Hyderabad: As many as 1,821 candidates are left in the fray for 119 constituencies in the December 7 Telangana Assembly polls, the state election commission said Monday.
According to an official release, 1,762 nominations were either rejected or withdrawn. The commission released the official figure of contesting candidates on Monday after withdrawal of nominations ended on November 22.
Election officials had Thursday said the final number of candidates left in the fray would be known after receipt of information from the constituencies.
Malkajgiri segment leads with 42 contestants including independents followed by 35 each in Uppal and LB Nagar constituencies, PTI reported.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which is going it alone, has fielded candidates in all the 119 Assembly segments. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehandul Muslimeen (AIMIM) of Asaduddin Owaisi is contesting on 08 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the other hand has fielded 118 candidates.
The Congress, which is leading the 'grand alliance', has fielded 99 candidates while its other partners-Telugu Desam Party 13 and CPI three. Its other ally, Telangana Jana Samithi has given 'B-Forms' for eight candidates.
According to the original seat sharing agreement, the Congress was supposed to contest in 94 seats, TDP (14) CPI (3) and TJS eight.
Caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is seeking re-election from Gajwel constituency.
Telangana Congress president Uttam Kumar Reddy is contesting from Huzurnagar, while BJP Telangana chief K Laxman from Musheerabad.
CPI's Telangana unit secretary Chada Venkat Reddy is contesting from Husnabad.
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