Gajwel Assembly constituency

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Gajwel
Constituency No. 42 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Telangana
District Medak, Siddipet
Established1951
Total electors232,417
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao.png
Incumbent
Party Bharat Rashtra Samithi

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 ten constituencies in the former Medak district, located approximately 64 km from the state capital, Hyderabad.

Contents

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, the first Chief Minister of Telangana, has been the MLA since 2014.

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]

YearName [4] Party
1952Pendem VasudevuPeoples 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 Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2018
2023

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Gajwel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BRS Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao 111,684 48.05 Decrease2.svg12.4
BJP Etela Rajender 66,65328.68New
INC Thoomkunta Narsa Reddy32,56814.01Decrease2.svg18.35
BSP Jakkani Sanjay Kumar2,7431.18
NOTA None of the above 8320.36
Majority45,03119.37−8.72
Turnout 2,32,417
BRS hold Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018: Gajwel [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TRS K. Chandrashekar Rao 125,444 60.45 Increase2.svg16.39
INC Pratap Reddy Vanteru67,15432.36Decrease2.svg15.04
Independent Kante Sayanna3,3531.62New
Independent Bitla Venkateshwerlu1,6360.79New
NOTA None of the Above 1,6240.78Decrease2.svg0.03
Majority58,29028.09
Turnout 2,07,52088.97
TRS hold Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014: Gajwel [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TRS K. Chandrashekar Rao 86,694 44.06
TDP Pratap Reddy Vanteru67,30334.21
INC Tumkunta Narsa Reddy34,08517.32
TPS Nallanagula Venkatesham3,1271.59
NOTA None of the Above 1,5920.81
Majority19,3919.85
Turnout 1,96,75984.22
TRS gain from INC Swing

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