Medak Lok Sabha constituency

Medak Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.^[2][3]

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Lok Sabha constituency
Medak Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
Assembly constituencies	Siddipet Medak Narsapur Sangareddy Patancheru Dubbak Gajwel
Established	1957
Total electors	1,536,715[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Raghunandan Rao
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Overview

Since its inception in 1957 Medak seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits like the Telangana Praja Samithi, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections.

After the formation of Telangana Rashtra Samithi the seat has been won by four different candidates in three general elections including its founder and former Chief Minister of Telangana K. Chandrashekar Rao and actress Vijayashanti

Assembly segments

Medak Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
33	Siddipet	Siddipet	T. Harish Rao		BRS		BRS
34	Medak	Medak	Mynampally Rohit		INC		BJP
37	Narsapur		Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy		BRS		INC
39	Sangareddy	Sangareddy	Chinta Prabhakar		BRS		INC
40	Patancheru		Gudem Mahipal Reddy		INC		BJP
41	Dubbak	Siddipet	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy		BRS		BRS
42	Gajwel		K. Chandrashekar Rao		BRS		BRS

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	N. M. Jaisoorya		People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)
1957	P. Hanmanth Rao		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Sangam Laxmi Bai
1971	Mallikarjun Goud		Telangana Praja Samithi
1977			Indian National Congress
1980	Indira Gandhi
1984	P. Manik Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1989	M. Baga Reddy		Indian National Congress
1991
1996
1998
1999	A. Narendra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004			Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2009	Vijayashanti
2014	K. Chandrashekar Rao
2014^	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy
2019
2024	Raghunandan Rao		Bharatiya Janata Party

^By-Poll

Election results

General election, 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Medak^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raghunandan Rao	471,217	33.99	16.47
	INC	Nilam Madhu Mudiraj	4,32,078	31.17	6.86
	BRS	Venkatarami Reddy	3,96,790	28.62	23.2
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority			39,139
Turnout			13,86,239	75.09	3.34
	BJP gain from BRS		Swing

General election, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Medak^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy	596,048	51.82	−6.21
	INC	Gali Anil Kumar	2,79,621	24.31	+2.95
	BJP	Raghunandan Rao	2,01,567	17.52	−0.39
	IND.	Thumalapally Pruthviraj	18,813	1.64
	NOTA	None of the above	15,390	1.34
Majority			3,16,427	27.51	+3.34
Turnout			11,50,331	71.75	+3.96
	TRS hold		Swing

General By-Election, 2014^[6]

By-Election, 2014: Medak^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy	5,71,810	55.24
	INC	Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy	2,10,524	20.34
	BJP	Jagga Reddy	1,86,343	18.00
Majority			3,61,286	34.54	+
Turnout			10,46,114	67.79
	TRS hold		Swing

General Election, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Medak^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	K. Chandrashekar Rao	6,57,492	55.2
	INC	P. Shravan Kumar Reddy	2,60,463	21.87
	BJP	Chaganla Narendra Nath	1,81,804	15.26
	IND.	Kundeti Ravi	33,507	2.81
	YSRCP	Prabhugoud Pullaiahgari	27,412	0.98
	NOTA	None of the above	10,696	0.90
Majority			3,97,029	33.33
Turnout			12,93,548	77.70	+1.41
	TRS hold		Swing

General Election, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Vijaya Shanthi. M	3,88,839	36.67%
	INC	Narendra Nath Chengala	3,82,762	36.12%
	PRP	Khaja Quayum Anwar	1,20,812	11.39%
Majority			6,077
Turnout			10,60,272	76.29
	TRS hold		Swing

General Election, 2004

General Election, 2004: Medak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	A. Narendra	453,738	50.36	+50.36
	BJP	P Ramchandra Reddy	329,972	36.62	−11.58
	BSP	Suryaprakash Nalla	52,273	5.80
	Independent	Md Ulfathali	34,476	3.83
	Independent	K Laxmaiah Yadav	18,457	2.05
	Independent	P Jeevula naik	12,099	1.34
Majority			124,766	13.74	+61.94
Turnout			901,015	71.60	+0.41
	TRS gain from BJP		Swing	+50.36

Trivia

• Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was holding the seat when she was assassinated in 1984.
• Telangana first Chief Minister, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao won the seat by a margin of 3.7 lakh votes in 2014 General Election, but he later vacated it.^{[9][10][11][12]}

See also

• Medak district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 29.
3. Shankar, Shiva (4 April 2014). "Kavita versus Vijayashanti in Andhra's Medak Lok Sabha seat?". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
4. Election Commission of India (6 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Medak". Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
5. MEDAK LOK SABHA POLLS RESULT
6. The Hindu (16 September 2014). "TRS wins Medak Lok Sabha seat". Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
7. MEDAK LOK SABHA BY-ELECTIONS RESULT
8. MEDAK LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT
9. "TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao resigns from Medak Lok Sabha seat | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". Dnaindia.com. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
10. "Many aspirants for Medak Lok Sabha seat". The Hindu. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
11. ' + val.created_at + ' (18 April 2014). "TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao likely to have smooth sailing in Medak Lok Sabha seat". NDTV.com. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
12. "TRS, AIMIM announce candidates; KCR to contest from Medak". Livemint. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

External links

• Medak lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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