Kalwakurthy (Assembly constituency)

Kalwakurthy
Constituency for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
District	Nagarkurnool
State	Telangana
Electorate	1,99,363
Current constituency
Created	1952
Party	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
MLA	Gurka Jaipal Yadav

Kalwakurthy Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of four constituencies in Nagarkurnool district. It is part of Nagarkurnool Lok Sabha constituency.

Gurka Jaipal Yadav of Telangana Rashtra Samithi won the seat with majority of 3447 in the 2018 Assembly election.

NT Rama Rao, founder of the Telugu Desam Party, lost from this constituency when he was defeated by Chittaranjan Das of Congress in 1989 elections.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following mandals: Template:Srn

Mandal
Kalwakurthy
Veldanda
Talakondapalle
Amangal
Madgul
Kadthal

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year of election	MLA	Political party
1952	M. Narsing Rao		Indian National Congress
1952	K.R. Veeraswamy		Indian National Congress
1957	T.Shanta Bai		Indian National Congress
1962	Venkat Reddy		Independent politician
1964	T.Shanta Bai		Indian National Congress
1967	G. Reddy		Independent politician
1972	Jaipal Reddy		Indian National Congress
1978	Jaipal Reddy		Janata Party
1983	Jaipal Reddy		Janata Party
1985	J. Chittaranjan das		Indian National Congress
1989	J. Chittaranjan das		Indian National Congress
1994	Yadma Kista Reddy		Independent politician
1999	Gurka Jaipal Yadav		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Yadma Kista Reddy		Indian National Congress
2009	Gurka Jaipal Yadav		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Challa Vamshichand Reddy		Indian National Congress
2018-Incumbent	Gurka Jaipal Yadav		Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018:Kalwakurthy (Assembly constituency)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Challa Vamshichand Reddy	46,523	26.14%
	BJP	Achary Talloju	59,445	33.41%
	TRS	Gurka Jaipal Yadav	62,892	35.34%
Majority			9,057	5.09%
Turnout
	TRS gain from INC		Swing

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014:Kalwakurthy (Assembly constituency)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Challa Vamshichand Reddy	42,229	26.34%
	BJP	Achary Talloju	42,197	26.32%
	TRS	Gurka Jaipal Yadav	29,687	18.52%
Majority			32	.04%
Turnout			1,60,336	80.42%
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Kalwakurthy Assembly Election (1989)

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Win/Loss
INC	Chittaranjan Dass	54354	50.94%	Win
Telugu Desam Party	N. T. Rama Rao	50786	47.59%	Loss
IND	SANGAPURAM SAI KUMAR	556	0.52%	Loss

See also

• List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly