Jubilee Hills Assembly ELections: Azharuddin seeks victory, While BJP fields with new candidates

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Telangana Assembly seats up for election on November 30, the Jubilee Hills assembly constituency falls under the Hyderabad district. The Telangana Assembly Election 2023 will be announced on December 3, 2023. The southern state saw a 64.35% voter turnout until 5 pm on Thursday, according to a report by The Hindu Business Line.

Telangana's voter turnout was significantly lower than that of 2018, at 64.35%, compared to 73.74% in 2018. Approximately 82.05% of voters turned out in Medak by 5 pm, 80.23% in Jangaon, and 40.88% in Hyderabad by that time, the report added. In the 2018 Telangana Assembly elections, the Jubilee Hills assembly constituency recorded a voter turnout of 46.70% per cent, according to a report by the Hindustan Times.

Scheduled Caste candidates are allowed to run in 18 constituencies in Telangana, while Scheduled Tribes candidates are allowed to run in 9 constituencies, the report added. As a district with some of Hyderabad's poshest neighbourhoods and most expensive real estate, as well as some of its poorest slums, Jubilee Hills in the centre of Telangana's capital will be closely watched in the upcoming elections. Maganti Gopinath has been renominated by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Mohammad Azharuddin is leading the charge for the Congress, and Lankala Deepak Kumar is the BJP candidate.

AIMIM, a BRS ally, is fielding Mohammed Rashed Farazuddin, a member of the Shaikpet Municipal Corporation who has a lot of influence in the area. Tollywood actor Vijay Deverakonda had voted at Jubilee Hills Public School on November 30, 2023. Due to its posh location, many businessmen, professionals and movie stars from various parties seek tickets in Jubilee Hills constituency.