)

15. Mahabubabad (2014 Result: TRS)

2019 candidates: Maloth Kavitha (TRS) Vs Balram Naik (Congress) Vs Jatothu Hussain Naik (BJP)

16. Khammam (2014 Result: YSRCP)

2019 candidates: Nama Nageswara Rao (TRS) Vs Renuka Choudhary (Congress) Vs Vasudev Rao (BJP)

17. Secunderabad (2014 Result: BJP)

2019 candidates: Talasani Saikiran Yadav (TRS) Vs M Anjan Kumar Yadav (Congress) Vs G Kishan Reddy (BJP)