Goshamahal Assembly constituency

Goshamahal
Constituency No. 65 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Location of Goshamahal Assembly constituency within Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Hyderabad
Lok Sabha constituency	Hyderabad
Established	2008
Total electors	2,86,264
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent T. Raja Singh
Party	Independent
Elected year	2023

Goshamahal Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. ^[1] It is one of 15 constituencies in the 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. ^[5]

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. T Raja Singh resigned from the Telangana BJP, citing his protest against the appointment of N Ramchander Rao ^[6]

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

Year	Member	Party
2009	Mukesh Goud		Indian National Congress
Telangana Legislative Assembly
2014	T. Raja Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Goshamahal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	T. Raja Singh	80,182	54.08	+8.90
	BRS	Nand Kishore Vyas	58,725	39.61	+7.38
	INC	Mogili Sunitha	6,265	4.23	−15.00
	NOTA	None of the Above	626	0.04
Majority			21,457	14.47
Turnout			1,48,259
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Goshamahal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	T. Raja Singh [7]	61,854	45.18	−13.5
	TRS	Prem Singh Rathore	44,120	32.23	+14.4
	INC	M. Mukesh Goud	26,322	19.23	−9.9
	NOTA	None of the Above	709	0.52
Majority			17,734	13.0	−16.52
Turnout			1,36,911	58.72
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2014: Goshamahal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	T. Raja Singh [8]	92,757	58.9	+12.72
	INC	M. Mukesh Goud	45,964	29.2	−16.49
	IND.	Nand Kishore Vyas	7,123	4.49	New
	TRS	Prem Kumar Dhoot	6,312	3.98	New
Majority			46,793	29.52	+12.83
Turnout			1,58,528	55.37	−3.93
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+13.03

2009

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009: Goshamahal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Mukesh Goud	55,829	45.48
	BJP	Prem Singh Rathore	35,341	28.78
	TDP	G. S. Bugga Rao	19,882	16.20
	PRP	G. Madhavi Deepak	5,442	4.43
	LSP	Hemanth Kumar Jaiswal	2,088	1.70
Majority			20,488	16.69
Turnout			1,22,759	59.30
	INC win (new seat)

Trivia

• Goshamahal is the only assembly seat in Hyderabad assembly constituency which has never been won by AIMIM. ^{[9] [10]}

See also

• List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly

References

1. Mahesh Buddi (20 November 2018). "Cases against former BJP MLA Tiger of tigers sher Raja Singh double in four years". The Times of India .
2. "TRS, MIM poll pact in the offing". The Times of India . 9 March 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
3. "Telugu Desam Party sees MIM-Congress deal". Deccan Chronicle . 14 April 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
4. "Hyderabad MLAs look for safer seats". The Times of India . 10 March 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
5. "How Raja Singh of Hyderabad's Goshamahal Emerged as the New Poster Boy of Hindutva".
6. "Telangana MLA T Raja Singh Quits BJP". NDTV India.
7. Goshamahal 2018 results
8. Goshamahal 2014 results
9. "Cong, MIM repeat success story - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
10. Yunus Y Lasania (17 April 2014). "Keen contest in Goshamahal". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

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