The biennial elections for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana legislative councils’ (MLA’s quota) elections will be held on March 20, 2025. Ten MLCs, 5 each from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, are to retire on March 29.
The polling will be held between 9am and 4pm and the counting will happen at 5pm on the same day.
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Notifications will be issued on March 3rd and last day for nominations is March 10, 2025.
There is a lot of hype surrounding the MLC elections as the ruling parties have taken them prestigiously. In Telangana, the BRS has withdrawn from the poll making it a face-off between the BJP and Telangana Congress.
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In Andhra Pradesh, the fight will be between TDP-Janasena-BJP and YSRCP. What makes the MLC fight interesting in Andhra Pradesh is the entry of Konidela Naga Babu into active politics.
Once he wins as a MLC, it is obvious that he will be inducted into the cabinet, as has been announced earlier. Till now, Naga Babu has voiced his thoughts as a Jana Sena member, now the mega fans will get to see him in action!
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Pawan Kalyan had earlier asked for a Rajya Sabha membership for his brother, but the TDP and BJP shared the three seats between them. Three RS seats fell vacant when Beeda Mastan Rao, Mopidevi Venkata RMana and R Krishnaiah ressigned from Rajya Sabha.
While TDP nominated Mastan Rao and Sana Satish for two seats, BJP nominated R Krishnaiah for the third seat.
At the time, Naga Babu was promised a state cabinet berth. It might be recollected that Naga Babu wanted to contest from Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency, which did not happen!
