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]

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
33	Siddipet	Siddipet	T. Harish Rao	BRS	BRS
34	Medak	Medak	Mynampally Rohit	INC	BJP
37	Narsapur	Medak	Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy	BRS	INC
39	Sangareddy	Sangareddy	Chinta Prabhakar	BRS	INC
40	Patancheru	Sangareddy	Gudem Mahipal Reddy	INC	BJP
41	Dubbak	Siddipet	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy	BRS	BRS
42	Gajwel	Siddipet	K. Chandrashekar Rao	BRS	BRS

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1952	N. M. Jaisoorya	People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)
1957	P. Hanmanth Rao	Indian National Congress
1962	P. Hanmanth Rao
1967	Sangam Laxmi Bai
1971	Mallikarjun Goud	Telangana Praja Samithi
1977	Mallikarjun Goud	Indian National Congress
1980	Indira Gandhi †	Indian National Congress
1984	P. Manik Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
1989	M. Baga Reddy	Indian National Congress
1991
1996
1998
1999	A. Narendra	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	A. Narendra	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2009	Vijaya Shanthi
2014	K. Chandrashekar Rao
2014^	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy
2019	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy
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	432,078	31.17	6.86
	BRS	Venkatarami Reddy	396,790	28.62	23.20
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,617	0.33	1.01
Majority			39,139	2.82	24.69
Turnout			1,386,239	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

By-Election, 2014: Medak^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Kotha Prabhakar Reddy	571,810	55.24	0.04
	INC	Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy	2,10,524	20.34	1.53
	BJP	Jagga Reddy	1,86,343	18.00	2.74
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	657,492	55.20	18.53
	INC	P. Shravan Kumar Reddy	2,60,463	21.87	14.25
	BJP	Chaganla Narendra Nath	1,81,804	15.26	21.36
	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	388,839	36.67	13.69
	INC	Narendra Nath Chengala	382,762	36.12	9.42
	PRP	Khaja Quayum Anwar	120,812	11.39	11.39
Majority			6,077	0.55
Turnout			1,060,272	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

General Election, 1999

General Election, 1999: Medak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	A. Narendra	400,244	48.20
	INC	M. Baga Reddy	378,161	45.54
	Independent	Syed Muneeroddin	14,505	1.75
	Independent	Golla Vittal	11,525	1.39
Majority			22,083	2.66
Turnout
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1998

General Election, 1998: Medak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M. Baga Reddy	269,122	34.12
	BJP	Ale Narendra	252,642	32.03
	TDP	Patlolla Manik Reddy	240,166	30.44
	SP	Gurujada Beeraiah Yadav	12,465	1.58
	BSP	Mohd. Waheed Ahmed	8,634	1.09
	Independent	Ganta Babu	2,066	0.26
Majority			16,480	2.09
Turnout
			Swing

General Election, 1996

General Election, 1996: Medak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Baga Reddy	286,278	37.42	13.25
	TDP	Patlolla Manik Reddy	258,789	33.83	5.79
	BJP	Ale Narendra	152,070	19.88	4.09
	NTRTDP(LP)	G. Laxmi Narsinga Rao	30,374	3.97	New
	Independent	MinuPoori Ramchandraiah	8,148	1.07	New
Majority			27,489	3.59
Turnout
			Swing

General Election, 1991

General Election, 1991: Medak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M. Baga Reddy	313,740	50.67
	TDP	D. Rama Krishna	173,590	28.04
	BJP	Allani Kishan Rao	97,791	15.79
	BSP	Nalla Suryaprakash	17,743	2.87
	Independent	Ganta Babu	4,417	0.71
Majority			140,150	22.63
Turnout			619,281
			Swing

General Election, 1980

General Election, 1980: Medak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Indira Gandhi	301,577	67.93
	JP	S. Jaipal Reddy	82,453	18.57
	JP(S)	Kesava Rao Jadav	26,149	5.89
	Independent	Ganta Babu	15,456	3.48
	Independent	Sakuntala Devi	6,514	1.47
Majority			219,124	49.36
Turnout
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing

General Election, 1952

General Election, 1952: Medak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDF	Jaisooriya	90,366	45.72
	INC	Srinivas Rao	70,686	35.77
	Independent	Bal Reddy	36,585	18.51
Majority			19,680	9.95
Turnout			197,637
	gain from		Swing	{{{swing}}}

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]

References

^ Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 29.
^ Shankar, Shiva (4 April 2014). "Kavita versus Vijayashanti in Andhra's Medak Lok Sabha seat?". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^ Election Commission of India (6 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Medak". Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ MEDAK LOK SABHA POLLS RESULT
^ The Hindu (16 September 2014). "TRS wins Medak Lok Sabha seat". Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ MEDAK LOK SABHA BY-ELECTIONS RESULT
^ MEDAK LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT
^ "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.
^ "Many aspirants for Medak Lok Sabha seat". The Hindu. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
^ ' + 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.
^ "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

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Baghpat	Constituency represented by the prime minister 1980-1984	Succeeded by Amethi

18°00′N 78°18′E / 18.0°N 78.3°E / 18.0; 78.3

[1] Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"

[ceo-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.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Medak-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

[TRS_wins_Medak_Lok_Sabha_seat-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.

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Lok Sabha constituencies of Telangana
Current	Adilabad Bhongir Chevella Hyderabad Karimnagar Khammam Mahabubabad Mahabubnagar Malkajgiri Medak Nagarkurnool Nalgonda Nizamabad Peddapalli Secundarabad Warangal Zahirabad
Defunct constituencies	Bhadrachalam Hanamkonda Miryalguda Siddipet