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
Boundary of Karimnagar Constituency in Telangana
IncumbentBandi Sanjay Kumar
Parliamentary PartyBJP
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952–present
StateTelangana
Total Electors11,47,697[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesKarimnagar
Choppadandi
Vemulawada
Sircilla
Manakondur
Huzurabad
Husnabad

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 twice from the constituency with huge margin.[4]

Assembly segments

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

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
26 Karimnagar None
27 Choppadandi SC
28 Vemulawada None
29 Sircilla None
30 Manakondur SC
31 Huzurabad None
32 Husnabad None

Members of Parliament
Lok SabhaDurationName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First1952-57M. R. KrishnaScheduled Castes Federation
First1952-57Badam Yella ReddyPeople's Democratic Front
Second1957-62M. R. KrishnaIndian National Congress
Second1957-62M. Sri Ranga RaoIndian National Congress
Third1962-67J. Ramapathi RaoIndian National Congress
Fourth1967-71J. Ramapathi RaoIndian National Congress
Fifth1971-77M. Satyanarayana RaoTelangana Praja Samithi
Sixth1977-80M. Satyanarayana RaoIndian National Congress
Seventh1980-84M. Satyanarayana RaoIndian National Congress (I)
Eighth1984-89J. Chokka RaoIndian National Congress
Ninth1989-91J. Chokka RaoIndian National Congress
Tenth1991-96J. Chokka RaoIndian National Congress
Eleventh1996-98L. Gandula RamanaTelugu Desam Party
Twelfth1998-99C. Vidyasagar RaoBharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth1999-04C. Vidyasagar RaoBharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth2004-06K. Chandrashekar RaoTelangana Rashtra Samithi
Fourteenth2006-08K. Chandrashekar RaoTelangana Rashtra Samithi
Fourteenth2008-09K. Chandrashekar RaoTelangana Rashtra Samithi
Fifteenth2009-14Ponnam PrabhakarIndian National Congress
Sixteenth2014-19B. Vinod KumarTelangana Rashtra Samithi
Seventeenth2019-IncumbentBandi Sanjay KumarBharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General Election, 2019
General Election, 2019: Karimnagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Bandi Sanjay Kumar 4,98,276 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
Turnout 11,48,201 69.52
BJP gain from TRS Swing +16.83

General Election, 2014
General Election, 2014: 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
NCP Burla Ravi 4,769 0.42
BSP B. Laxman 11,328 1.00
BMP Dharmaiah Vendavetla 3,777 0.33
Pyramid Party of India L.Prabhakar Reddy 3,943 0.35
YSRCP Meesala Raji Reddy 3,075 0.27
New India Party Ranaveni Lakshman 2,062 0.18
RPI(A) Reddi Malla Srinivas 8,034 0.71
WPOI Shaik Mahmood 39,308 3.49
Independent Uppuleti Laxman 2,445 0.22
Independent Kandem Prabhakar 4,728 0.42
Independent Pulikota Ramesh 1,773 0.16
Independent Mallesh Yadav Barla 2,757 0.24
Independent Mohammed Amjad Mohiuddin 6,713 0.60
Independent Srinivas Reddy Lingampally 3,851 0.34
NOTA None of the above 5,734 0.51
Majority 2,05,007 18.22
Turnout 11,25,691 74.71
TRS gain from INC Swing

General Election, 2009
General Election, 2009: 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 50,243
Turnout 9,89,301 66.12
INC gain from TRS Swing

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
  • C. Vidyasagar Rao, current Governor of Maharashtra represented the constituency in 12th Lok Sabha and 13th Lok Sabha respectively.
  • K. Chandrashekar Rao, first Chief Minister of Telangana represented the constituency in 14th Lok Sabha .
  • Ponnam Prabhakar has contested for both the parliamentary and assembly elections in 2019.

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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