Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency

Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.[2]

Karimnagar
Lok Sabha constituency
Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTelangana
Assembly constituenciesKarimnagar
Choppadandi
Vemulawada
Sircilla
Manakondur
Huzurabad
Husnabad
Established1952
Total electors1,147,697[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Elected year2019

Bandi Sanjay Kumar of Bharatiya Janata Party is currently representing the constituency.

History

Since its inception in 1952 Karimnagar seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits like the Telangana Praja Samithi, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections.[3]

After the formation of Telangana Rashtra Samithi the seat has been won by Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, the founder of TRS during the Telangana Agitation he won thrice from the constituency with huge margin.[4]

Assembly segments

Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:[2]

No Name District Member Party
26 Karimnagar Karimnagar Gangula Kamalakar TRS
27 Choppadandi (SC) Sunke Ravi Shankar TRS
28 Vemulawada Rajanna Sircilla Chennamaneni Ramesh TRS
29 Sircilla K. T. Rama Rao TRS
30 Manakondur (SC) Karimnagar Rasamayi Balakishan TRS
31 Huzurabad Etela Rajender BJP
32 Husnabad Siddipet Voditela Satish Kumar TRS

Members of Parliament
Year Member Party
1952 M. R. Krishna Scheduled Castes Federation
Badam Yella Reddy People's Democratic Front
1957 M. R. Krishna Indian National Congress
M. Sri Ranga Rao
1962 Juvvadi Ramapathy Rao
1967
1971 Satyanarayana Rao Telangana Praja Samithi
1977 Indian National Congress
1980
1984 Juvvadi Chokka Rao
1989
1991
1996 L. Ramana Telugu Desam Party
1998 C. Vidyasagar Rao Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004 K. Chandrashekar Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2006^
2008^
2009 Ponnam Prabhakar Indian National Congress
2014 B. Vinod Kumar Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2019 Bandi Sanjay Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General Election, 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Karimnagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bandi Sanjay Kumar 498,276 43.42 +24.34
TRS Boianapalli Vinod Kumar 4,08,768 35.62 -9.31
INC Ponnam Prabhakar 1,79,258 15.62 -11.09
NOTA None of the Above 7,979 0.7 +0.19
Majority 89,508 7.80
Turnout 10,94,551 69.52
BJP gain from TRS Swing +16.83

General Election, 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Karimnagar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TRS Boianapalli Vinod Kumar 5,05,783 44.93
INC Ponnam Prabhakar 3,00,706 26.71
BJP Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao 2,14,828 19.08
WPOI Shaik Mahmood 39,308 3.49
BSP B. Laxman 11,328 1.00
RPI(A) Reddi Malla Srinivas 8,034 0.71
Majority 2,05,007 18.22
Turnout 11,25,691 74.71
TRS gain from INC Swing

General Election, 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Karimnagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ponnam Prabhakar 3,17,927 32.14
TRS Boianapalli Vinod Kumar 2,67,684 27.06
BJP Chandupatla Janga Reddy 1,22,337 12.37
Majority 52000 5.08
Turnout 9,89,301 66.12
INC gain from TRS Swing

By Election, 2006
By Elections, 2006: Karimnagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TRS Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao 378,030 47.61 -3.98
INC T. Jeevan Reddy 176,448 22.23 +22.23
TDP L. Ramana 170,268 21.44 +21.44
BJP Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao 21,144 2.66 -33.94
Independent Mazhar Mohiuddin 11,184 1.41 +1.41
Majority 201,582 25.39 +34.93
Turnout 7,93,941 55.9
TRS gain from INC Swing -3.98

General Election, 2004
General Elections, 2004: Karimnagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TRS Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao 451,199 51.59 +51.59
BJP Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao 320,031 36.60 -13.13
Independent Mamidipalli Gangarajam 59,686 6.83
BSP Kothapalli Sandri Menayya 43,582 4.98
Majority 131,168 14.99 +64.72
Turnout 874,498 65.12 -1.64
TRS gain from BJP Swing +51.59

Trivia

See also

References
  1. Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 29.
  3. Karimnagar Lok Sabha
  4. In Karimnagar bypoll, TRS chief rides Telangana wave
  5. KARIMNAGAR LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT

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