Karimnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Karimnagar

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

Lok SabhaDurationName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First1952-57M. R. KrishnaScheduled Castes Federation
Second1957-62M. R. KrishnaIndian 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-IncumbentB. Vinod KumarTelangana Rashtra Samithi

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 gain from BJP Swing +51.59

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