Medak Lok Sabha constituency

Medak Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.^[2][3]

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Lok Sabha constituency
Medak Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
Assembly constituencies	Siddipet Medak Narsapur Sangareddy Patancheru Dubbak Gajwel
Established	1957
Total electors	1,536,715[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Raghunandan Rao
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Overview

Since its inception in 1957 Medak 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.

After the formation of Telangana Rashtra Samithi the seat has been won by four different candidates in three general elections including its founder and former Chief Minister of Telangana K. Chandrashekar Rao and actress Vijayashanti

Assembly segments

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

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
33	Siddipet	Siddipet	T. Harish Rao		BRS		BRS
34	Medak	Medak	Mynampally Rohit		INC		BJP
37	Narsapur		Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy		BRS		INC
39	Sangareddy	Sangareddy	Chinta Prabhakar		BRS		INC
40	Patancheru		Gudem Mahipal Reddy		INC		BJP
41	Dubbak	Siddipet	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy		BRS		BRS
42	Gajwel		K. Chandrashekar Rao		BRS		BRS

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Hyderabad State
1952	N. M. Jaisoorya		People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)
Andhra Pradesh
1957	P. Hanmanth Rao		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Sangam Laxmi Bai
1971	Mallikarjun Goud		Telangana Praja Samithi
1977			Indian National Congress
1980	Indira Gandhi †
1984	P. Manik Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1989	M. Baga Reddy		Indian National Congress
1991
1996
1998
1999	A. Narendra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004			Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2009	Vijaya Shanthi
Telangana
2014	K. Chandrashekar Rao		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2014^	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy
2019
2024	Raghunandan Rao		Bharatiya Janata Party

^By-Poll

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			33.99%
2019			51.82%
2014			55.24%
2014			55.20%
2009			36.67%
2004			50.36%
1999			48.20%
1998			34.12%
1996			37.42%
1991			50.67%

General election, 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Medak^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raghunandan Rao	471,217	33.99	16.47
	INC	Nilam Madhu Mudiraj	432,078	31.17	6.86
	BRS	Venkatarami Reddy	396,790	28.62	23.20
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,617	0.33	1.01
Majority			39,139	2.82	24.69
Turnout			1,386,239	75.09	3.34
	BJP gain from BRS		Swing

General election, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Medak^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy	596,048	51.82	6.21
	INC	Gali Anil Kumar	279,621	24.31	2.95
	BJP	Raghunandan Rao	201,567	17.52	0.39
	IND.	Thumalapally Pruthviraj	18,813	1.64
	NOTA	None of the above	15,390	1.34
Majority			316,427	27.51	3.34
Turnout			1,150,331	71.75	3.96
	TRS hold		Swing

General By-Election, 2014

By-Election, 2014: Medak^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy	571,810	55.24	0.04
	INC	Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy	2,10,524	20.34	1.53
	BJP	Jagga Reddy	1,86,343	18.00	2.74
Majority			3,61,286	34.54	1.21
Turnout			10,46,114	67.79
	TRS hold		Swing

General Election, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Medak^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	K. Chandrashekar Rao	657,492	55.20	18.53
	INC	P. Shravan Kumar Reddy	2,60,463	21.87	14.25
	BJP	Chaganla Narendra Nath	1,81,804	15.26	21.36
	IND.	Kundeti Ravi	33,507	2.81	New
	YSRCP	Prabhugoud Pullaiahgari	27,412	0.98	New
	NOTA	None of the above	10,696	0.90
Majority			3,97,029	33.33	32.78
Turnout			12,93,548	77.70	1.41
	TRS hold		Swing

General Election, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Vijaya Shanthi. M	388,839	36.67	13.69
	INC	Narendra Nath Chengala	382,762	36.12	9.42
	PRP	Khaja Quayum Anwar	120,812	11.39	11.39
Majority			6,077	0.55	13.19
Turnout			1,060,272	76.29
	TRS hold		Swing

General Election, 2004

General Election, 2004: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	A. Narendra	453,738	50.36	+50.36
	BJP	P Ramchandra Reddy	329,972	36.62	−11.58
	BSP	Suryaprakash Nalla	52,273	5.80
	Independent	Md Ulfathali	34,476	3.83
	Independent	K Laxmaiah Yadav	18,457	2.05
	Independent	P Jeevula naik	12,099	1.34
Majority			124,766	13.74	+61.94
Turnout			901,015	71.60	+0.41
	TRS gain from BJP		Swing	+50.36

General Election, 1999

General Election, 1999: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	A. Narendra	400,244	48.20	16.17
	INC	M. Baga Reddy	378,161	45.54	11.42
	Independent	Syed Muneeroddin	14,505	1.75	N/A
	Independent	Golla Vittal	11,525	1.39	N/A
Majority			22,083	2.66	0.57
Turnout
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1998

General Election, 1998: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Baga Reddy	269,122	34.12	3.30
	BJP	Ale Narendra	252,642	32.03	12.15
	TDP	Patlolla Manik Reddy	240,166	30.44	3.39
	SP	Gurujada Beeraiah Yadav	12,465	1.58	New
	BSP	Mohd. Waheed Ahmed	8,634	1.09	New
	Independent	Ganta Babu	2,066	0.26	N/A
Majority			16,480	2.09	1.50
Turnout
			Swing

General Election, 1996

General Election, 1996: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Baga Reddy	286,278	37.42	13.25
	TDP	Patlolla Manik Reddy	258,789	33.83	5.79
	BJP	Ale Narendra	152,070	19.88	4.09
	NTRTDP(LP)	G. Laxmi Narsinga Rao	30,374	3.97	New
	Independent	MinuPoori Ramchandraiah	8,148	1.07	New
Majority			27,489	3.59
Turnout
			Swing

General Election, 1991

General Election, 1991: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Baga Reddy	313,740	50.67
	TDP	D. Rama Krishna	173,590	28.04
	BJP	Allani Kishan Rao	97,791	15.79
	BSP	Nalla Suryaprakash	17,743	2.87
	Independent	Ganta Babu	4,417	0.71
Majority			140,150	22.63
Turnout			619,281
			Swing

General Election, 1989

General Election, 1989: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bagareddy M	383,586	54.42	6.55
	TDP	P Manik Reddy	287,490	40.79	7.42
	Independent	Naikwadi Vittalaiah	12,904	1.83	N/A
	Independent	Errolla Rathnaiah	7,797	1.11	N/A
Majority			96,096	13.63	13.29
Turnout			736,786	69.69
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Election, 1984

General Election, 1984: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	P Manik Reddy	263,524	48.21	New
	INC	P Shiv Shankar	261,708	47.87	20.06
	Independent	Ganta Babu	6,407	1.17	N/A
	Independent	B Venkateshwara Rao	6,903	1.11	N/A
Majority			1,816	0.34	49.02
Turnout			561,154	67.61
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1980

General Election, 1980: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Indira Gandhi	301,577	67.93
	JP	S. Jaipal Reddy	82,453	18.57
	JP(S)	Kesava Rao Jadav	26,149	5.89
	Independent	Ganta Babu	15,456	3.48
	Independent	Sakuntala Devi	6,514	1.47
Majority			219,124	49.36
Turnout
	INC(I) hold		Swing	+

General Election, 1977

General Election, 1952

General Election, 1952: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PDF	Jaisooriya	90,366	45.72	New
	INC	Srinivas Rao	70,686	35.77	New
	Independent	Bal Reddy	36,585	18.51	New
Majority			19,680	9.95	N/A
Turnout			197,637
	PDF win (new seat)

Trivia

• Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was holding the seat when she was assassinated in 1984.
• Telangana first Chief Minister, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao won the seat by a margin of 3.7 lakh votes in 2014 General Election, but he later vacated it.^{[9][10][11][12]}

See also

• Medak district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha