Election
State story

Telangana: no government lasts long

3 Assembly elections · 20142023 · every seat count and share is read from the official record.

Who held the house

bar width = years in charge · tap one for that election
2014BRS
2023INC

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS) has led 2 of 3 elections; power changed hands 1 time.

Seats over time

the leading parties
BRSpeak 88 · 2018
8820142023
INCpeak 64 · 2023
6420142023
AIMIMpeak 7 · 2014
720142023
TDPpeak 15 · 2014
1520142023

Telangana has voted in 3 Assembly elections between 2014 and 2023. Bharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS) has been the largest party in 2 of them — a long grip on the state.

Power has changed hands 1 time. The steadiest run was Bharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS)'s — the top party from 2014 to 2018 across 2 elections.

In 2023, Indian National Congress broke through — 64 of 119 seats — ending Bharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS)'s hold, which fell from 88 to 39.

The sharpest single swing was 2023: Indian National Congress went from 19 to 64 seats, a gain of 45.

Most recently, in 2023, Indian National Congress holds 64 of 119 seats on 39.4% of the vote — a clear majority (60).

Pivotal elections

who held the house, seat by seat
First on record · 2014open →
63BRS
  • BRS6353%
  • INC2118%
  • TDP1513%
  • AIMIM76%
  • Others1311%

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS) · 34.0% of the vote · majority

Most recent · 2023open →
64INC
  • INC6454%
  • BRS3933%
  • BJP87%
  • AIMIM76%
  • Others11%

Indian National Congress · 39.4% of the vote · majority

The turn of 2023

2023 seats minus 2018
seats lostseats gained
INC
19 → 64
+45
BRS
88 → 39
−49
BJP
1 → 8
+7
AIMIM
7 → 7
0
CPI
0 → 1
+1
IND
1 → 0
−1
AIFB
1 → 0
−1
TDP
2 → 0
−2

Every time power changed hands

  1. 2023INC took the house with 64 of 119, ending BRS’s run (8839).

Party identity

renames, splits and mergers along the way
  • Bharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS) was formerly TRS (renamed 2022).
  • Indian National Congress saw All India Trinamool Congress break away in 1998; saw Nationalist Congress Party break away in 1999; saw YSR Congress Party break away in 2011; saw NCO break away in 1969; saw INCU break away in 1979; saw ICS break away in 1978; saw BAC break away in 1966; saw UTC break away in 1969; saw HVP break away in 1996; saw AINRC break away in 2011; took in MSCP in 2014; took in ICS in 1986; took in NNO in 1976; took in HVP in 2004; took in VHP in 1978.