The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is counting on its flagship Rythu Bandhu Scheme, an income support scheme for farmers, to accomplish a hat-trick of poll victories in Telangana.


As part of this scheme, the government, led by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, would hand out cheques to farmers on the basis of the land they hold and not through Direct Bank Transfer (DBT).


After renaming the erstwhile Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) as BRS, thereby underlining his national ambitions, party chief KCR would settle for nothing less than a clear mandate in its favour in the November 30 polls.


Also, with the BRS chief making it plain that his party was neither with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre or the Opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), he would know that only a handsome win in his home state would drive the party’s national stocks and help it attract like-minded allies for another Opposition front against the NDA.


Prominent names in the party’s list included the CM himself contesting from two seats — Gajwel, the constituency he currently represents, and Kamareddy. Other prominent names include Koneru Konappa from Sirpur, Balka Suman from Chennur, Durgam Chinnaiah from Bellampalli and Kova Lakshmi from Asifabad.


Here's the full list of candidates:



  • Sirpur – Koneru Konappa

  • Chennur – SC – Balka Suman

  • Bellampalli – SC -Durgam Chinnaish

  • Mancherial – Nadipelli Divakar Rao

  • Asifabad – ST – Kova Lakshmi

  • Khanapur – ST – Bhukya Johnson Rathod Naik

  • Adilabad – Jogu Ramanna

  • Boath – ST – Anil Jadhav

  • Nirmal – Allola Indrakaran Reddy

  • Mudhole – Gaddigari Vittal Reddy

  • Armoor – Ashannagari Jeevan Reddy

  • Bodhan – Mohammed Shakeel Aamir

  • Jukkal – SC – Hanmanth Shinde

  • Banswada – Pocharam Srinivas Reddy

  • Yellareddy – Jajala Surender

  • Kamareddy – K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR)

  • Nizamabad Urban – Bigala Ganesh Gupta

  • Nizamabad Rural – Govardhan Bajireddy

  • Balkonda – Vemula Prashanth Reddy

  • Korutla – Dr. Sanjay Kalvakuntla

  • Jagityal – Dr. M. Sanjay Kumar

  • Dharmapuri – SC – Koppula Eshwar

  • Ramagundam – Korukanti Chander

  • Manthani – Putta Madhu

  • Peddapalli – Dasari Manohar Reddy

  • Karimnagar – Gangula Kamalakar

  • Choppadandi – SC – Sunke Ravishankar

  • Vemulawada – Chalmeda Lakshmi Narasimha Rao

  • Sircilla – Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (KTR)

  • Manakondur – SC – Erupula Balakishan (Rasamai)

  • Huzurabad – Padi Kaushik Reddy

  • Husnabad – Vodithela Sathish Kumar

  • Siddipet – Thanneeru Harish Rao

  • Medak – M. Padma Devender Reddy

  • Narayankhed – Mahareddy Bhupal Reddy

  • Andhole – SC – Chanti Kranthi Kiran

  • Zaheerabad – SC – Koninty Manik Rao

  • Sangareddy – Chinta Prabhakar

  • Patancheru – Gudem Mahipal Reddy

  • Dubbaka – Kotha Prabhakar Reddy

  • Gajwel – K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR)

  • Medchal – Chamakura Malla Reddy

  • Malkajgiri – Mynampalli Hanumantha Rao

  • Quthbullapur – Kuna Pandu Vivekanand

  • Kukatpally – Madhavaram Krishna Rao

  • Uppal – Bandaru Lakshma Reddy

  • Ibrahimpatnam – Manchireddy Kishan Reddy

  • LB Nagar – Devireddy Sudheer Reddy

  • Maheshwaram – Patlolla Sabitha Indra Reddy

  • Rajendranagar – Tolkanti Prakash Goud

  • Sherilingampally – Arekapudi Gandhi

  • Chevella – SC – Kale Yadaiah

  • Parigi – Koppula Mahesh Reddy

  • Vikarabad – SC – Dr Methuku Anand

  • Tandur – Pilot Rohith Reddy

  • Musheerabad – Muta Gopal

  • Malakpet – Teegala Ajith Reddy

  • Amberpet – Kaleru Venkatesh

  • Khairathabad – Danam Nagender

  • Jubilee Hills – Maganti Gopinath

  • Sanathnagar – Talasani Srinivas Yadav

  • Karwan – Aindala Krishnaiah

  • Charminar – Ibrahim Lodi

  • Chandrayangutta – M. Sitharam Reddy

  • Yakutpura – Sama Sunder Reddy

  • Bahadurpura – Ali Baqri

  • Secunderabad – T. Padma Rao

  • Secunderabad Cantt – SC – G Lasya Nanditha

  • Kodangal – Patnam Narender Reddy

  • Narayanpet – S. Rajender Reddy

  • Mahabubnagar – Srinivas Goud Virusanolla

  • Jadcherla – Charlakola Laxma Rreddy

  • Devarakadra – Alla Venkateswar Reddy

  • Makthal – Chittem Ram Mohan Reddy

  • Wanaparthy – Singireddy Niranjan Reddy

  • Gadwal – Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy

  • Alampur – SC – V.M. Abraham

  • Nagarkurnool – Marri Janardhan Reddy

  • Achampet – SC – Guvvala Balaraju

  • Kalwakurthy – Gurka Jaipal Yadav

  • Shadnagar – Anjaiah Yelganamoni

  • Kollapur – Beeram Harshavardhan Reddy

  • Devarakonda – ST – Ravindra Kumar Ramavath

  • Nagarjuna Sagar – Nomula Bhagath

  • Miryalaguda – Nallamothu Bhaskar Rao

  • Huzurnagar – Shanampudi Saidi Reddy

  • Kodad – Bollam Mallaiah Yadav

  • Suryapet – Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy

  • Nalgonda – Kancharla Bhupal Reddy

  • Munugode – Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy

  • Bhongiri – Pailla Shekar Reddy

  • Nakrekal – SC – Chirumarthi Lingaiah

  • Thungathurthi – SC – Gadari Kishore Kumar

  • Alair – Gongidi Sunitha

  • Ghanpur Station – SC – Kadiyam Srihari

  • Palakurthi – Errabelli Dayakar Rao

  • Dornakal – D.S. Redya Naik

  • Mahabubabad – ST – Banoth Shankar Naik

  • Narsampet – Peddi Sudharshan Reddy

  • Parkal – Challa Dharma Reddy

  • Warangal West – Dasyam Vinaya Bhaskar

  • Warangal East – Nannapuneni Narender

  • Wardhannapet – SC – Aroori Ramesh

  • Bhupalapalli – Gandra Venkataramana Reddy

  • Mulugu – ST – Bade Nagajyothi

  • Pinapaka – ST – Rega Kantha Rao

  • Yellandu – ST – Banoth Haripriya Naik

  • Khammam – Puvvada Ajay Kumar

  • Palair – Kandala Upender Reddy

  • Madhira – SC – Lingala Kamal Raju

  • Wyra – ST – Banoth Madanlal

  • Sathupalli – SC – Sandra Venkata Veeraiah

  • Kothagudem – Vanama Venkateshwara Rao

  • Aswaraopeta – ST – Mecha Nageshwar Rao

  • Bhadrachalam – ST – Dr. Tellam Venkat Rao