Gajwel (Assembly constituency)

Gajwel Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is part of Medak Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2] It is one of 10 constituencies in erstwhile Medak district and is located around 50 km from state capital Hyderabad.

Gajwel
Constituency
DistrictSiddipet
StateTelangana
Electorate2,27,333
Current constituency
Created1952
PartyTelangana Rashtra Samithi
MLAKalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, the first and incumbent Chief Minister of Telangana is representing this constituency.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

No Mandal Name
1 Gajwel
2 Toopran
3 Kondapaka
4 Wargal
5 Mulugu
6 Jagadevpur

Members of Legislative Assebmbly

Members of Legislative Assembly who represented Gajwel[3]

YearWinnerPartyRunner-upParty
1978Gajwel SaidiahINC (I)Allam SailuJNP
1983Allam SailuINDGajwel SaidiahINC
1985B. Sanjeeva RaoTDPGajwel SaidialaINC
1989Dr. J. Geeta ReddyINCB. Sanjeeva RaoTDP
1994G. Vijaya Rama RaoTDPDr. J. Geeta ReddyINC
1999B. Sanjeeva RaoTDPDr. J. Geeta ReddyINC
2004Dr. J. Geeta ReddyINCD. DurgaiahTDP
2009Tumkunta Narsa ReddyINCVanteru Prathap ReddyTDP
2014K. Chandrashekar RaoTRSPratap Reddy VenteruTDP
2018K. Chandrashekar RaoTRSPratap Reddy VenteruINC

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

[4]

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018: Gajwel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TRS Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao 1,25,444 60.45
INC Pratap Reddy Vanteru 67,154 32.36
BJP Akula Vijaya 1,587 0.76
Majority 58,290 28.31
Turnout 2,07,542 88.97
TRS hold Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

[5]

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Gajwel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TRS Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao 86,694 44.06
TDP Pratap Reddy Vanteru 67,303 34.48
INC Tumkunta Narsa Reddy 34,085 17.46
Majority 19,391 9.86
Turnout 1,95,167 85.85
TRS gain from INC Swing

See also

  • List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly

Notes

Till 2004 General elections, Gajwel Assembly constituency was reserved for SC
From 2009 General elections, it was changed to General

References


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