Polling for 12 MLC seats in Telangana on December 27: Election Commission

Hyderabad: The Election Commission on Tuesday announced polls to fill the 12 vacant MLC posts from the Local Bodies spread over nine districts of Telangana on December 27.
With the announcement, the model code came into effect, in all the districts barring Hyderabad till completion of polls.

This means that the party in power cannot make any fresh announcements of sops or schemes. The long-pending elections to the 12 vacant MLC posts will give another big boost to the ruling TRS, which can grab as many as 10 seats, leaving two for the Opposition Congress as per the present indications.

This election will ensure functioning of Telangana Legislative Council with full strength of 40. TRS is in a majority in the 28-member House as on date. Ranga Reddy, Mahbubnagar and Karimnagar will have two MLCs each, while the other six districts — Adilabad, Nizamabad, Medak, Warangal, Khammam and Nalgonda — will have one each.

Due to sizeable presence of ZPTCs, MPTCs and municipal councillors who form part of the electorate for these MLCs, the Congress may bag one seat each from Mahbubnagar and Ranga Reddy districts. However, though the Congress has a majority in Nalgonda local bodies, due to TRS efforts in the last few months, the seat may go to the ruling party.

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