Warangal Lok Sabha constituency

Warangal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes^[2]

Warangal TG-15
Lok Sabha constituency
Boundary of Warangal Constituency in Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
Assembly constituencies	Ghanpur (Station) Palakurthi Parkal Warangal West Warangal East Waradhanapet Bhupalpalle
Established	1952
Total electors	1,537,781[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Kadiyam Kavya
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

Kadiyam Kavya of Indian National Congress is currently representing the constituency for the first time.

Overview

Since its inception in 1952 the seat was won by many political parties with Congress winning 8 times out of 16 whereas other outfits like Telangana Praja Samithi and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi emerged victorious on three occasions including the 2015 Bye election where its candidate Pasunuri Dayakar registered the biggest victory margin compared to any leader in the history of the Telangana^[3]

Assembly segments

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

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
99	Ghanpur Station (SC)	Jangaon	Kadiyam Srihari		INC		INC
100	Palakurthi		Mamidala Yashaswini Reddy		INC		INC
104	Parkal	Hanmakonda	Revuri Prakash Reddy		INC		INC
105	Warangal West		Naini Rajender Reddy		INC		INC
106	Warangal East		Konda Surekha		INC		BJP
107	Waradhanapet (SC)	Warangal	K. R. Naga Raju		INC		INC
108	Bhupalpalle	Jayashankar Bhupalpally	Gandra Satyanarayana Rao		INC		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Pendyal Raghava Rao		People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)
1957	Sadath Ali Khan		Indian National Congress
1962	Bakar Ali Mirza
1967	Surendra Reddy
1971	S. B. Giri		Telangana Praja Samithi
1977	G. Mallikarjuna Rao		Indian National Congress
1980	Kamaluddin Ahmed		Indian National Congress
1984	T. Kalpana Devi		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Surendra Reddy		Indian National Congress
1991
1996	Azmeera Chandulal		Telugu Desam Party
1998
1999	Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu
2004	Dharavath Ravinder Naik		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2008^	Errabelli Dayakararao		Telugu Desam Party
2009	Siricilla Rajaiah		Indian National Congress
2014	Kadiyam Srihari		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2015^	Pasunuri Dayakar
2019
2024	Kadiyam Kavya		Indian National Congress

^By-Poll

Election results

General election, 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Warangal^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kadiyam Kavya	581,294	45.85	21.15
	BJP	Aroori Ramesh	360,955	28.47	20.58
	BRS	M. Sudheer Kumar	232,033	18.30	39.39
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,380	0.66	1.11
Majority			220,339	17.38	17.61
Turnout			1,267,946	68.86	5.16
	INC gain from BRS		Swing

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2915.htm

General election, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Warangal^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Pasunoori Dayakar	612,498	57.69	−1.81
	INC	Dommati Sambaiah	2,62,200	24.70	+9.59
	BJP	Chintha Sambamurthy	83,777	7.89	−4.68
	ANP	Bunga Jyothi Ramana	29,183	2.75
	NOTA	None of the Above	18,801	1.77
Majority			3,50,298	32.99
Turnout			10,61,672	63.70	2.59
	TRS hold		Swing

By-election, 2015

Bye-election, 2015: Warangal ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Pasunoori Dayakar	6,15,403	59.50	+3.17
	INC	Sarvey Sathyanarayana	1,56,315	15.11	−7.80
	BJP	Pagidipati Devaiah	1,29,868	12.57
	SJP	Jajula Bhaskar	28,371	2.67
	YSRCP	Nalla Suryaprakash	23,352	2.26
Majority			4,59,088	44.39
Turnout			10,34,840	68.50
	TRS hold		Swing

General election, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Warangal^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Kadiyam Srihari	661,639	56.33
	INC	Rajaiah Siricilla	2,69,065	22.91
	BJP	Parameshwar Ramagalla	1,87,139	15.93
	NOTA	None of the above	14,034	1.19
Majority			3,92,574	33.42
Turnout			11,76,653	76.52	+7.30
	TRS gain from INC		Swing

General election, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Warangal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Siricilla Rajaiah	396,568	38.48
	TRS	Ramagalla Parameshwar	2,71,907	26.39
	TDP	Dommati Sambaiah	1,35,697	13.17
	PRP	Dr Chandragiri Rajamouly	1,08,390	10.51
Majority			1,24,661	12.10
Turnout			10,30,525	69.32
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General election, 2004

General Election, 2004: Warangal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Dharavath Ravinder Naik	427,601	46.38	+46.38
	TDP	Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu	408,339	44.29	−2.06
	PPoI	Ravullapelli Kondal Rao	19,080	2.07
Majority			19,262	2.09	+18.44
Turnout			921,872	75.90	+0.36
	TRS gain from TDP		Swing	+46.38

General election, 1999

General Election, 1999: Warangal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu	385,593	45.1
	INC	T. Kalpanadevi	3,72,227	43.5
	CPI(M)	Gollapelly Nagaiah	30,622	3.6
Majority			13,366	1.6
Turnout			8,55,702	75.5
	TDP hold		Swing

General election, 1998

General Election, 1998: Warangal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Azmeera Chandulal	323,093	40.7
	INC	T. Kalpana Devi	2,98,292	37.6
	BJP	C.Janga Reddy	1,08,942	13.7
Majority			24,801	3.1
Turnout			7,93,614	70.4
	TDP hold		Swing

General election, 1996

General Election, 1996: Warangal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Azmeera Chandulal	292,887	38.7
	INC	Surander Reddy Rama	2,75,447	36.4
	NTRTDP(LP)	M.A. Rawoof	68,257	9.0
Majority			17,440	2.3
Turnout			7,56,120	67.6
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General election, 1991

General Election, 1991: Warangal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surendra Reddy Rama Sahayam	258,733	43.5
	TDP	N.Yethiraja Rao	2,06,860	34.8
	BJP	Kola Janardhan	32,340	5.4
Majority			51,873	8.7
Turnout			5,94,774	62.9
	INC hold		Swing

Trivia

• Pasunuri Dayakar of Telangana Rashtra Samithi won with record margin of nearly 4.60 lakh votes in bypolls making it highest majority in the history of Telangana Lok Sabha elections.^[8]

See also

• Warangal district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha