Khammam Lok Sabha constituency

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

Khammam TG-17
Lok Sabha constituency
Khammam Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana
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

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

Overview

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

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

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
112	Khammam	Khammam	Thummala Nageswara Rao		INC		INC
113	Palair		Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy		INC		INC
114	Madhira (SC)		Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka		INC		INC
115	Wyra (ST)		Ramdas Maloth		INC		INC
116	Sathupalli (SC)		Matta Ragamayee		INC		INC
117	Kothagudem	Bhadradri Kothagudem	Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao		CPI		INC
118	Aswaraopeta (ST)		Jare Adinarayana		INC		INC

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

General election, 2024

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 BRS		Swing

General election, 2019

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
	BRS gain from YSRCP		Swing

General election, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Khammam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy	421,957	35.67
	TDP	Nama Nageswara Rao	4,09,983	34.66
	CPI	Kankanala Narayana	1,87,653	15.86
	BRS	Budan Baig Shaik	89,063	7.53
Majority			11,974	1.01
Turnout			11,82,897	82.13	+0.05
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

General election, 2009

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
	PRP	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

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

General Election, 1999: Khammam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Renuka Chowdary	328,596	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

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

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
	NTRTDP(LP)	Nageswara Rao Koneru	75,072	8.4
Majority			63,291	7.1
Turnout			8,95,441	72.6
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

General election, 1991

General Election, 1991: Khammam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. V. Rangaiah Naidu	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

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

Trivia

• 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.

See also

• Khammam district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha