Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency

Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.^[2]

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Lok Sabha constituency
Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
Assembly constituencies	Karimnagar Choppadandi Vemulawada Sircilla Manakondur Huzurabad Husnabad
Established	1952
Total electors	1,147,697[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Bandi Sanjay Kumar Minister of State for Home Affairs
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	B. Vinod Kumar   BRS

Bandi Sanjay of Bharatiya Janata Party is currently representing the constituency.

History

Since its inception in 1952 Karimnagar seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits like the Telangana Praja Samithi, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections.^[3]

After the formation of Telangana Rashtra Samithi the seat has been won by Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, the founder of TRS during the Telangana Agitation he won thrice from the constituency with huge margin.^[4]

Assembly segments

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

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
26	Karimnagar	Karimnagar	Gangula Kamalakar		BRS		BJP
27	Choppadandi (SC)		Medipally Sathyam		INC		BJP
28	Vemulawada	Rajanna Sircilla	Aadi Srinivas		INC		BJP
29	Sircilla		K. T. Rama Rao		BRS		BJP
30	Manakondur (SC)	Karimnagar	Dr. Kavvampally Satyanarayana		INC		BJP
31	Huzurabad		Padi Kaushik Reddy		BRS		BJP
32	Husnabad	Siddipet	Ponnam Prabhakar		INC		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Hyderabad State
1952	M. R. Krishna		Scheduled Castes Federation
	Baddham Yella Reddy		People's Democratic Front
Andhra Pradesh
1957	M. R. Krishna		Indian National Congress
	M. Sri Ranga Rao
1962	Juvvadi Ramapathy Rao
1967
1971	Satyanarayana Rao		Telangana Praja Samithi
1977			Indian National Congress
1980
1984	Juvvadi Chokka Rao
1989
1991
1996	L. Ramana		Telugu Desam Party
1998	C. Vidyasagar Rao		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004	K. Chandrashekar Rao		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2006^
2008^
2009	Ponnam Prabhakar		Indian National Congress
Telangana
2014	B. Vinod Kumar		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2019	Bandi Sanjay Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election results

General election, 2024

2024 Indian general election: Karimnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bandi Sanjay Kumar	585,116	44.57	1.15
	INC	Velichala Rajender Rao	359,907	27.41	5.79
	BRS	B. Vinod Kumar	282,163	21.49	14.13
	NOTA	None of the above	5,438	0.41	0.29
Majority			225,209	17.16	9.36
Turnout			1,312,852	72.54	3.02
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Karimnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bandi Sanjay Kumar	498,276	43.42	+24.34
	TRS	Boianapalli Vinod Kumar	4,08,768	35.62	−9.31
	INC	Ponnam Prabhakar	1,79,258	15.62	−11.09
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,979	0.70	+0.19
Majority			89,508	7.80
Turnout			10,94,551	69.52
	BJP gain from TRS		Swing	+16.83

General Election, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Karimnagar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Boianapalli Vinod Kumar	505,783	44.93
	INC	Ponnam Prabhakar	3,00,706	26.71
	BJP	Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao	2,14,828	19.08
	WPOI	Shaik Mahmood	39,308	3.49
	BSP	B. Laxman	11,328	1.00
	RPI(A)	Reddi Malla Srinivas	8,034	0.71
Majority			2,05,007	18.22
Turnout			11,25,691	74.71
	TRS gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Karimnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ponnam Prabhakar	317,927	32.14
	TRS	Boianapalli Vinod Kumar	2,67,684	27.06
	PRP	Velichala Rajender Rao	1,75,370	17.79
	BJP	Chandupatla Janga Reddy	1,22,337	12.37
Majority			52000	5.08
Turnout			9,89,301	66.12
	INC gain from TRS		Swing

By Election, 2006

By Elections, 2006: Karimnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao	378,030	47.61	−3.98
	INC	T. Jeevan Reddy	176,448	22.23	+22.23
	TDP	L. Ramana	170,268	21.44	+21.44
	BJP	Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao	21,144	2.66	−33.94
	Independent	Mazhar Mohiuddin	11,184	1.41	+1.41
Majority			201,582	25.39	+34.93
Turnout			7,93,941	55.9
	TRS gain from INC		Swing	-3.98

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General Election, 2004

General Elections, 2004: Karimnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao	451,199	51.59	+51.59
	BJP	Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao	320,031	36.60	−13.13
	Independent	Mamidipalli Gangarajam	59,686	6.83
	BSP	Kothapalli Sandri Menayya	43,582	4.98
Majority			131,168	14.99	+64.72
Turnout			874,498	65.12	−1.64
	TRS gain from BJP		Swing	+51.59

Trivia

• C. Vidyasagar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra represented the constituency in 12th Lok Sabha and 13th Lok Sabha respectively.
• K. Chandrashekar Rao, former Chief Minister of Telangana represented the constituency in 14th Lok Sabha .

See also

• Karimnagar district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha