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Palair (Assembly constituency)
| Paleru | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| District | Khammam |
| State | Telangana |
| Electorate | 1,94,037 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1952 |
| Party | INC |
| MLA | Kandala Upender Reddy |
Palair Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 10 constituencies in Khammam district. It is part of Khammam Lok Sabha constituency.
Thummala Nageswara Rao, was Roads & Buildings Minister of Telangana representing the constituency before losing to Kandala Upender Reddy in Telangana Assembly Elections in 2018.
Mandals[edit]
The Assembly constituency presently comprises the following mandals:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Khammam Rural |
| Kusumanchi |
| Tirumalayapalem |
| Nelakondapalli |
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Kathula Shanthaiah | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1978 | Hassainu Potta Pinjara | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1983 | Bheempaka Bhupathi Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1985 | Baji Hanumanthu | Communist Party of India | |
| 1989 | Sambani Chandrasekhar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Venkata Veeraiah Sandra | Communist Party of India | |
| 1999 | Sambani Chandrasekhar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | Sambani Chandrasekhar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Ramreddy Venkat Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Ramreddy Venkat Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 (By-election) | Thummala Nageshwar Rao | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |
| 2018 | Kandala Upender Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
Election results[edit]
Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2018[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kandala Upender Reddy | 89,407 | |||
| TRS | Thummala Nageswara Rao | 81,738 | |||
| Majority | 7,669 | ||||
| INC gain from TRS | Swing | ||||
Telangana Legislative Assembly Byelection, 2016[edit]
The by-election was necessitated following the death of Congress Member R.Venkat Reddy who won the seat in 2014. T. Nageshwar Rao of Telangana Rashtra Samithi won it with the biggest majority in the history of Paleru constituency.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRS | Thummala Nageswara Rao | 94,940 | 55.5% | ||
| INC | RamReddy Sucharitha Reddy | 49,258 | 28.8% | ||
| CPI (M) | Pothineni Sudarshan Rao | 15,538 | 9.1% | ||
| Majority | 45,676 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,71,074 | 89.85 | |||
| TRS gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ramreddy Venkat Reddy | 69,707 | 39.28% | ||
| TDP | Baby Swarna Kumari Maddineni | 47,844 | 26.96% | ||
| CPI (M) | Pothineni Sudarshan Rao | 44,245 | 24.93% | ||
| TRS | Ravella Ravindra | 4,041 | 2.28% | ||
| Majority | 21,863 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,77,461 | 91.46% | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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