Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency

Peddapalli
TG-2
Peddapalli ; TG-2
Lok Sabha constituency
	Boundary of Peddapalli Constituency in Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
Assembly constituencies	Chennur; Bellampalli; Mancherial; Dharmapuri; Ramagundam; Manthani; Peddapalle
Established	1962
Total electors	1,425,361
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Vamsi Krishna Gaddam
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Peddapalli 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]

Overview

Since its inception in 1962 Peddapalli seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits like the Telangana Praja Samithi and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections.

After the formation of Telangana the Telangana Rashtra Samithi won the seat for the first time in 2014 General Election.

Assembly segments

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

#	Name	District	Member
2	Chennur (SC)	Mancherial	Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy	INC	INC
3	Bellampalli (SC)		Gaddam Vinod Kumar	INC	INC
4	Mancherial		Kokkirala Premsagar Rao	INC	INC
22	Dharmapuri (SC)	Jagitial	Adluri Laxman Kumar	INC	BJP
23	Ramagundam	Peddapalli	Makkan Singh Raj Thakur	INC	INC
24	Manthani		D. Sridhar Babu	INC	INC
25	Peddapalle		Chinthakunta Vijaya Ramana Rao	INC	INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1952-1962 : Constituency did not exist
1962	M. R. Krishna	Indian National Congress
1967	M. R. Krishna	Indian National Congress
1971	V. Tulasiram	Telangana Praja Samithi
1977	V. Tulasiram	Indian National Congress
1980	K. Rajamallu	Indian National Congress
1984	G. Bhoopathy	Telugu Desam Party
1989	G. Venkat Swamy	Indian National Congress
1991
1996
1998	Chellamalla Suguna Kumari	Telugu Desam Party
1999	Chellamalla Suguna Kumari	Telugu Desam Party
2004	G. Venkat Swamy	Indian National Congress
2009	Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy	Indian National Congress
2014	Balka Suman	Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2019	Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta	Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2024	Vamsi Krishna Gaddam	Indian National Congress

Election results

General election, 2024

2024 Indian general election: Peddapalle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gaddam Vamsi Krishna	475,587	43.42	7.74
	BJP	Gomase Srinivas	344,223	31.43	21.88
	BRS	Koppula Eshwar	193,356	17.65	27.84
	BSP	Erukulla Raja Narsaiah	6,799	0.62	0.33
	NOTA	None of the above	5,711	0.52
Majority			131,364	11.99	2.18
Turnout			1,095,295	67.87	2.28
	INC gain from BRS		Swing

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS292.htm

General election, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Peddapalle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BRS	Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta	441,321	45.49	−11.33
	INC	Agam Chandrasekhar	3,46,141	35.68	+8.11
	BJP	Sogala Kumar	92,606	9.55
	IND.	Kuntala Narsaiah	18,219	1.88
	BSP	Bala Kalyan Panja	10,203	1.05
	NOTA	None of the above	8,971	0.92
Majority			95,180	9.81
Turnout			9,70,165	65.59	−6.34
	TRS hold		Swing

General election, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Peddapalle^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Balka Suman	5,65,496	56.82
	INC	Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy	2,74,338	27.57
	TDP	Dr. Janapati Sarat Babu	63,334	6.36
	RP (K)	Velthuru Mallaiah	45,977	4.62
	BSP	Tagaram Shankar Lal	9,449	0.95
Majority			2,91,158	28.48
Turnout			10,22,184	71.93	+6.02
	TRS gain from INC		Swing

General election, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Peddapalle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy	3,13,748	34.7%
	TRS	Gomasa Srinivas	2,64,731	29.28%
	PRP	Arepelli David Raju	1,75,605	19.42%
Majority			49,017	5.42
Turnout			9,04,084	68.72%
	INC hold		Swing

General election, 2004

General Election, 2004: Peddapalli ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Venkat Swamy	572,207	60.91	+15.52
	TDP	Suguna Kumari	309,072	32.90	−14.34
	BSP	Kannam Raghu	26,554	2.8
	Independent	Kampelli Srinivas	14,151	1.51
	Independent	Maddela Odelu	8,829	0.94
	Independent	Kamilla Jaya Rao	8,637	0.92
Majority			263,135	28.01	+29.86
Turnout			939,450	67.78	+0.04
	INC hold		Swing	+15.52

Trivia

The Lok Sabha constituency includes three assembly constituencies from Adilabad district i.e. Chennur, Bellampalli, Mancherial
G. Venkat Swamy, former Union Minister represented the constituency in Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Fourteenth Lok Sabha respectively.

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.
^ Peddapalli Lok Sabha (General) Elections Result
^ "Election Results 2009" (pdf). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

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[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] Peddapalli Lok Sabha (General) Elections Result

[Election_Results_2009-4] "Election Results 2009" (pdf). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

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