Khammam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Khammam

Boundary of Khammam Constituency in Telangana
Existence	1952–present
Current MP	Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy
Party	YSR Congress Party
Elected Year	2014
State	Telangana
Total Electors	14,40,289[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Khammam Palair Madhira Wyra Sathupalle Kothagudem Aswaraopeta

Khammam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.^[2]

Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy of YSR Congress Party is currently representing the constituency for the first time.

Overview

Since its inception in 1952 Khammam seat is Congress strong hold where it has won 12 times various other political outfits like Communist Party of India, Telugu Desam Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and YSR Congress Party have won it during different general elections.

Assembly segments

Khammam presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
112	Khammam	None
113	Palair	None
114	Madhira	SC
115	Wyra	ST
116	Sathupalle	SC
117	Kothagudem	None
118	Aswaraopeta	ST

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha		Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
	First	1952-57	T. B. Vittal Rao	People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)
	Second	1957-62	T. B. Vittal Rao	Communist Party of India
	Third	1962-67	T. Lakshmi Kantamma	Indian National Congress
	Fourth	1967-71	T. Lakshmi Kantamma	Indian National Congress
	Fifth	1971-77	T. Lakshmi Kantamma	Indian National Congress
	Sixth	1977-80	Jalagam Kondala Rao	Indian National Congress
	Seventh	1980-84	Jalagam Kondala Rao	Indian National Congress
	Eighth	1984-89	Jalagam Vengala Rao	Indian National Congress
	Ninth	1989-91	Jalagam Vengala Rao	Indian National Congress
	Tenth	1991-96	P.V. Rangayya Nayudu	Indian National Congress
	Eleventh	1996-98	Veerabhadram Tammineni	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	Twelfth	1998-99	Nadendla Bhaskara Rao	Indian National Congress
	Thirteenth	1999-04	Renuka Chowdhary	Indian National Congress
	Fourteenth	2004-09	Renuka Chowdhary	Indian National Congress
	Fifteenth	2009-14	Nama Nageswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
	Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy	YSR Congress Party

Election results

General Election, 2014

General Election, 2014: Khammam[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy	4,21,957	35.67
	TDP	Nama Nageswara Rao	4,09,983	34.66
	CPI	Kankanala Narayana	1,87,653	15.86
	TRS	Budan Baig Shaik	89,063	7.53
Majority			11,974
Turnout			11,82,897	82.13	+0.05
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

General Election, 2009

General Election, 2009: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nama Nageswara Rao	4,69,368	45.39
	INC	Renuka Chowdary	3,44,920	33.36
	PRP	Jalagam Hemamalini	1,87,653	12.68
Majority			1,24,448
Turnout			10,34,009	82.08	+3.59
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 2004

General Election, 2004: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Renuka Chowdary	5,18,047	50.63
	TDP	Nama Nageswara Rao	4,09,159	39.99
Majority			1,08,888
Turnout			10,23,177	78.79	+4.02
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1999

General Election, 1999: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Renuka Chowdary	3,28,596	34.7%
	TDP	Baby Swarna Kumari	3,20,198	33.8
	CPI(M)	Guguloth Dharma	1,84,422	19.5
Majority			8,398	0.9
Turnout			9,48,088	77.2
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1998

General Election, 1998: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nadendla Bhaskara Rao	3,63,747	39.7
	CPI(M)	Tammineni Veerabhadram	3,52,083	38.4
	BJP	Ravindra Naik Dharavath	1,17,926	12.9
Majority			11,664	1.3
Turnout			9,17,369	74.7
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General Election, 1996

General Election, 1996: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Tammineni Veerabhadram	3,74,675	41.8
	INC	P.V. Rangaiah Naidu	3,11,384	34.8
	NTRTDP(LP)	Nageswara Rao Koneru	75,072	8.4
Majority			63,291	7.1
Turnout			8,95,441	72.6
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1991

General Election, 1991: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P.V. Rangaiah Naidu	3,16,186	43.2%
	CPI(M)	Tammineni Veerabhadram	3,10,268	42.3%
	Independent	Gaddam Venkatramayya	45,999	6.3%
Majority			5,918	0.8%
Turnout			7,32,650	70.2%
	INC hold		Swing

Trivia

• Jalagam Vengala Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh represented the constituency in Eighth and Ninth Lok Sabha respectively.
• Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh represented the constituency in Twelfth Lok Sabha.

See also

• Khammam district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 30.
3. KHAMMAM LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT