Government and politics

Government and politics 

Main articles: Government of Telangana and Politics of Telangana

See also: List of Chief Ministers of Telangana

Telangana is governed by a parliamentary system of representative democracy, a feature the state shares with other Indian states. Universal suffrage is granted to residents. There are three branches of government.

1. Executive authority is vested in the Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister, although the titular head of government is the Governor. The Governor is the head of state appointed by the President of India. The leader of the party or coalition with a majority in the Legislative Assembly is appointed as the Chief Minister by the Governor, and the Council of Ministers are appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister. The Council of Ministers reports to the Legislative Assembly.
2. The legislature, the Telangana Legislative Assembly and the Telangana Legislative Council, consists of elected members and special office bearers such as the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, that are elected by the members. Assembly meetings are presided over by the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker in the Speaker's absence. The Assembly is bicameral with 119 Members of the Legislative Assembly and 40 Member of the Legislative Council. Terms of office run for 5 years unless the Assembly is dissolved prior to the completion of the term. The Legislative Council is a permanent body with one-third members retiring every two years.
3. The judiciary is composed of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad and a system of lower courts.

Auxiliary authorities known as panchayats, for which local body elections are regularly held, govern local affairs. The state contributes seats to Lok Sabha.

The main players in the regional politics are the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, All India Forward Bloc, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Telugu Desam Party, Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress. Following the Telangana Legislative Assembly Election in 2014, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi under Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao was elected to power.

Administrative divisions[edit]

Main articles: List of districts in Telangana, List of mandals in Telangana, and List of revenue divisions in Telangana

Telangana new districts created in 2016.

Telangana at the time of formation on June 2, 2014.

The state is divided into 33 districts two new districts Mulugu and Narayanpet were formed on 17 Feb 2019^[64], which are further divided into 68 revenue divisions and they are in turn divided into 584 mandals.^[65][66]

The districts in the state are:

District	Headquarters	Earlier part of
Adilabad	Adilabad	Adilabad
Bhadradri Kothagudem	Kothagudem	Khammam
Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Hyderabad
Jagtial	Jagtial	Karimnagar
Jangaon	Jangaon	Warangal, Nalgonda
Jayashankar Bhupalpally	Bhupalpally	Warangal
Jogulamba Gadwal	Gadwal	Mahabubnagar
Kamareddy	Kamareddy	Nizamabad
Karimnagar	Karimnagar	Karimnagar
Khammam	Khammam	Khammam
Kumaram Bheem Asifabad	Asifabad	Adilabad
Mahabubabad	Mahabubabad	Warangal, Khammam
Mahbubnagar	Mahbubnagar	Mahbubnagar
Mancherial	Mancherial	Adilabad
Medak	Medak	Medak
Medchal–Malkajgiri	Shamirpet	Ranga Reddy
Mulugu	Mulugu	Jayashankar Bhupalapally
Nagarkurnool	Nagarkurnool	Mahabubnagar
Nalgonda	Nalgonda	Nalgonda
Narayanpet	Narayanpet	Mahabubnagar
Nirmal	Nirmal	Adilabad
Nizamabad	Nizamabad	Nizamabad
Peddapalli	Peddapalli	Karimnagar
Rajanna Sircilla	Sircilla	Karimnagar
Ranga Reddy	Shamshabad	Ranga Reddy
Sangareddy	Sangareddy	Medak
Siddipet	Siddipet	Medak
Suryapet	Suryapet	Nalgonda
Vikarabad	Vikarabad	Ranga Reddy
Wanaparthy	Wanaparthy	Mahabubnagar
Warangal Rural	Geesugonda	Warangal
Warangal Urban	Warangal	Warangal
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri	Bhongir	Nalgonda

There are a total of 12 cities which include 6 municipal corporations and 38 municipalities. Hyderabad is the only million-plus populated city in the state.

Source: Wiki