Gajwel Assembly constituency

Gajwel Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is part of Medak Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2] It is one of the 10 constituencies in erstwhile Medak district and is located around 64km from the state capital Hyderabad.

Gajwel
Constituency No. 42 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTelangana
DistrictMedak, Siddipet
Established1952
Total electors232,417
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharat Rashtra Samithi

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, the first Chief Minister of Telangana, is the current MLA for this constituency.

Mandals

The assembly constituency presently comprises the following mandals:

MandalDistrict
Gajwel Siddipet
Toopran Medak
Kondapaka Siddipet
Wargal
Mulug
Jagadevpur Siddipet

Members of Legislative Assembly

Members of Legislative Assembly who represented Gajwel:[3]

Year Name[4] Party
1952 Pendem Vasudevu Peoples Democratic Front
1957 J. B. Muthyal Rao Indian National Congress
1962 Gajwel Saidiah Independent
1967 J. B. Muthyal Rao Indian National Congress
1972 Gajwel Saidiah
1978 Indian National Congress
1983 Allam Sailu Telugu Desam Party
1985 B. Sanjeeva Rao
1989 Dr. J. Geeta Reddy Indian National Congress
1994 G. Vijaya Rama Rao Telugu Desam Party
1999 B. Sanjeeva Rao
2004 Dr. J. Geeta Reddy Indian National Congress
2009 Tumkunta Narsa Reddy
2014 K. Chandrashekar Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2018
2023 Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023
2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Gajwel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BRS Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao 111,684 48.05 Decrease12.4
BJP Etela Rajender 66,653 28.68 New
INC Thoomkunta Narsa Reddy 32,568 14.01 Decrease18.35
BSP Jakkani Sanjay Kumar 2,743 1.18
Yuga Thulasi Party Mekala Raghuma Reddy 2,232 0.96
Independent Kinnera Yadaiah 1,998 0.86
Independent Nirudi Swamy 1,400 0.60
Independent R. Nikhil 1,371 0.59
Aabaad Party Poreddy Venugopal 1,281 0.55
People Protection Party V. Sadananda Reddy 1,049 0.45
India Praja Bandhu Party Rangannagari Jyothi 967 0.42
NOTA None of the above 832 0.36
Majority 45,031 19.37 -8.72
Turnout 2,32,417
BRS hold Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

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Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018: Gajwel [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TRS K. Chandrashekar Rao 125,444 60.45 Increase16.39
INC Pratap Reddy Vanteru 67,154 32.36 Decrease15.04
Independent Kante Sayanna 3,353 1.62 New
Independent Bitla Venkateshwerlu 1,636 0.79 New
NOTA None of the Above 1,624 0.78 Decrease0.03
Majority 58,290 28.09
Turnout 2,07,520 88.97
TRS hold Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014
Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014: Gajwel (Assembly constituency) [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TRS K. Chandrashekar Rao 86,694 44.06
TDP Pratap Reddy Vanteru 67,303 34.21
INC Tumkunta Narsa Reddy 34,085 17.32
TPS Nallanagula Venkatesham 3,127 1.59
NOTA None of the Above 1,592 0.81
Majority 19,391 9.85
Turnout 1,96,759 84.22
TRS gain from INC Swing

See also

References
  1. "No cakewalk for KCR in Gajwel". The Times of India. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. + 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.
  3. "State Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparison for 222-Gajwel Constituency of ANDHRA PRADESH". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. "Gajwel Election and Results 2014, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  5. Election Commission of India- State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Telangana. Hyderabad: Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana. 2018. p. 24.
  6. General Elections to the House of People and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 2014 Statistical Report (PDF). Hyderabad: Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 2014. p. 75. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2016.

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