The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced the first of 28 candidates contesting for Telangana Assembly elections 2018.
The party had released the list of 38 candidates earlier.
The BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) held a long meeting at the party headquarter in New Delhi on Thursday to finalise the names of contesting candidates.
Polls to the 119-member Telangana Assembly house will be held on December 7 while the results will be announced on December 11.
The list was released a day after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's met several leaders of the Opposition to create an anti-BJP front ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election and Telelanga Assembly elections 2018.
| TELANGANA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY | |
|---|---|
| Name of Candidate Constituency | Name of Candidate |
| Sirpur | Dr Srinivasulu |
| Asifabad (ST) | Sri Ajmira Athmaram Naik |
| Khanapur (ST) | Sri Satla Ashok |
| Nirmal Dr(Smt) | Aindla Suvarna Reddy |
| Nizamabad (Urban) | Sri Endala Lakshminarayana |
| Jagityal | Sri Muduganti Ravinder Reddy |
| Ramagundam | Smt Balmuri Vanitha |
| Siricilla | Sri Mallagari Narsa Goud |
| Siddipet | Sri Naini Narotham Reddy |
| Kukatpally | Sri Madhavaram Kantha Rao |
| Rajendranagar | Sri Baddam Bal Reddy, ExMLA |
| Sherlingampally | Sri G Yoganand |
| Malakpet | Sri Ale Jithendra |
| Charminar | Sri T Uma Mahendra |
| Chandrayangutta | Kum Syed Shahezadi |
| Yakatpura | Sri Charmani Roopraj |
| Bahadurpura | Sri Haneef Ali |
| Devarkadra | Sri Aggani Narsmulu Sagar |
| Wanaparthi | Sri Kotha Amarender Reddy |
| Nagarkurnool | Sri Nedanuri Dilip Chary |
| Nagarjuna Sagar | Smt Kankanala Niveditha |
| Alair | Sri Donthiri Sridhar Reddy |
| Ghanpur (Station) (SC) | Sri Perumandla Venkateshwarlu |
| Warangal West | Sri M Dharma Rao, ExMLA |
| Wardhannapet (SC) | Sri Kotha Saranga Rao |
| Yellandu (ST) | Smt Mokalla Naga Sravanthi |
| Wyra (ST) | Ms Bhukya Reshma Bai (Resyma Rathore) |
| Aswaraopeta (ST) | Dr Bukya Prasad Rao |
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