Palair Assembly constituency
Palair Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of the 10 constituencies in Khammam district. It is part of Khammam Lok Sabha constituency.
| Palair | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Khammam |
| LS constituency | Khammam |
| Established | 1952 |
| Total electors | 194,037 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 2nd Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Kandala Upender Reddy | |
| Party | INC |
| Elected year | 2018 |
Thummala Nageswara Rao, who was the Roads & Buildings Minister of Telangana, represented the constituency before losing to Kandala Upender Reddy in Telangana Assembly Elections in 2018.
Mandals
The Assembly constituency presently comprises the following mandals:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Khammam Rural |
| Kusumanchi |
| Tirumalayapalem |
| Nelakondapalli |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Ramreddy Venkat Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2016 (By-election) | Thummala Nageshwar Rao | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |
| 2018 | Kandala Upender Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
Election results
Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kandala Upender Reddy | 89,407 | 46.53 | ||
| TRS | Thummala Nageswara Rao | 81,738 | 42.54 | ||
| CPI(M) | Battula Hymavathi | 6,769 | 3.52 | ||
| Independent | Nandigama Raj Kumar | 6,101 | 3.17 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,271 | 0.66 | ||
| Majority | 7,669 | 3.99 | |||
| Turnout | 1,92,164 | 92.09 | |||
| INC gain from TRS | Swing | ||||
Telangana Legislative Assembly by-election, 2016
The by-election was necessitated following the death of Congress member R. Venkat Reddy who won the seat in 2014. T. Nageshwar Rao of Telangana Rashtra Samithi won it with the biggest majority in the history of Palair constituency.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRS | Thummala Nageswara Rao | 94,940 | 55.5 | ||
| INC | Ramreddy Sucharitha Reddy | 49,258 | 28.8 | ||
| CPI(M) | Pothineni Sudarshan Rao | 15,538 | 9.1 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,785 | |||
| Majority | 45,682 | 26.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,71,074 | 89.85 | |||
| TRS gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ramireddy Venkat Reddy | 69,707 | 39.28 | ||
| TDP | Baby Swarna Kumari Maddineni | 47,844 | 26.96 | ||
| CPI(M) | Pothineni Sudarshan Rao | 44,245 | 24.93 | ||
| Independent | Naresh Reddy Ramasahayam | 5,587 | 3.15 | ||
| TRS | Ravella Ravindra | 4,041 | 2.28 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 783 | 0.44 | ||
| Majority | 21,863 | 12.32 | |||
| Turnout | 1,77,461 | 90.32 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
References
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