Goshamahal Assembly constituency

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Goshamahal
Constituency No. 65 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Telangana
District Hyderabad
LS constituency Hyderabad
Total electors2,86,264
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023

Goshamahal Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. [1] It is one of 15 constituencies in Capital city of Hyderabad. It is part of Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency. [2] [3] [4] Goshamahal has a sizeable Hindu migrant population, drawn from north India, among which the Lodhi community is dominant. [5]

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T. Raja Singh from Bharatiya Janata Party is representing the constituency. He was elected for the first time in 2014 and re-elected for second term in 2018 and got elected for a historic consecutive third term in 2023. The constituency before 2008 was Maharaj Ganj and its legislator was Prem Singh Rathore from BJP.

Extent of the constituency

The constituency was created before the 2009 elections as per Delimitation Act of 2002.

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following neighbourhoods:

Neighbourhood
Goshamahal
Afzal Gunj
Aghapura
Boggulkunta
Dhoolpet
Koti (part)
Sultan Bazar
Moazzam Jahi Market
Nampally Station Road
Basheerbagh (part)

Members of Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
2004 Mukesh Goud Indian National Congress
2009
2014 T. Raja Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2018
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Goshamahal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP T. Raja Singh 80,182 54.08 +8.90
BRS Nand Kishore Vyas58,72539.61+7.38
INC Mogili Sunitha6,2654.23-15.00
NOTA None of the Above6260.04
Majority21,45714.47
Turnout 1,48,259
BJP hold Swing

2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Goshamahal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP T. Raja Singh [6] 61,854 45.18 -13.5
TRS Prem Singh Rathore 44,12032.23+14.4
INC M. Mukesh Goud 26,32219.23-9.9
NOTA None of the Above 7090.52
Majority17,73413.0-16.52
Turnout 1,36,91158.72
BJP hold Swing

2014

Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2014: Goshamahal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP T. Raja Singh [7] 92,757 58.9 +12.72
INC M. Mukesh Goud 45,96429.2-16.49
IND. Nand Kishore Vyas7,1234.49New
TRS Prem Kumar Dhoot6,3123.98New
Majority46,79329.52+12.83
Turnout 1,58,52855.37-3.93
BJP gain from INC Swing +13.03

2009

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009: Goshamahal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC M. Mukesh Goud 55,829 45.48
BJP Prem Singh Rathore35,34128.78
TDP G. S. Bugga Rao19,88216.20
PRP G. Madhavi Deepak5,4424.43
LSP Hemanth Kumar Jaiswal2,0881.70
Majority20,48816.69
Turnout 1,22,75959.30
INC win (new seat)

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