Balkonda (Assembly constituency)

Balkonda
Constituency for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
District	Nizamabad
State	Telangana
Electorate	1,77,673
Current constituency
Created	1952
Party	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
MLA	Vemula Prashanth Reddy

Balkonda Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 5 constituencies in Nizamabad district. It is part of Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency.

Vemula Prashanth Reddy of Telangana Rashtra Samithi is the sitting MLA.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

Mandal
Balkonda
Mortad
Kammarpally
Mendora
Velpur
Yerugatla
Bheemgal
Mupkal

Members of Legislative Assembly

Duration	Member	Political party
1952-57	K. Anantha Reddy		Socialist Party
1957-62	Ranga Reddy		Indian National Congress
1962-67	Gaddam Rajaram		Indian National Congress
1967-72	Gaddam Rajaram		Indian National Congress
1972-78	Gaddam Rajaram		Indian National Congress
1978-81	Gaddam Rajaram		Indian National Congress
1981-83	Gaddam S.Bai		Indian National Congress
1983-85	G. Madhusudhan Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985-89	G. Madhusudhan Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1989-94	K. R. Suresh Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994-99	K. R. Suresh Reddy		Indian National Congress
1999-04	K. R. Suresh Reddy		Indian National Congress
2004-09	K. R. Suresh Reddy		Indian National Congress
2009-10	Eravatri Anil Kumar		Praja Rajyam Party
2014-2018	Vemula Prashanth Reddy		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2018-	Vemula Prashanth Reddy		Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018:Balkonda (Assembly constituency)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Vemula Prashanth Reddy	73,662	48.2%
	BSP	Sunil Kumar Muthyala	41,254	27.0%
Majority			32,408	21.2%
Turnout			1,52,965	87.2%
	TRS hold		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014: Balkonda (Assembly constituency)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Vemula Prashanth Reddy	69,145	47.99%
	INC	Anil Kumar Eravatri	32,897	22.83%
	TDP	Aleti Mallikarjun Reddy	25,494	17.69%
	Independent	Dr. Madhushekhar	7,890	5.48%
Majority			36,248
Turnout			1,44,087	74.1%
	TRS gain from INC		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections, 2009:Balkonda (Assembly constituency)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	Anil Kumar Eravatri	46,313	36.05%
	INC	Srinivas Reddy Shanigaram	38,154	29.70%
	TRS	Surender Reddy Vemula	31,108	24.21%
Majority			8,159
	Praja Rajyam gain from INC		Swing	{{{swing}}}

See also

• List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly