About & history
- Abbreviation
- BRS
- Founded
- 2001
- Founder(s)
- K. Chandrashekar Rao
- Main base
- Telangana
Founded as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in 2001 by K. Chandrashekar Rao to campaign for a separate Telangana state, created in 2014. Renamed Bharat Rashtra Samithi in 2022. Older results appear under TRS.
Milestones
- 2001 Founded as TRS
- 2014 Telangana state formed; TRS forms the first government
- 2022 Renamed BRS
Election record at a glance
- Contested 5 Lok Sabha general elections under this name, from 2004 to 2024.
- First won Lok Sabha seats in 2004 (5). Best result: 11 seats in 2014. Total seats won across all elections: 27.
- Highest vote share: 1.26% in 2019.
- In 2024 it contested 17 seats in 1 state/UTs and won 0, with 0.57% of all votes polled.
Lok Sabha record, 1952–2024
In Tamil Nadu
Lok Sabha 2024 — state-wise
Lok Sabha MPs elected in 2024
Rajya Sabha members now
Sources: Election Commission of India (Lok Sabha results 1951–2024); Digital Sansad (Rajya Sabha). Vote share = party votes ÷ all votes polled (incl. NOTA from 2014). Party history is a short summary.