Achampet Assembly constituency

Achampet
Constituency No. 82 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Location of Achampet Assembly constituency within Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Naagarkurnool
Lok Sabha constituency	Nagarkurnool
Total electors	2,00,056
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Achampet (Assembly constituency) is an SC (Scheduled Caste) ^[1] reserved constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of four constituencies in the Nagarkurnool district of Telangana. ^[2] It is part of Nagarkurnool Lok Sabha constituency.

Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna of Indian National Congress is the MLA from the constituency.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

Mandal
Achampet
Balmoor
Lingal
Amrabad
Uppununthala
Vangoor
Padara
Chara konda

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year of election	MLA	Political party
Andhra Pradesh
1962	K. Naganna		Indian National Congress
1967	Puttapaga Mahendranath
1972
1978	R. M. Manohar
1983	Puttapaga Mahendranath		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	D. Kiran Kumar		Indian National Congress
1994	Pothuganti Ramulu		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004	Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna		Indian National Congress
2009	Pothuganti Ramulu		Telugu Desam Party
Telangana
2014	Guvvala Balaraju		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2018
2023	Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna		Indian National Congress

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Achampet ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna	115,337	58.96
	BRS	Guvvala Balaraju	66,011	33.74
	BJP	Devani Sathish Madiga	4,267	2.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,833	1.45
Majority			49,326	25.22
Turnout			1,95,620
	INC gain from BRS		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Achampet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Guvvala Balaraju	87,841	50.11%
	INC	Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna	78,285	44.66%
	BJP	Medipur Malleshwar	3,196	1.82%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,403	1.37%
Majority			9,556
Turnout			1,75,293	81.85%
	TRS hold		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

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2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Achampet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Guvvala Balaraju
	INC	Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna	50,760	34.93%
	TDP	Pothuganti Ramulu	24,199	16.65%	19.90
Majority			11,820	99	12
Turnout			1,45,347	72.65%
	TRS gain from TDP		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009

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2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achampet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Pothuganti Ramulu	62,000	44%
	INC	Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna	57,500	40%
Majority			4500	99	12
Turnout			1,20,347	72.65%
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 31.
2. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Archived from the original (pdf) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
3. "Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023: Achampet". Election Commission of India. 3 December 2023. Archived from the original on 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
4. Achampet Results ^{[ usurped ]}
5. Achampet Results ^{[ usurped ]}

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