Kurnool Assembly constituency

Kurnool Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency.

Kurnool
Constituency No. 137 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Kurnool Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Kurnool
Lok Sabha constituency	Kurnool
Established	1951
Total electors	258,815
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent T. G. Bharath
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

T. G. Bharath is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[2] As of 25 April 2024, there are a total of 258,815 electors in the constituency.^[3] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Damodaram Sanjivayya		Indian National Congress
1955	Mahaboob Ali Khan
1962	T.K.R. Sarma		Independent
1967	K. E. Madanna		Indian National Congress
1972	P. Rahiman Khan
1978	Mohammad Ibrahim Khan
1983	V. Rama Bhupal Chowdry		Telugu Desam Party
1985	V. Rama Bhupal Chowdry		Indian National Congress
1989
1994	M. Abdul Gafoor		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1999	T. G. Venkatesh		Telugu Desam Party
2004	M. Abdul Gafoor		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2009	T. G. Venkatesh		Indian National Congress
2014	Somula Venkat Mohan Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2019	Abdul Hafeez Khan
2024	T. G. Bharath		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kurnool^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Sanjeevayya	24,526	19.06%	19.06%
	INC	Sankara Reddi, N.	23,467	18.23%	18.23%
	Independent	Venkata Reddi, K.	20,643	16.04%
	Independent	Sankarayya, S.	19,286	14.98%
	Socialist	Ramachandra Sarma, Darnam	19,019	14.78%
	Independent	Anjanayya	7,698	5.98%
	KMPP	Nagappa, S.	5,038	3.91%
	KLP	Issaq, A. R.	4,725	3.67%
	KLP	Hussainappa M	4,306	3.35%
Margin of victory			1,059	0.82%
Turnout			1,28,708	84.96%
Registered electors			1,51,490
	INC win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Abdul Gafoor	54,125	39.06	+16.78
	TDP	T. G. Venkatesh	51,652	37.27	−6.45
	Independent	D. Vishnuvardhan Reddy	26,104	18.84
Majority			2,473	1.69
Turnout			135,876	53.13	−3.19
	CPI(M) gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. G. Venkatesh	68,467	61.28	+24.01
	CPI(M)	M. Abdul Gafoor	24,400	21.84	−17.22
	PRP	Yennam Rajasekhar Reddy	12,013	10.75
Majority			44,067	39.44
Turnout			111,726	52.82	−0.31
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	S. V. Mohan Reddy	57,962	40.18
	TDP	T. G. Venkatesh	54,483	37.77
Majority			3,479	2.41
Turnout			144,245	63.34	+10.52
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Abdul Hafeez Khan	72,819	47.70
	TDP	T. G. Bharath	67,466	44.19
Majority			5,353	3.51
Turnout			1,52,659
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	T. G. Bharath	91,690	51.34
	YSRCP	A. Md. Imtiaz	72,814	40.77
	INC	Shaik Jelani Basha	9,022	5.05
	NOTA	None Of The Above	718	0.4
Majority			18,876	10.57
Turnout			1,78,594
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly