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 | |
| Incumbent | Bandi Sanjay Kumar |
| Parliamentary Party | BJP |
| Elected Year | 2019 |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 1952–present |
| State | Telangana |
| Total Electors | 11,47,697[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies | Karimnagar 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 Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1952-57 | M. R. Krishna | Scheduled Castes Federation | |
| Badam Yella Reddy | People's Democratic Front | |||
| Second | 1957-62 | M. R. Krishna | Indian National Congress | |
| M. Sri Ranga Rao | ||||
| Third | 1962-67 | J. Ramapathi Rao | ||
| Fourth | 1967-71 | |||
| Fifth | 1971-77 | M. Satyanarayana Rao | Telangana Praja Samithi | |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Indian National Congress | ||
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| Eighth | 1984-89 | J. Chokka Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | |||
| Tenth | 1991-96 | |||
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | L. Gandula Ramana | Telugu Desam Party | |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | C. Vidyasagar Rao | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | |||
| Fourteenth | 2004-06 | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |
| 2006-08 | ||||
| 2008-09 | ||||
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Ponnam Prabhakar | Indian National Congress | |
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | B. Vinod Kumar | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |
| Seventeenth | 2019-Incumbent | Bandi Sanjay Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
General Election, 2019
| 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 | 7.80 | |||
| Turnout | 11,48,201 | 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 | ||
| BJP | Chandupatla Janga Reddy | 1,22,337 | 12.37 | ||
| Majority | 5243 | 5.08 | |||
| Turnout | 9,89,301 | 66.12 | |||
| INC gain from TRS | Swing | ||||
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, 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
- Karimnagar district
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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
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