Telangana GP Elections-2025: 25,654  nominations received for 4,236 Sarpanch posts, 70% filed on last day

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People reaching a information   centre successful   Sangareddy territory  connected  November 28, 2025.

People reaching a information centre successful Sangareddy territory connected November 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF

A full of 25,654  nominations were received for 4,236 Sarpanch posts and 82,276 for 37,440 Ward Member posts which would spell to polls nether the archetypal signifier of Telangana Gram Panchayat Elections—2025.

Filing of nominations began astatine 10.30 a.m. connected Thursday (November 27, 2025) and ended astatine 5 p.m. Saturday (November 29). However, the process got stretched into the nighttime successful immoderate districts, including Gadwal, arsenic a ample fig of radical turned up with their papers connected the past day. 

Of the full 25,654 nominations filed for the Sarpanch posts connected the 3 days, 70% (17,940) were received connected Saturday, and 85% (70,596) of the 82,276 for the Ward Member position, arsenic per Telangana State Election Commission’s report. The past day to retreat the nominations is (3 p.m.) Wednesday (December 3, 2025). The database of the contesting candidates would beryllium published connected the aforesaid day.

The Gram Panchayat polls would beryllium held successful 3 phases — archetypal signifier connected December 11, 2nd connected December 14 and the 3rd connected December 17. 

The nominations for the 2nd signifier would beryllium received from Sunday (November 30, 2025) greeting till 5 p.m. of Tuesday. Altogether, the elections would beryllium held for 12,728 Sarpanch and 1,12,242 Ward Member posts. 

Published - November 30, 2025 02:40 p.m. IST

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