Karimnagar Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Telangana legislative assembly in India

Karimnagar
Constituency No. 26 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Karimnagar
Established	1952
Total electors	1,99,331
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gangula Kamalakar
Party	Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Karimnagar Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India.^[1] It is one of the three constituencies in Karimnagar district. It includes the city of Karimnagar. It is part of Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency.

Gangula Kamalakar, the current Civil Supplies Minister of Telangana, emerged as the winner with a majority of 3,163 votes and is representing the constituency.

Extent of the constituency

The assembly constituency presently comprises the following mandals:

Mandal
Karimnagar City
Karimnagar Rural
Kothapally

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name
1972	Juvvadi Chokka Rao	Indian National Congress
1978	Kondaiah Nalumachu	Indian National Congress
1983	K Murtunjayam	Independent
1985	C Anand Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Jagapthi Rao V	Independent
1994	Juvvadi Chandra Sekhar Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1999	Devender Rao Katari	Telugu Desam Party
2004	Meneni Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
2009	Gangula Kamalakar	Telugu Desam Party
2014		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2018		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2023		Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Karimnagar (Assembly constituency)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BRS	Gangula Kamalakar	92,179	40.12
	BJP	Bandi Sanjay Kumar	89,016	38.74
	INC	Purumalla Srinivas	40,057	17.43
	BSP	Nallala Srinivas	1,546	0.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,269	0.55
Majority			3,163	1.38
Turnout			2,29,774
	BRS hold		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018: Karimnagar^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TRS	Gangula Kamalakar	80,983	40.71
	BJP	Bandi Sanjay Kumar	66,009	33.18
	INC	Ponnam Prabhakar	39,500	19.86
	NOTA	None of the Above	982	0.49
Majority			14,974	7.53
Turnout			1,98,926	69.29
	TRS hold		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014: Karimnagar^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TRS	Gangula Kamalakar	77,209	40.92
	BJP	Bandi Sanjay Kumar	52,455	27.80
	INC	Chalimeda Laxmi Narasimha Rao	51,339	27.21
	NOTA	None of the Above	750	0.40
Majority			24,754	13.12
Turnout			1,88,673	58.49
	TRS gain from TDP		Swing

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ Election Commission of India (2023). "Telangana General Legislative Election 2023 - Statistical Report" (PDF). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
^ "Telangana General Legislative Election 2018 - Statistical Report". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ Karimnagar Results
^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^ Karimnagar Results