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.
Bandi Sanjay 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.
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.
Assembly segments
Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading
(in 2024) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Karimnagar | Karimnagar | Gangula Kamalakar | BRS | BJP | ||
| 27 | Choppadandi (SC) | Medipally Satyam | INC | BJP | |||
| 28 | Vemulawada | Rajanna Sircilla | Aadi Srinivas | INC | BJP | ||
| 29 | Sircilla | K. T. Rama Rao | BRS | BJP | |||
| 30 | Manakondur (SC) | Karimnagar | Dr. Kavvampally Satyanarayana | INC | BJP | ||
| 31 | Huzurabad | Padi Kaushik Reddy | BRS | BJP | |||
| 32 | Husnabad | Siddipet | Ponnam Prabhakar | INC | INC | ||
Members of Parliament
Election results
General election, 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bandi Sanjay Kumar | 585,116 | 44.57 |  1.15
| |
| INC | Velichala Rajender Rao | 3,59,907 | 27.41 | 5.79
| |
| BRS | B. Vinod Kumar | 2,82,163 | 21.49 |  14.13
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,438 | |||
| Majority | 2,25,209 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,312,852 | 72.54 | 3.02
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General Election, 2019
| 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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ponnam Prabhakar | 3,17,927 | 32.14 | ||
| TRS | Boianapalli Vinod Kumar | 2,67,684 | 27.06 | ||
| PRP | Velichala Rajender Rao | 1,75,370 | 17.79 | ||
| 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
| 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 | |||
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General Election, 2004
| 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
- C. Vidyasagar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra represented the constituency in 12th Lok Sabha and 13th Lok Sabha respectively.
- K. Chandrashekar Rao, former Chief Minister of Telangana represented the constituency in 14th Lok Sabha .
See also
References
- ^ Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 29.
- ^ Karimnagar Lok Sabha
- ^ In Karimnagar bypoll, TRS chief rides Telangana wave
- ^ KARIMNAGAR LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT