Counting Day: Five Important Seats To Watch Out In Telangana

Even as the counting is underway in the core Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, all eyes are on Telangana for several reasons.

One is the prospect of a Congress government with more than 60 seats in an assembly of 119. Two, the Congress cutting through the minority vote share of the regional party, further alarming other players in several states, and three, the prospect of BRS coming back with support from AIMIM or if the situation warrants, even the BJP.

However, these are the five close contests in Telangana that will make headlines at the end of the day. 

Kamareddy 

This is the biggest contest in the state as Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao will take on Congress’ Revanth Reddy. However, as per some exit polls, both were trailing with BJP’s KV Ramana Reddy being in the lead. Turns out, the BJP contender is quite famous in the constituency for social work like building a school and hospital. 

Karimnagar

Sircilla 

Touted as the future Chief Minister of Telangana in political circles, K. T. Rama Rao, Minister of IT of Telangana, and the son of KCR, is fighting from this seat. The BRS is expected to retain this seat. Congress’ KK Mahender Reddy and BJP’s Rani Rudrama Reddy will also be contesting from this seat. 

Huzurabad 

A BRS stronghold, where they had almost half of the votes in 2018. BJP’s Etela Rajender is in a close contest here against BRS’ Kaushik Reddy, and Vodithala Pranav Babu. As per the early surveys, BJP might not be able to win this seat. The BRS won this seat handsomely with over 100,000 votes in 2018. 

Gajwel 

If there is indeed a Congress wave in the state, it would be visible in the vote share of this constituency, a seat fought by KCR, who appears to be leading. BJP’s Eatala Rajender is also contesting from this seat. In 2018, KCR bagged this seat with over 125,000 votes, while the Congress was a distant second at around 67,000 votes.