Gajwel Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is part of Medak Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2] It is one of the 10 constituencies in erstwhile Medak district and is located around 64km from the state capital Hyderabad.
Gajwel | |
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Constituency No. 42 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Telangana |
District | Medak, Siddipet |
Established | 1952 |
Total electors | 232,417 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
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Incumbent | |
Party | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, the first Chief Minister of Telangana, is the current MLA for this constituency.
Mandals
editThe assembly constituency presently comprises the following mandals:
Mandal | District |
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Gajwel | Siddipet |
Toopran | Medak |
Kondapaka | Siddipet |
Wargal | |
Mulug | |
Jagadevpur | Siddipet |
Members of Legislative Assembly
editMembers of Legislative Assembly who represented Gajwel:[3]
Year | Name[4] | Party | |
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1952 | Pendem Vasudevu | Peoples Democratic Front | |
1957 | J. B. Muthyal Rao | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | Gajwel Saidiah | Independent | |
1967 | J. B. Muthyal Rao | Indian National Congress | |
1972 | Gajwel Saidiah | ||
1978 | Indian National Congress | ||
1983 | Allam Sailu | Telugu Desam Party | |
1985 | B. Sanjeeva Rao | ||
1989 | Dr. J. Geeta Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
1994 | G. Vijaya Rama Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
1999 | B. Sanjeeva Rao | ||
2004 | Dr. J. Geeta Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
2009 | Tumkunta Narsa Reddy | ||
2014 | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |
2018 | |||
2023 | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |
Election results
editTelangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BRS | Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao | 111,684 | 48.05 | 12.4 | |
BJP | Etela Rajender | 66,653 | 28.68 | New | |
INC | Thoomkunta Narsa Reddy | 32,568 | 14.01 | 18.35 | |
BSP | Jakkani Sanjay Kumar | 2,743 | 1.18 | ||
Yuga Thulasi Party | Mekala Raghuma Reddy | 2,232 | 0.96 | ||
Independent | Kinnera Yadaiah | 1,998 | 0.86 | ||
Independent | Nirudi Swamy | 1,400 | 0.60 | ||
Independent | R. Nikhil | 1,371 | 0.59 | ||
Aabaad Party | Poreddy Venugopal | 1,281 | 0.55 | ||
People Protection Party | V. Sadananda Reddy | 1,049 | 0.45 | ||
India Praja Bandhu Party | Rangannagari Jyothi | 967 | 0.42 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 832 | 0.36 | ||
Majority | 45,031 | 19.37 | −8.72 | ||
Turnout | 2,32,417 | ||||
BRS hold | Swing |
Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TRS | K. Chandrashekar Rao | 125,444 | 60.45 | 16.39 | |
INC | Pratap Reddy Vanteru | 67,154 | 32.36 | 15.04 | |
Independent | Kante Sayanna | 3,353 | 1.62 | New | |
Independent | Bitla Venkateshwerlu | 1,636 | 0.79 | New | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,624 | 0.78 | 0.03 | |
Majority | 58,290 | 28.09 | |||
Turnout | 2,07,520 | 88.97 | |||
TRS hold | Swing |
Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TRS | K. Chandrashekar Rao | 86,694 | 44.06 | ||
TDP | Pratap Reddy Vanteru | 67,303 | 34.21 | ||
INC | Tumkunta Narsa Reddy | 34,085 | 17.32 | ||
TPS | Nallanagula Venkatesham | 3,127 | 1.59 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,592 | 0.81 | ||
Majority | 19,391 | 9.85 | |||
Turnout | 1,96,759 | 84.22 | |||
TRS gain from INC | Swing |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "No cakewalk for KCR in Gajwel". The Times of India. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ + val.created_at + (18 April 2014). "TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao likely to have smooth sailing in Medak Lok Sabha seat". NDTV.com. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "State Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparison for 222-Gajwel Constituency of ANDHRA PRADESH". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "Gajwel Election and Results 2014, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ Election Commission of India- State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Telangana. Hyderabad: Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana. 2018. p. 24.
- ^ General Elections to the House of People and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 2014 Statistical Report (PDF). Hyderabad: Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 2014. p. 75. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2016.