- Record number of nominations filed; BJP, Congress, BRS get top ballot slots
Jubilee Hills Bypoll | Hyderabad, Oct 26: All arrangements have been completed for the upcoming Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election in Telangana.
The Returning Officer, Sairam, announced that the final list of 58 candidates has been confirmed for the election scheduled on November 11.
Election symbols were officially allotted to all candidates on Saturday, marking a key step ahead of polling day.
As per the ballot paper order, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Lamkal Deepak Reddy will occupy the first position with the party’s symbol of the lotus.
The Congress candidate Naveen Yadav will appear second with the hand symbol, and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) candidate, Maganti Sunitha Gopinath, has been allotted the car symbol in the third place.
Jubilee Hills Bypoll | 58 candidates to contest
According to the Returning Officer, a total of 211 nominations were initially filed for the by-election, of which 81 were found valid after scrutiny.
Among them, 23 candidates later withdrew their nominations, leaving 58 contenders in the final fray. Election analysts noted that this marks the highest number of candidates ever contesting in Jubilee Hills constituency’s history.
Earlier elections had considerably fewer participants — 13 in 2009, 21 in 2014, 18 in 2018, and 19 in the 2023 Assembly elections.The by-election was necessitated following the death of BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath, who had won the 2023 election from Jubilee Hills.
This time, the race is witnessing heightened competition not only among major political parties but also from independents, student leaders, and representatives of farmers’ groups.
Observers say this surge reflects growing local interest and the evolving dynamics of urban political contests in Hyderabad.
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