Banoth Shankar Nayak

Banoth Shankar Nayak (also spelled as Banoth Shankar Naik^[5][6]) is an Indian politician, who served as the Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He won the 2014 and 2018 Telangana elections for the Mahabubabad Assembly constituency.^[7][8] He was stood again as a candidate^[9] for the Mahbubababd constituency^[10][11][12] in the 2023 Telangana election. He lost against the Congress candidate Dr. Murali Naik Bhukya.^[13][14]

Banoth Shankar Naik
Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
In office 2014–2018
Preceded by	Maloth Kavitha (constituency part of Andhra Pradesh until 2014)
Succeeded by	himself
Constituency	Mahabubabad
In office 12 December 2018[1] – 2023
Preceded by	himself
Succeeded by	Murali Naik Bhukya
Constituency	Mahabubabad
Personal details
Born	(1965-05-20) 20 May 1965 (age 60)[2]
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Education	Bachelor of Technology[2] Master of Business Administration[2]
Alma mater	REC Engineering College, Warangal (1985–1990)[2][3] Kakatiya University[2][3]
Other Positions 2019 – 2023: Member of Committee on Welfare of Schedule Tribes of Telangana[4]

Political career

Election Year	Party	Votes	Vote %	Result
2014[15][16]	TRS	78,370	45.20%	Won
2018[17]	TRS (now BRS)	85,397	47.00%	Won
2023[18][14]	BRS	66,473	31.60%	Lost