Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)

Medak

Boundary of Medak Constituency in Telangana
Existence	1957–present
Current MP	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy
Party	TRS
Elected Year	2014
State	Telangana
Total Electors	15,36,715[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Medak Siddipet Sangareddy Narsapur Patancheru Dubbaka Gajwel

Medak Lok Sabha constituency (Telugu: మెదక్లో లోక సభ నియోజకవర్గం) is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.^[2][3]

Kotha Prabhakar Reddy of Telangana Rashtra Samithi is representing the constituency for the first time.

Overview

Since its inception in 1957 Medak 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.

After the formation of Telangana Rashtra Samithi the seat has been won by four different candidates in three general elections including its founder and current Chief Minister of Telangana K. Chandrashekar Rao and actress Vijayashanti

Assembly segments

Medak Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
33	Siddipet	None
34	Medak	None
37	Narsapur	None
39	Sangareddy	None
40	Patancheru	None
41	Dubbak	None
42	Gajwel	None

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha		Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
	First	1952-57	N. M. Jaisoorya	People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)
	Second	1957-62	P. Hanmanth Rao	Indian National Congress
	Third	1962-67	P. Hanmanth Rao	Indian National Congress
	Fourth	1967-71	Sangam Laxmi Bai	Indian National Congress
	Fifth	1971-77	Mallikarjun	Telangana Praja Samithi
	Sixth	1977-80	Mallikarjun	Indian National Congress
	Seventh	1980-84	Indira Gandhi	Indian National Congress
	Eighth	1984-89	P. Manik Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
	Ninth	1989-91	M. Baga Reddy	Indian National Congress
	Tenth	1991-96	M. Baga Reddy	Indian National Congress
	Eleventh	1996-98	M. Baga Reddy	Indian National Congress
	Twelfth	1998-99	M. Baga Reddy	Indian National Congress
	Thirteenth	1999-04	A. Narendra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Fourteenth	2004-09	A. Narendra	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
	Fifteenth	2009-2014	Vijaya Shanthi M	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
	Sixteenth	2014-(Resigned on 27/5/2014)	Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
	Sixteenth	2014-By-election	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy	Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Election results

2014 by-election

By Election, 2014: Medak[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy	5,71,800	58.03	+2.83
	INC	Sunitha Laxma Reddy V	2,10,523	21.36	-0.51
	BJP	Jagga Reddy	1,86,334	18.91	+3.65
Majority			3,61,277	36.67	+3.34
Turnout			9,85,251
	TRS hold		Swing

General Election, 2014

General Election, 2014: Medak[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	K. Chandrashekar Rao	6,57,492	55.2
	INC	P. Shravan Kumar Reddy	2,60,463	21.87
	BJP	Chaganla Narendra Nath	1,81,804	15.26
	BSP	Y.Shankar Goud	6,643	0.56
	Majlis Bachao Tehreek	Iqbal Ali Zafar	5,010	0.42
	RPI(A)	Kompelli Prabhudas	7,599	0.64
	YSRCP	Prabhugoud Pullaiahgari	11,752	0.98
	Pyramid Party of India	Bomma Balesham	3,297	0.28
	Independent	Kundeti Ravi	33,507	2.81
	Independent	Gajabinkar Bansilal	3,281	0.27
	Independent	Gurjada Bheeraiah Yadav	2,053	0.17
	Independent	Balaraju Mittapally	2,973	0.25
	Independent	Meka Subba Rao	4,441	0.37
	NOTA	None of the above	10,696	0.90
Majority			3,97,029	33.33
Turnout			11,91,096	80.08	+3.8
	TRS hold		Swing

General Election, 2009

General Election, 2009: Medak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Vijaya Shanthi. M	3,88,839	36.67%
	INC	Narendra Nath Chengala	3,82,762	36.12%
	PRP	Khaja Quayum Anwar	1,20,812	11.39%
Majority			6,077
Turnout			10,60,272	80.08%
	TRS hold		Swing

General Election, 2004

General Election, 2004: Medak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	A. Narendra	453,738	50.36	+50.36
	BJP	P Ramchandra Reddy	329,972	36.62	-11.58
	BSP	Suryaprakash Nalla	52,273	5.80
	Independent	Md Ulfathali	34,476	3.83
	Independent	K Laxmaiah Yadav	18,457	2.05
	Independent	P Jeevula naik	12,099	1.34
Majority			124,766	13.74	+61.94
Turnout			901,015	71.60	+0.41
	TRS hold		Swing	+50.36

Trivia

• Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was holding the seat when she was assassinated in 1984.
• Telangana first Chief Minister, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao won the seat by a margin of 3.7 lakh votes in 2014 General Election,but he later vacated it.^[6][7][8][9]

See also

• Medak 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. 29.
3. "Kavita versus Vijayashanti in Andhra's Medak Lok Sabha seat? - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
4. MEDAK LOK SABHA BY-ELECTIONS RESULT
5. MEDAK LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT
6. "TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao resigns from Medak Lok Sabha seat | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". Dnaindia.com. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
7. "Many aspirants for Medak Lok Sabha seat". The Hindu. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
8. ' + val.created_at + ' (2014-04-18). "TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao likely to have smooth sailing in Medak Lok Sabha seat". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
9. "TRS, AIMIM announce candidates; KCR to contest from Medak". Livemint. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-06-05.