Asifabad Assembly Elections 2023: The BRS has nominated Kova Lakshmi as their candidate for the Asifabad seat, while the grand old party has chosen Ajmera Shyam to contest.
Telangana Elections 2023: Asifabad is one of the Assembly constituencies among the 119 Assembly seats in the state of Telangana. Classified as a rural seat, it is part of the Adilabad Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency and falls under the Kumaram Bheem Asifabad district in the North Telangana region of the state. The Election Commission (EC) has announced the schedule for the Telangana Assembly election, with the state’s polls set to take place on November 30 in a single phase, and the vote counting scheduled for December 3 of this year.
Telangana Assembly Elections 2023: Current Government
Currently, the state is governed by the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), led by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. In its relatively short electoral history, the country’s youngest state is heading for its third Assembly election, with the BRS aiming for a perfect hat-trick to retain power. The Congress, the main opposition party in the state, still dreams of governing Telangana, whose formation it facilitated in 2014. Meanwhile, the BJP, which still relies on its central leadership, will attempt to win seats from the BRS.
Telangana Assembly Elections 2023: Asifabad Candidates
In this term’s Assembly elections, the BRS has nominated Kova Lakshmi as their candidate for the Asifabad seat, while the grand old party has chosen Ajmera Shyam to contest. The BJP has granted the ticket to Ajmeera Athmaram Naik for the Asifabad Assembly Constituency.
Telangana Assembly Elections 2023: Asifabad Previous Election Result
In 2018, the Congress’s Athram Sakku secured triumph with a margin of 171votes, defeating TRS’s Kova Laxmi. Sakku received more than 65,788 votes, while Laxmi secured 65,617 votes, resulting in a vote percentage of 40.92 percent. The saffron party’s Azmera Athma Rao Srinivas received 6711votes, securing the third position.
Telangana Assembly Elections 2023: Important Dates
- Current Term Ending Date: January 16, 2024.
- Date Of Notification: November 3.
- Last Date Of Nominations: November 10.
- Date For Scrutiny Of Nominations: November 13.
- Last Date For Withdrawal Of Candidatures: November 15, 2023.
- Voting Date: November 30th, 2023.
- Result Date: December 3rd, 2023.
Telangana Assembly Elections 2023: Quick Info
- Majority seats: 60 seats.
- Current government: BRS
- Current chief minister: KC Rao
- Total Assembly seats: 119
- Major parties: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS).