Cheriyal Assembly constituency

Cheriyal Assembly constituency (also spelled as Cherial Assembly constituency) was one of the constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It existed from 1961 to 2008.

Cheriyal
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Warangal
Lok Sabha constituency	Hanamkonda
Established	1961
Abolished	2008

History

It was part of Warangal Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency number was 271. It consisted of Cherial and Raiparthi circles and Nirmitta circle (excluding Khileshapur, Yerrahgollapahad, Adivkeshapur, Inkrial, Hanumantapur, Malakpet villages), in Jangaon taluk according to Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961.^[1]

It was part of Siddipet Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency number was 256, and reserved for SC. It consisted of Cheriyal and Reberthi circles and Narmetta circle (excluding Machupahad, Myakala Gutta, Adavikeshavapur, Venkriyal, Erragolla Pahad, Khileshapuram villages) in Jangaon taluk according to Delimitation of 1967.^[2]

It was part of Hanamkonda Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency number was 261. And consisted of Cheriyal, Rebarthi and Narmetta circles in Jangaon taluk according to Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Andhra Pradesh

Year	Con. No.	Res.	Member	Party
1962	271	None	Mohamed Kamaluddin Ahmed		Indian National Congress
1967	256	SC	B. Abraham		Communist Party of India
1972			Pambala Katam Lingaiah		Indian National Congress
1978	261	None	G. Siddaiah		Indian National Congress
1983			Raji Reddy Nimma		Independent politician
1985			Nimma Raja Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1989			Raja Redddy Nimma
1994			Raja Reddy Nimma
1999			Nagapuri Rajalingam		Indian National Congress
2004			Pratap Reddy Kommuri		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2008^

^by-election

Election results

2008 by-election

2008 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Cheriyal^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Pratap Reddy Kommuri	45,288	47.10
	INC	Vaishali Ponnala	30,824	32.06
	CPI(M)	Amudala Malla Reddy	13,225	13.75
	Independent	Mustyala Manohar	38,59	4.01
	Independent	Maheshwar Pitla	1,751	1.82
	Independent	MD. Musheeruddin	1,186	1.23
Margin of victory			14,464
Total valid votes			96,133
Rejected ballots			40
Turnout			96,173
Registered electors			1,49,495
	TRS hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheriyal^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Pratap Reddy Kommuri	60,305
	TDP	Mandala Sriramlu	35,055
	Independent	Pakala Jacob	3,341
	JP	Nandi Nirmala	1,969
Margin of victory			25,250	25.08
Total valid votes			1,00,670
Rejected ballots			3
Turnout			1,00,673
Registered electors			1,42,505
	TRS gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheriyal^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nagapuri Rajalingam	44,107	48.70
	TDP	Mandala Sree Ramulu	42,447	46.87
	CPI	Challa Damodar Reddy	3,290	3.63
	Marxist Communist Party of India (S. S. Srivastava)	Bathula Siddeshwarlu	350	0.39
	Ajeya Bharat Party	Srinivas Akula	235	0.26
	Independent	Kolguri Yellaiah	141	0.16
Margin of victory			1,660	1.83
Total valid votes			90,570
Rejected ballots			3,207	3.42
Turnout			93,777	67.91
Registered electors			1,38,099
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheriyal^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Raja Reddy Nimma	44,606	50.63
	Independent	Rajalingam Nagapuri	31,650	35.93
	INC	Siddaiah Gorla	6,950	7.89
	BJP	Ananthula Ravinder	1,515	1.72
	BSP	Gandhi Banoth	1,442	1.64
	Independent	Purma Sudhaker Reddy	1,171	1.33
	SP	Ajay Kumar Koppurapu	414	0.47
	National Students Party	G. Vidya Sagar Reddy	347	0.39
Margin of victory			12,956	14.71
Total valid votes			88,095
Rejected ballots			2,101	2.33
Turnout			90,196	67.02
Registered electors			1,34,572
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheriyal^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Raja Redddy Nimma	40,758	51.43
	INC	Rajalingam Nagapuri	36,455	46.00
	Independent	Lingam Vagalaboina	552	0.70
	BSP	Ramchandram M.	547	0.69
	Independent	Age Reddy Dasari	480	0.61
	Independent	Balaraju Enugula	233	0.29
	AIMIM	Seetha Rama Rao Sambaraju	136	0.17
	Independent	Gangaiah Garnepalli	96	0.12
Margin of victory			4,303	5.43
Total valid votes			79,257
Rejected ballots			5,261	6.22
Turnout			84,518	67.43
Registered electors			1,25,334
	TDP hold		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheriyal^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nimma Raja Reddy	43,175	67.25
	Independent	N. Rajalingam	13,564	21.13
	INC	Venkat Ram Reddy	6,721	10.47
	Independent	Panla Komrelli	740	1.15
Margin of victory			29,611	46.12
Total valid votes			64,200
Rejected ballots			1,444	2.20
Turnout			65,644	64.38
Registered electors			1,01,962
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheriyal^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Raji Reddy Nimma	27,974	47.03
	INC	Shiddaiah Gorla	20,155	33.88
	CPI	Malla Reddy Rondla	9,613	16.16
	Independent	Bikshapathi Pulugam	785	1.32
	JP	Jalli Siddaiah	694	1.17
	Independent	Balaiah Kunti	262	0.44
Margin of victory			7,819	13.14
Total valid votes			59,483
Rejected ballots			1,636	2.68
Turnout			61,119	65.72
Registered electors			93,000
	Independent gain from INC(I)		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheriyal^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	G. Siddaiah	18,547	31.52
	Independent	Nimma Raja Reddy	11,491	19.53
	Independent	Aga Reddy Dasaria	9,475	16.10
	JP	Sultanuddin	8,958	15.23
	CPI	R. Malla Reddy	8,501	14.45
	Independent	Y. Chandramouli	624	1.06
	Independent	B. Chalma Reddy	472	0.80
	Independent	R. Uppalaiah	445	0.76
	Independent	S. Gopala Krishna Murthy	323	0.55
Margin of victory			7,056	11.99
Total valid votes			58,836
Rejected ballots			1,981	3.26
Turnout			60,817	68.44
Registered electors			88,859
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheriyal^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pambala Katam Lingaiah	21,718	56.97
	CPI	Kompelly Venkataiah	7,719	20.25
	CPI(M)	Bantu Bhagawan Das	6,844	17.95
	Sampurna Telangana Praja Samithi	Karrella Devadanam	1,839	4.82
Margin of victory			13,999	36.72
Total valid votes			38,120
Rejected ballots			1,080	2.76
Turnout			39,200	54.97
Registered electors			71,310
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheriyal^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	B. Abraham	15,195	43.19
	INC	G. Ramalingam	12,735	36.20
	SWA	K. Devadanam	7,248	20.60
Margin of victory			2,460	6.99
Total valid votes			35,178
Rejected ballots			2,062	5.54
Turnout			37,240	57.10
Registered electors			65,215
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cherial^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mohamed Kamaluddin Ahmed	15,721	43.73
	CPI	Gangasani Gopal Reddy	13,610	37.86
	Independent	Barre Hanuma Reddy	4,235	11.78
	ABJS	Mangu Srihari	2,382	6.63
Margin of victory			2,111	5.87
Total valid votes			35,948
Rejected ballots			1,772	4.70
Turnout			37,720	61.29
Registered electors			61,543
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly