Karimnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)
 Boundary of Karimnagar Constituency in Telangana | |
| Existence | 1952–present |
|---|---|
| Current MP | Vinod Kumar Boianapalli |
| Party | TRS |
| Elected Year | 2014 |
| State | Telangana |
| Total Electors | 15,50,834[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies |
Karimnagar Choppadandi Vemulawada Sircilla Manakondur Huzurabad Husnabad |
Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency (Telugu: కరీంనగర్ లోక సభ నియోజకవర్గం) is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.[2]
Vinod Kumar Boianapalli of Telangana Rashtra Samithi 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
Election results
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 | ||
| WPI | 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 | Vinod Kumar Boianapalli | 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 hold | 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 .
See also
References
- ↑ Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"
- 1 2 "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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