For the upcoming Telangana Legislative Assembly elections, as many as 2,327 candidates filed their 2,829 sets of nominations for the 119 constituencies as on Friday evening.
The polls will take on November 30.
According to the nominations, the average number of contestants in each constituency will be close to 20. Given the scope for close contests in several constituencies, votes secured by the independent candidates will be crucial in deciding the fate of the contestants.