Khammam Lok Sabha constituency

Khammam
TG-17
Khammam ; TG-17
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
Assembly constituencies	Khammam; Palair; Madhira; Wyra; Sathupalle; Kothagudem; Aswaraopeta
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Khammam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.^[1]

Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy of Indian National Congress is currently representing the constituency for First time.

Overview[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

Khammam presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member
112	Khammam	Khammam	Thummala Nageswara Rao	INC	INC
113	Palair		Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy
114	Madhira (SC)		Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
115	Wyra (ST)		Ramdas Maloth
116	Sathupalli (SC)		Matta Ragamayee
117	Kothagudem	Bhadradri Kothagudem	Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao	CPI
118	Aswaraopeta (ST)	Bhadradri Kothagudem	Jare Adinarayana	INC

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Year	Member
Hyderabad State
1952	T. B. Vittal Rao	People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)
Andhra Pradesh
1957	T. B. Vittal Rao	Communist Party of India
1962	T. Lakshmi Kantamma	Indian National Congress
1967
1971
1977	Jalagam Kondala Rao
1980	Jalagam Kondala Rao	Indian National Congress
1984	Jalagam Vengala Rao	Indian National Congress
1989	Jalagam Vengala Rao
1991	P. V. Rangaiah Naidu
1996	Tammineni Veerabhadram	Communist Party of India
1998	Nadendla Bhaskara Rao	Indian National Congress
1999	Renuka Chowdhary
2004	Renuka Chowdhary
2009	Nama Nageswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
Telangana
2014	Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy	YSR Congress Party
2019	Nama Nageswara Rao	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2024	Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy	Indian National Congress

Election results[edit | edit source]

General election, 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general elections: Khammam^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy	766,929	61.29	26.25
	BRS	Nama Nageswara Rao	299,082	23.90	25.88
	BJP	Tandra Vinod Rao	118,636	9.48	7.68
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,782	0.54	0.85
Majority			467,847	37.39	22.65
Turnout			1,251,283	76.09	0.79
	INC gain from Bharat Rashtra Samithi		Swing

General election, 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BRS	Nama Nageswara Rao	567,459	49.78
	INC	Renuka Chowdhury	399,397	35.04
	CPI(M)	Boda Venkat	57,102	5.01
	BJP	Devaki Vasudeva Rao	20,488	1.80
	JSP	Narala Satyanarayana	19,315	1.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	15,832	1.39
Majority			168,062^[3]	14.74
Turnout			1,139,848	75.30
	Bharat Rashtra Samithi gain from YSRCP		Swing

General Election, 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy	422,434	35.53
	TDP	Nama Nageswara Rao	410,230	34.51
	CPI	Kankanala Narayana	187,702	15.79
	TRS	Budan Baig Shaik	89,124	7.50
	BSP	Dodda Ram Babu	4,761	0.40
	Independent	20 Independent Candidates	55,466	4.67
	Others	2 Other Candidates	9,141	0.77
	None of the above (India)	None of the Above	4,991	0.42
Majority			12,204	1.02
Turnout
	YSRCP hold		Swing

General Election, 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Nama Nageswara Rao	469,368	45.39
	INC	Renuka Chowdhury	344,920	33.36
	PRP	Jalagam Hemamalini	131,135	12.68
	BJP	Kapilavai Ravinder	9,644	0.93
	BSP	Thondapu Venkateswara Rao	6,302	0.61
	Others	Other 3 Candidates	19,047	1.83
	Independent	5 Independent Candidates	53,593	5.11
Majority			124,448	12.03
Turnout
	TDP hold		Swing

General election, 2004[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

1999 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Renuka Chowdhury	328,596	35.85
	TDP	Baby Swarna Kumari Maddineni	320,198	34.93
	CPI(M)	Guguloth Dharma	184,422	20.12
	Independent	Aruna Chandra	52,971	5.78
	Others	3 Other Candidates	19,905	2.17
	Independent	6 Independent Candidates	10,479	1.14
Majority			8,398	0.92
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1998[edit | edit source]

1998 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Nadendla Bhaskar Rao	363,747	40.30
	CPI(M)	Thammineni Veerabhadram	352,083	39.01
	BJP	Ravindra Naik Dharavath	117,926	13.07
	Independent	Aruna Chandra	55,624	6.16
	Independent	Gopagani Narasaiah	4,536	0.50
	Independent	Annavarapu Rajeswar Rao	4,102	0.45
	Independent	Danda Lingaiah	3,248	0.36
	Independent	Banoth Bikna	1,230	0.14
Majority			11,664	1.29
Turnout
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

General Election, 1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Veerabhadram Tammineni	374,675	42.82
	INC	P. V. Rangaiah Naidu	311,384	35.59
	NTRTDP(LP)	Nageswara Rao Koneru	75,072	8.58
	Independent	Sadineni Venkateswarlu	45,749	5.23
	BJP	Jayachandra Reddy Reddyvari	28,823	3.29
	AIIC(T)	Khadaar Ali Sayyad	1,467	0.17
	Independent	Other 22 Independent Candidates	37,831	4.33
Majority			63,291	7.23
Turnout
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General Election, 1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Rangayya Nayudu P. V.	316,186	44.20
	CPI(M)	Tammineni Veerabhadram	310,268	43.37
	Independent	Gaddam Venkatramayya	45,999	6.43
	BJP	Ali Khadar Sayyad	12,852	1.80
	JP	Arvapalli Vidya Sagar	2,596	0.36
	BSP	Suryanarayana Jamgeti	1,208	0.17
	Independent	Other 12 Independents	26,319	3.68
Majority			5,918	0.83
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Rangayya Nayudu P. V.	316,186	44.20
	CPI(M)	Tammineni Veerabhadram	310,268	43.37
	Independent	Gaddam Venkatramayya	45,999	6.43
	BJP	Ali Khadar Sayyad	12,852	1.80
	JP	Arvapalli Vidya Sagar	2,596	0.36
	BSP	Suryanarayana Jamgeti	1,208	0.17
	Independent	Other 12 Independent Candidates	26,319	3.68
Majority			5,918	0.83
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jalagam Vengala Rao	388,461	49.68	4.98
	CPI(M)	Yalamanchili Radhakrishna Murthy	329,209	42.10	21.79
	Independent	Gaddam Venkatramalah	49,862	6.38
	Independent	Padiga Yerraiah	7,493	0.96
	Independent	Gandhuri Lalaiah	6,908	0.88
Majority			59,252	7.58
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jalagam Vengala Rao	261,056	44.70
	CPI	Nallamala Prasad Rao	169,557	29.04
	CPI(M)	Parsa Satyanarayana	118,609	20.31
	Independent	Kandala Narsimha Reddy	30,126	5.16
	Independent	Chinthirala Joga Rao	3,725	0.64
	Independent	Banoth Laxma Nayak	895	0.15
Majority			91,499	15.66
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Kondala Rao Jalagam	201,559	42.13
	INC(U)	Upendraiah Samineni	106,076	22.17
	CPI(M)	Yalamanchili Radhakrishna Murthy	101,959	21.31
	Independent	Maddi China Venkat Reddy	32,378	6.77
	Independent	B. Lakshmi Naik	12,840	2.68
	Independent	K. Ram Mohan Rao	12,181	2.55
	Independent	Kama John	5,007	1.05
	Independent	Anuapurna Visalaksi Aluri	3,807	0.80
	Independent	Lingala Jamalaih	2,643	0.55
Majority			95,483	19.96
Turnout
	INC(I) hold		Swing

General Election, 1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jalagam Kondala Rao	208,617	51.30
	CPI(M)	Yalamanchili Radha Krishna Murthy	122,628	30.16
	CPI	Nallamala Prasada Rao	72,530	17.84
	Independent	K. I. Vidya Sagar	2,868	0.71
Majority			85,989	21.14
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	T. Lakshmi Kantamma	137,830	36.94
	TPS	Chekuri Kasaiah	121,369	32.53
	CPI(M)	Manchikanti Ram Kishan Rao	92,012	24.66
	Independent	Kama John	12,333	3.31
	Telangana Congress	Kannekanti Sreenivas Rao	5,313	1.42
	INC(O)	Gogineni Satyanarayana Rao	4,246	1.14
Majority			16,461	4.41
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	T. Lakshmikantamma	200,534	53.12
	CPI(M)	M. K. Rao	89,206	23.63
	CPI	R. Janakirammayya	67,068	17.76
	ABJS	M. Narasimharao	20,730	5.49
Majority			111,328	29.49
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	T. Lakshikantamma	163,806	49.78
	CPI	T. B. Vittal Rao	151,746	46.11
	Independent	Golla Venkateswarlu	13,529	4.11
Majority			12,060	3.67
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDF	Vittal Rao	106,627	44.27
	INC	Kolipak Kishan Rao	101,090	41.97
	Independent	P. Veeriah	23,842	9.90
	Independent	Kondapalli Srinivasa Rao	9,278	3.85
Majority			5,537	2.30
Turnout
	PDF hold		Swing

General Election, 1952[edit | edit source]

1952 Indian general election: Khammam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDF	T. B. Vittala Rao	101,223	53.82
	INC	Gadiurm Krishna Reddy	28,591	15.20
	Independent	K. Saayanarayana Rao	16,360	8.70
	Socialist Party (India, 1948)	Devulopalli Ramanuja Rao	15,527	8.26
	Independent	Ram Kishore	13,332	7.09
	Independent	R. Shankarayya	13,031	6.93
Majority			72,632	38.62
Turnout
	PDF hold		Swing

Trivia[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 30.
↑ The New Indian Express (5 June 2024). "Bizman Raghuram helps Congress secure historic win in Khammam". Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
↑ EENADU (30 April 2024). "అత్యధిక మెజార్టీ నామాదే" (in తెలుగు). Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

External links[edit | edit source]

Khammam lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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[ceo-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 30.

[Bizman_Raghuram_helps_Congress_secure_historic_win_in_Khammam-2] The New Indian Express (5 June 2024). "Bizman Raghuram helps Congress secure historic win in Khammam". Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

[అత్యధిక_మెజార్టీ_నామాదే-3] EENADU (30 April 2024). "అత్యధిక మెజార్టీ నామాదే" (in తెలుగు). Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

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Khammam Lok Sabha constituency

Contents

Overview[edit | edit source]

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Election results[edit | edit source]

General election, 2024[edit | edit source]

General election, 2019[edit | edit source]

General Election, 2014[edit | edit source]

General Election, 2009[edit | edit source]

General election, 2004[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1999[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1998[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1996[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1996[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1991[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1989[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1984[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1980[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1977[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1971[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1967[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1962[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1957[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1952[edit | edit source]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]