Zahirabad Lok Sabha constituency

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

Zahirabad TG-5
Lok Sabha constituency
Zahirabad Lok Sabha Constituency in Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
Assembly constituencies	Jukkal Banswada Yellareddy Kamareddy Narayankhed Andole Zahirabad
Established	2008
Total electors	1,445,246[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Suresh Kumar Shetkar
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

Suresh Kumar Shetkar of Indian National Congress is currently representing the constituency for second time.

History

The constituency came into existence in 2008, following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. It comprises three constituencies from Medak district and four assembly constituencies from Kamareddy district.^[2]

Assembly segments

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

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
13	Jukkal (SC)	Kamareddy	Thota Laxmi Kantha Rao		INC		INC
14	Banswada		Pocharam Srinivas Reddy		INC		INC
15	Yellareddy		K. Madan Mohan Rao		INC		BJP
16	Kamareddy		K. V. Ramana Reddy		BJP		BJP
35	Narayankhed	Sangareddy	Patlolla Sanjeeva Reddy		INC		INC
36	Andole (SC)		Damodar Raja Narasimha		INC		INC
38	Zahirabad (SC)		K. Manik Rao		BRS		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952-2008 : Constituency did not exist
Andhra Pradesh
2009	Suresh Shetkar		Indian National Congress
Telangana
2014	B. B. Patil		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2019
2024	Suresh Shetkar		Indian National Congress

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election in Telangana: Zahirabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Kumar Shetkar	528,418	42.73	1.75
	BJP	B. B. Patil	482,230	39.00	25.70
	BRS	Gali Anil Kumar	172,078	13.92	27.66
	NOTA	None of the above	2,977	0.24	0.83
Majority			46,188	3.72
Turnout			1,236,593	74.63	4.93
	INC gain from BRS		Swing

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS295.htm

General election, 2019

2019 Indian general election: Zahirabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	B. B. Patil	434,244	41.58	−4.88
	INC	Madan Mohan Rao	4,28,015	40.98	+7.73
	BJP	Banala Laxma Reddy	1,38,947	13.30
	NOTA	None of the above	11,640	1.07
Majority			6,229	0.60
Turnout			10,44,504	69.70
	TRS hold		Swing

General election, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Zahirabad^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	B. B. Patil	5,08,661	46.46	+9.27
	INC	Suresh Kumar Shetkar	3,64,030	33.25	−5.65
	TDP	K.Madan Mohan Rao	1,57,497	14.39	N/A
	RPI(A)	Marri Durgesh	18,027	1.64
	YSRCP	Mahmood Mohiuddin	12,383	1.13
	BSP	Syed Ferozuddin	8,180	0.74
	NOTA	None of the above	11,157	1.02
Majority			1,44,631	13.21	+11.50
Turnout			10,94,806	77.28	+2.61
	TRS gain from INC		Swing	+6.45

General election, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Zahirabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Kumar Shetkar	3,95,767	38.90
	TRS	Syed Yousuf Ali	3,78,360	37.19
	PRP	Malkapuram Shiva Kumar	1,12,792	11.09
Majority			17,407	1.71
Turnout			10,17,290	74.67
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Medak district