| Election Name: | 2019 Telangana local elections |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 2019 |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Andhra Pradesh rural local bodies elections |
| Previous Year: | 2014 (AP) |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| 1Blank: | GP |
| 2Blank: | GP ± |
| 3Blank: | ZPTC |
| 4Blank: | ZPTC ± |
| 5Blank: | MPTC |
| 6Blank: | MPTC ± |
| Seats For Election: |
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| Image1: | Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao.png |
| Image1 Size: | 160x160px |
| Leader1: | K. Chandrashekar Rao |
| Party1: | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| 1Data1: | 7,774 |
| 2Data1: | 6,139 |
| 3Data1: | 446 |
| 4Data1: | 255 |
| 5Data1: | 3,556 |
| 6Data1: | 1,672 |
| Image2 Size: | 160x160px |
| Leader2: | N. Uttam Kumar Reddy |
| Party2: | Indian National Congress |
| 1Data2: | 2,709 |
| 2Data2: | 40 |
| 3Data2: | 75 |
| 4Data2: | 102 |
| 5Data2: | 1,377 |
| 6Data2: | 934 |
| Image3 Size: | 160x160px |
| Leader3: | K. Laxman |
| Party3: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1Data3: | 163 |
| 2Data3: | TBC |
| 3Data3: | 8 |
| 4Data3: | TBC |
| 5Data3: | 211 |
| 6Data3: | TBC |
Local elections were held in the Indian state of Telangana in 2019 for various rural local bodies including 12,751 gram panchayats, 538 Zilla Parishad territorial constituencies, and 5,817 Mandal Parishad territorial constituencies. Gram panchayat elections were held in January 2019 whereas ZPTC and MPTC elections were held in May 2019.[1] [2]
Almost 4,000 new panchayats were created in 2018 which went through their first election.[3]
The previous Telangana rural local body elections held in united Andhra Pradesh in 2013 and 2014. Previous gram panchayat elections were held in 2013,[4] the Indian National Congress won 2,669 gram panchayats (only counting the Telangana region), followed by Telugu Desam Party with 1,838 seats, and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi with 1,635 seats.[5] In the elections for ZPTC and MPTC in 2014, the Congress won 176 ZPTCs and 2,315 MPTCs (only counting the Telangana region), followed by TRS with 191 ZPTCs and 1,860 MPTCs, and TDP with 53 ZPTCs and 1,061 MPTCs.[6]
| Gram Panchayat | 2,669 | 1,635 | 1,838 | TBC | |
| Zilla Parishad territorial constituencies | 176 | 191 | 53 | 23 | |
| Mandal Parishad territorial constituencies | 2,315 | 1,860 | 1,061 | 1,251 |
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi swept the elections, winning over 60% of gram panchayats and MPTCs and over 80% of ZPTCs.
| Gram Panchayat | 7,774 | 2,709 | 163 | |
| Zilla Parishad territorial constituencies | 446 | 75 | 8 | |
| Mandal Parishad territorial constituencies | 3,556 | 1,377 | 211 |