With the release of the notification, the process of receiving nominations has intensified. The last date for filing nomination is 25th April.
The scrutiny of nominations will be done on April 26 while the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 29.
Voting will be held on May 13 for the by-elections in all 17 Lok Sabha constituencies and Secunderabad Cantonment assembly seat.
Voting in 104 assembly constituencies in the state will be held from 7 am to 5 pm, while voting in the remaining 13 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected constituencies will end at 4 pm.
Just over 3.30 crore voters, more than half of whom are women, are eligible to cast their votes in these elections.
In the 2019 elections, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) won nine Lok Sabha seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won four.The Congress party had captured three seats, while the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) retained Hyderabad.
Fresh from its victory in the assembly elections held in November 2023, the Congress party is looking to improve its performance this time. The party is targeting 12 seats and is hoping to take advantage of the defection of several leaders from BRS to the Congress camp in the last few months.
After good performance in the assembly elections, BJP is also confident of better performance. The saffron party is trying to double its numbers.Shocked by the exodus of several leaders, including five sitting MPs, MLAs, one MLC, BRS will face an acid test to retain the seats it won in 2019.
In the assembly elections, Congress captured power by securing 64 seats in the 119-member House. BRS, which is India's youngest ruling party since its formation 10 years ago, won 39 seats. BJP won eight seats while AIMIM retained seven seats. Congress's ally CPI was victorious in one constituency.BRS's sitting MLA Lasya Nandita from Secunderabad Cantonment died in a road accident in February, necessitating the by-election along with the Lok Sabha elections.
BRS also lost its two sitting MLAs to Congress. One of them, D. Nagendra, is contesting as a Congress candidate from the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat, where Union Minister and State BJP President G. Kishan Reddy is contesting elections again.
In Hyderabad, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi will have a direct contest with BJP's Madhavi Lata. Owaisi's party has held this seat since 1984.
While BJP and BRS have announced candidates on all 17 seats, Congress is yet to announce candidates on three seats.
, Karimnagar and Hyderabad.
The scrutiny of nominations will be done on April 26 while the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 29.
Voting will be held on May 13 for the by-elections in all 17 Lok Sabha constituencies and Secunderabad Cantonment assembly seat.
Voting in 104 assembly constituencies in the state will be held from 7 am to 5 pm, while voting in the remaining 13 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected constituencies will end at 4 pm.
Just over 3.30 crore voters, more than half of whom are women, are eligible to cast their votes in these elections.
In the 2019 elections, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) won nine Lok Sabha seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won four.The Congress party had captured three seats, while the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) retained Hyderabad.
Fresh from its victory in the assembly elections held in November 2023, the Congress party is looking to improve its performance this time. The party is targeting 12 seats and is hoping to take advantage of the defection of several leaders from BRS to the Congress camp in the last few months.
After good performance in the assembly elections, BJP is also confident of better performance. The saffron party is trying to double its numbers.Shocked by the exodus of several leaders, including five sitting MPs, MLAs, one MLC, BRS will face an acid test to retain the seats it won in 2019.
In the assembly elections, Congress captured power by securing 64 seats in the 119-member House. BRS, which is India's youngest ruling party since its formation 10 years ago, won 39 seats. BJP won eight seats while AIMIM retained seven seats. Congress's ally CPI was victorious in one constituency.BRS's sitting MLA Lasya Nandita from Secunderabad Cantonment died in a road accident in February, necessitating the by-election along with the Lok Sabha elections.
BRS also lost its two sitting MLAs to Congress. One of them, D. Nagendra, is contesting as a Congress candidate from the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat, where Union Minister and State BJP President G. Kishan Reddy is contesting elections again.
In Hyderabad, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi will have a direct contest with BJP's Madhavi Lata. Owaisi's party has held this seat since 1984.
While BJP and BRS have announced candidates on all 17 seats, Congress is yet to announce candidates on three seats.
, Karimnagar and Hyderabad.
