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Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency
Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes[2]
| Peddapalli | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
Boundary of Peddapalli Constituency in Telangana | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Telangana |
| Assembly constituencies | Chennur Bellampalli Mancherial Dharmapuri Ramagundam Manthani Peddapalle |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 1,425,361[1] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 17th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Overview edit
Since its inception in 1962 Peddapalli seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits like the Telangana Praja Samithi and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections.
After the formation of Telangana the Telangana Rashtra Samithi won the seat for the first time in 2014 General Election.
Assembly segments edit
Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:[2]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading (in 2019) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chennur (SC) | Mancherial | Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy | INC | TRS | ||
| 3 | Bellampalli (SC) | Gaddam Vinod Kumar | INC | TRS | |||
| 4 | Mancherial | Kokkirala Premsagar Rao | INC | TRS | |||
| 22 | Dharmapuri (SC) | Jagitial | Adluri Laxman Kumar | INC | TRS | ||
| 23 | Ramagundam | Peddapalli | Makkan Singh Raj Thakur | INC | INC | ||
| 24 | Manthani | D. Sridhar Babu | INC | INC | |||
| 25 | Peddapalle | Chinthakunta Vijaya Ramana Rao | INC | TRS | |||
Members of Parliament edit
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
1952-1962 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1962 | M. R. Krishna | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1971 | V. Tulasiram | Telangana Praja Samithi | |
| 1977 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1980 | K. Rajamallu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1984 | G. Bhoopathy | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1989 | G. Venkat Swamy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 1998 | Chellamalla Suguna Kumari | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | G. Venkat Swamy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy | ||
| 2014 | Balka Suman | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |
| 2019 | Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta | ||
Election results edit
General election, 2024 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRS | Koppula Eshwar | ||||
| INC | Gaddam Vamsi Krishna | ||||
| BJP | Gomaas Srinivas | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
General election, 2019 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRS | Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta | 441,321 | 45.49 | -11.33 | |
| INC | Agam Chandrasekhar | 3,46,141 | 35.68 | +8.11 | |
| BJP | Sogala Kumar | 92,606 | 9.55 | ||
| IND. | Kuntala Narsaiah | 18,219 | 1.88 | ||
| BSP | Bala Kalyan Panja | 10,203 | 1.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 8,971 | 0.92 | ||
| Majority | 95,180 | 9.81 | |||
| Turnout | 9,70,165 | 65.59 | -6.34 | ||
| TRS hold | Swing | ||||
General election, 2014 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRS | Balka Suman | 5,65,496 | 56.82 | ||
| INC | Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy | 2,74,338 | 27.57 | ||
| TDP | Dr. Janapati Sarat Babu | 63,334 | 6.36 | ||
| RP (K) | Velthuru Mallaiah | 45,977 | 4.62 | ||
| BSP | Tagaram Shankar Lal | 9,449 | 0.95 | ||
| Majority | 2,91,158 | 28.48 | |||
| Turnout | 10,22,184 | 71.93 | +6.02 | ||
| TRS gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election, 2009 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy | 3,13,748 | 34.7% | ||
| TRS | Gomasa Srinivas | 2,64,731 | 29.28% | ||
| PRP | Arepelli David Raju | 1,75,605 | 19.42% | ||
| Majority | 49,017 | 5.42 | |||
| Turnout | 9,04,084 | 68.72% | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election, 2004 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | G. Venkat Swamy | 572,207 | 60.91 | +15.52 | |
| TDP | Suguna Kumari | 309,072 | 32.90 | -14.34 | |
| BSP | Kannam Raghu | 26,554 | 2.8 | ||
| Independent | Kampelli Srinivas | 14,151 | 1.51 | ||
| Independent | Maddela Odelu | 8,829 | 0.94 | ||
| Independent | Kamilla Jaya Rao | 8,637 | 0.92 | ||
| Majority | 263,135 | 28.01 | +29.86 | ||
| Turnout | 939,450 | 67.78 | +0.04 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | +15.52 | |||
Trivia edit
- The Lok Sabha constituency includes three assembly constituencies from Adilabad district i.e. Chennur, Bellampalli, Mancherial
- G. Venkat Swamy, former Union Minister represented the constituency in Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Fourteenth Lok Sabha respectively.