Nizamabad (Lok Sabha constituency)

Nizamabad

Boundary of Nizamabad Constituency in Telangana
Existence	1952–present
Current MP	Kalvakuntla Kavitha
Party	TRS
Elected Year	2014
State	Telangana
Total Electors	14,96,593[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Nizamabad Urban Nizamabad Rural Bodhan Armur Balkonda Koratla Jagtial

Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency (Telugu: నిజామాబాదు లోకసభ నియోజకవర్గం) is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.^[2]

Kalvakuntla Kavitha of Telangana Rashtra Samithi is currently representing the constituency.

Overview

Since its inception in 1952 Nizamabad seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits like the Bharatiya Janata Party 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

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

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
11	Armoor	None
12	Bodhan	None
17	Nizamabad (Urban)	None
18	Nizamabad (Rural)	None
19	Balkonda	None
20	Koratla	None
21	Jagtial	None

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha		Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
	First	1952-57	H. C. Heda	Indian National Congress
	Second	1957-62	H. C. Heda	Indian National Congress
	Third	1962-67	H. C. Heda	Indian National Congress
	Fourth	1967-71	M. N. Reddy	Independent
	Fifth	1971-77	M. Ram Gopal Reddy	Indian National Congress
	Sixth	1977-80	M. Ram Gopal Reddy	Indian National Congress
	Seventh	1980-84	M. Ram Gopal Reddy	Indian National Congress
	Eighth	1984-89	Tadur Bala Goud	Indian National Congress
	Ninth	1989-91	Tadur Bala Goud	Indian National Congress
	Tenth	1991-96	Gaddam Ganga Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
	Eleventh	1996-98	Atmacharan Reddy	Indian National Congress
	Twelfth	1998-99	Gaddam Ganga Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
	Thirteenth	1999-04	Gaddam Ganga Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
	Fourteenth	2004-09	Madhu Goud Yaskhi	Indian National Congress
	Fifteenth	2009-14	Madhu Goud Yaskhi	Indian National Congress
	Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Kalvakuntla Kavitha	Telangana Rashtra Samiti

Election results

General Election, 2014

General Election, 2014: Nizamabad [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Kalvakuntla Kavitha	4,39,307	42.49%
	INC	Madhu Yaskhi Goud	2,72,123	26.32%
	BJP	Endala Lakshminarayana	2,25,333	21.79%
	WPI	Malik Mohtasim Khan	43,814	4.24%
	Independent	Bagwan B	8,129	0.79%
	BSP	Talari Ramulu	7,421	0.50%
	Backward Castes United Front	Abdul Gani	4,791	0.46%
	Independent	Kandem Prabhakar	3,990	0.39%
	Pyramid Party of India	Banja Veerappa	3,651	0.35%
	YSRCP	Singareddy Ravindra Reddy	3,529	0.34%
	Independent	Chirulingadrula Venkatesham	3,091	0.30%
	Independent	S.Chandraiah	2,817	0.27%
	AAP	Rapelly Srinivas	2,621	0.25%
	Independent	Kotapati Narsimham Naidu	2,462	0.24%
	BMP	Sagar Suddala	1,978	0.19%
	Independent	Abdul Kareem Khan	1,601	0.15%
		NOTA	7,266	0.70%
Majority			1,67,184
Turnout			10,33,924	71.23%	+4.57%
	TRS gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 2009

General Election, 2009: Nizamabad [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Madhu Yaskhi Goud	2,96,504	33.33%
	TRS	Bigala Ganesh Gupta	2,36,114	26.54%
	BJP	Bapu Reddy	1,13,756	12.79%
Majority			60,390
Turnout			8,89,504	66.66%	-2.7%
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 2004

General Election, 2004: Nizamabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Madhu Goud Yaskhi	442,142	56.51	+7.46
	TDP	Syed Yusuf Ali	304,271	38.89	-10.62
	BSP	Ramu Yedla	21,133	2.70
	Independent	Ramadasu Baisa	14,893	1.90
Majority			137,871	17.62	+18.08
Turnout			782,439	69.37	+0.49
	INC hold		Swing	+7.46

General Election, 1999

General Election, 1999: Nizamabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ganga Reddy Gaddam	3,73,260	48.0%
	INC	S. Santosh Reddy	3,69,824	47.5%
	Independent	Karnati Yadagiri	6,312	0.8%
Majority			3,436	0.4%
Turnout			7,78,332	68.9%
	TDP hold		Swing

General Election, 1998

General Election, 1998: Nizamabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gangareddy Gaddam	2,81,851	37.8%
	BJP	Atmacharan Reddy Gaddam	2,49,095	33.4%
	INC	K. Keshava Rao	1,96,106	26.3%
Majority			32,756	4.4%
Turnout			7,45,538	65.6%
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1996

General Election, 1996: Nizamabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gaddam Atmacharan Reddy	2,93,244	42.0%
	TDP	Mandawa Venkateshwara Rao	2,49,645	35.7%
	BJP	P. Hambhant Reddy	64,495	9.2%
Majority			43,599	6.2%
Turnout			6,98,512	61.6%
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Election, 1991

General Election, 1991: Nizamabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gaddam Ganga Reddy	2,57,297	43.2%
	INC	Tadur Bala Goud	1,88,949	31.7%
	BJP	Loka Bhupathi Reddy	1,07,779	18.1%
Majority			43,599	6.2%
Turnout			5,95,243	61.7%
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

Trivia

• The Lok Sabha constituency includes two assembly constituencies from Karimnagar district i.e Koratla, Jagtial
• Candidates of Indian National Congress have won 11 out of 16 general elections from the constituency.

See also

• Nizamabad 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. NIZAMABAD LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT