Khammam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Khammam
Khammam
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Boundary of Khammam Constituency in Telangana
Incumbent	Nama Nageswara Rao
Parliamentary Party	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	None
State	Telangana
Total Electors	14,40,289
Assembly Constituencies	Khammam; Palair; Madhira; Wyra; Sathupalle; Kothagudem; Aswaraopeta

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

Nama Nageswara Rao of Telangana Rashtra Samithi is currently representing the constituency for second time.

Overview[edit]

Since its inception in 1952 Khammam seat is Congress strong hold where it has won 12 times various other political outfits like Communist Party of India, Telugu Desam Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and YSR Congress Party have won it during different general elections.

Assembly segments[edit]

Khammam presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2019)
112	Khammam	None	Khammam	Puvvada Ajay Kumar	TRS	TRS
113	Palair	None	Khammam	Kandala Upender Reddy	TRS	TRS
114	Madhira	SC	Khammam	Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka	INC	TRS
115	Wyra	ST	Khammam	Lavudya Ramulu	TRS	TRS
116	Sathupalle	SC	Khammam	Sandra Venkata Veeraiah	TRS	TRS
117	Kothagudem	None	Bhadradri Kothagudem	Vanama Venkateshwara Rao	TRS	TRS
118	Aswaraopeta	ST	Bhadradri Kothagudem	Mecha Nageswara Rao	TRS	TRS

Members of Lok Sabha[edit]

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.
First	1952-57	T. B. Vittal Rao	People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)
Second	1957-62	T. B. Vittal Rao	Communist Party of India
Third	1962-67	T. Lakshmi Kantamma	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-71
Fifth	1971-77
Sixth	1977-80	Jalagam Kondala Rao
Seventh	1980-84	Jalagam Kondala Rao
Eighth	1984-89	Jalagam Vengala Rao
Ninth	1989-91	Jalagam Vengala Rao
Tenth	1991-96	P.V. Rangaiah Naidu IPS retired
Eleventh	1996-98	Veerabhadram Tammineni	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Twelfth	1998-99	Nadendla Bhaskara Rao	Indian National Congress
Thirteenth	1999-04	Renuka Chowdhary
Fourteenth	2004-09	Renuka Chowdhary
Fifteenth	2009-14	Nama Nageswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
Sixteenth	2014-19	Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy	Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party
Seventeenth	2019-Incumbent	Nama Nageswara Rao	Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Election results[edit]

General Election, 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TRS	Nama Nageswara Rao	5,67,459	49.78
	INC	Renuka Chowdhury	3,99,397	35.04
	CPI (M)	Boda Venkat	57,102	5.01
	BJP	Devaki Vasudeva Rao	20,488	1.80
	Jana Sena	Narala Satyanarayana	19,315	1.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	15,832	1.39
Majority			1,68,062	14.74
Turnout			11,39,848	75.30
	TRS gain from YSRCP		Swing

General Election, 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Khammam^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy	4,21,957	35.67
	TDP	Nama Nageswara Rao	4,09,983	34.66
	CPI	Kankanala Narayana	1,87,653	15.86
	TRS	Budan Baig Shaik	89,063	7.53
Majority			11,974
Turnout			11,82,897	82.13	+0.05
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

General Election, 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nama Nageswara Rao	4,69,368	45.39
	INC	Renuka Chowdary	3,44,920	33.36
	Praja Rajyam	Jalagam Hemamalini	1,87,653	12.68
Majority			1,24,448
Turnout			10,34,009	82.08	+3.59
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 2004[edit]

General Election, 2004: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Renuka Chowdary	5,18,047	50.63
	TDP	Nama Nageswara Rao	4,09,159	39.99
Majority			1,08,888
Turnout			10,23,177	78.79	+4.02
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1999[edit]

General Election, 1999: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Renuka Chowdary	3,28,596	34.7%
	TDP	Baby Swarna Kumari	3,20,198	33.8
	CPI (M)	Guguloth Dharma	1,84,422	19.5
Majority			8,398	0.9
Turnout			9,48,088	77.2
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1998[edit]

General Election, 1998: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Nadendla Bhaskara Rao	3,63,747	39.7
	CPI (M)	Tammineni Veerabhadram	3,52,083	38.4
	BJP	Ravindra Naik Dharavath	1,17,926	12.9
Majority			11,664	1.3
Turnout			9,17,369	74.7
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

General Election, 1996[edit]

General Election, 1996: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI (M)	Tammineni Veerabhadram	3,74,675	41.8
	INC	P.V. Rangaiah Naidu IPS retired	3,11,384	34.8
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Majority			63,291	7.1
Turnout			8,95,441	72.6
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1991[edit]

General Election, 1991: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	P.V. Rangaiah Naidu IPS retired	3,16,186	43.2%
	CPI (M)	Tammineni Veerabhadram	3,10,268	42.3%
	Independent	Gaddam Venkatramayya	45,999	6.3%
Majority			5,918	0.8%
Turnout			7,32,650	70.2%
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1962[edit]

T. Lakshikantamma (Congress) : 163,806 votes
T B Vittal Rao (CPI) : 1,51,7460

Trivia[edit]

Jalagam Vengala Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh represented the constituency in Eighth and Ninth Lok Sabha respectively.
Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh represented the constituency in Twelfth Lok Sabha.

References[edit]

↑ Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 30.
↑ KHAMMAM LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT

External links[edit]

Khammam lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Telangana

[1] Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"

[ceo-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 30.

[3] KHAMMAM LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT

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