Warangal (Lok Sabha constituency)

Warangal

Boundary of Warangal Constituency in Telangana
Existence	1952–present
Current MP	Pasunuri Dayakar
Party	TRS
Elected Year	2015
State	Telangana
Total Electors	15,37,781[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Warangal West Warangal East Ghanpur (Station) Palakurthi Parkal Wardhannapet Bhupalpalle

Warangal 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]

Pasunuri Dayakar of Telangana Rashtra Samithi is currently representing the constituency for the first time.

Overview

Since its inception in 1952 the seat was won by many political parties with Congress winning 8 times out of 16 whereas other outfits like Telangana Praja Samithi and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi emerged victorious on three occasions including the 2015 Bye election where its candidate Pasunuri Dayakar registered the biggest victory margin compared to any leader in the history of the Telangana^[3]

Assembly segments

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

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
99	Ghanpur(Station)	SC
100	Palakurthi	None
104	Parkal	None
105	Warangal West	None
106	Warangal East	None
107	Waradhanapet	SC
108	Bhupalpalle	None

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha		Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
	First	1952–57	Pendyal Raghava Rao	People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)
	Second	1957–62	Sadath Ali Khan	Indian National Congress
	Third	1962–67	Bakar Ali Mirza	Indian National Congress
	Fourth	1967–71	R. Surender Reddy	Indian National Congress
	Fifth	1971–77	S. B. Giri	Telangana Praja Samithi
	Sixth	1977–80	G. Mallikarjuna Rao	Indian National Congress
	Seventh	1980–84	Kamaluddin Ahmed	Indian National Congress (I)
	Eighth	1984–89	Dr. T. Kalpana Devi	Telugu Desam Party
	Ninth	1989–91	Rama Sahayam Surender Reddy	Indian National Congress
	Tenth	1991–96	Rama Sahayam Surender Reddy	Indian National Congress
	Eleventh	1996–98	Azmeera Chandulal	Telugu Desam Party
	Twelfth	1998–99	Azmeera Chandulal	Telugu Desam Party
	Thirteenth	1999–04	Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu	Telugu Desam Party
	Fourteenth	2004–08	Dharavath Ravinder Naik	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
	Fourteenth (bye election)	2008–09	Yerrabelli Dayakararao	Telugu Desam Party
	Fifteenth	2009–14	Siricilla Rajaiah	Indian National Congress
	Sixteenth	2014-2015	Kadiyam Srihari	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
	Sixteenth (bye election)	2015–Incumbent	Pasunuri Dayakar	Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Election results

Warangal By Election, 2015

Warangal By Elections,2015[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Pusunoori Dayakar	6,15,403	59.50	+3.17
	INC	Sarvey Sathyanarayana	1,56,315	15.11	-7.80
	BJP	Pagidipati Devaiah	1,29,868	12.57
	SJP	Jajula Bhaskar	28,371	2.74
	YSRCP	Nalla Suryaprakash	23,352	2.26
Majority			4,59,088	44.39
Turnout			10,34,840	68.50
	TRS hold		Swing

General Election, 2014

General Election, 2014: Warangal[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Kadiyam Srihari	6,61,639	56.33
	INC	Rajaiah Siricilla	2,69,065	22.91
	BJP	Parameshwar Ramagalla	1,87,139	15.93
Majority			3,92,574
Turnout			11,74,631	78.54	+9.32
	TRS gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 2009

General Election, 2009: Warangal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajaiah Siricilla	3,96,568	38.48%
	TRS	Ramagalla Parameshwar	2,71,907	26.39%
	TDP	Dommati Sambaiah	1,35,697	13.17%
Majority			1,24,661
Turnout			10,30,525	69.32%
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Election, 2004

General Election, 2004: Warangal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Dharavath Ravinder Naik	427,601	46.38	+46.38
	TDP	Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu	408,339	44.29	-2.06
	Pyramid Party of India	Ravullapelli Kondal Rao	19,080	2.07
	Independent	Swami Nallani Rao	16,424	1.78
	BSP	Elia Mamidala	14,376	1.56
	Independent	Jhansi Gade	9,619	1.04
	MCPI(S)	Vallepu Upendar Reddy	7,080	0.77	+0.04
	Independent	Bhikshapathi Mumjala	6,930	0.75
	Independent	Indira Kallepelli	6,829	0.74
	Independent	Tejavath Bellaiah	5,594	0.61	-2.21
Majority			19,262	2.09	+18.44
Turnout			921,872	75.90	+0.36
	TRS hold		Swing	+46.38

General Election, 1999

General Election, 1999: Warangal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu	3,85,593	45.1%
	INC	T. Kalpanadevi	3,72,227	43.5%
	CPI(M)	Gollapelly Nagaiah	30,622	3.6%
Majority			3,366	1.6%
Turnout			8,55,702	75.5%
	TDP hold		Swing

General Election, 1998

General Election, 1998: Warangal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Azmeera Chandulal	3,23,093	40.7%
	INC	T. Kalpana Devi	2,98,292	37.6%
	BJP	C.Janga Reddy	1,08,942	13.7%
Majority			24,801	3.1%
Turnout			7,93,614	70.4%
	TDP hold		Swing

General Election, 1996

General Election, 1996: Warangal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Azmeera Chandulal	2,92,887	38.7%
	INC	Surander Reddy Rama	2,75,447	36.4%
	NTRTDP(LP)	M.A. Rawoof	68,257	9.0%
Majority			17,440	2.3%
Turnout			7,56,120	67.6%
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1991

General Election, 1991: Warangal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surendra Reddy Rama Sahayam	2,58,733	43.5%
	TDP	N.Yethiraja Rao	2,06,860	34.8%
	BJP	Kola Janardhan	32,340	5.4%
Majority			51,873	8.7%
Turnout			5,94,774	62.9%
	INC hold		Swing

Trivia

• Pasunuri Dayakar of Telangana Rashtra Samithi won with record margin of nearly 4.60 lakh votes in bypolls making it highest majority in the history of Telangana Lok Sabha elections.^[6]

See also

• Warangal 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. TRS triumphs in Warangal bypolls: Here are 5 key takeaways from elections
4. WARANGAL LOK SABHA (By) ELECTIONS RESULT 2015
5. WARANGAL LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT
6. P Dayakar of TRS wins Warangal LS seat with a record margin