Kalwakurthy (Assembly constituency)

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Kalwakurthy
Constituency for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
State Telangana
District Nagarkurnool
Total electors1,99,363
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAGurka Jaipal Yadav
Party Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Elected year1952

Kalwakurthy Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of four constituencies in Nagarkurnool district and one of the eight constituencies in Ranga Reddy district. It is part of Nagarkurnool Lok Sabha constituency.

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Gurka Jaipal Yadav of Telangana Rashtra Samithi won the seat with majority of 3447 in the 2018 Assembly election.

NT Rama Rao, founder of the Telugu Desam Party, lost from this constituency when he was defeated by Chittaranjan Das of Congress in 1989 elections.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following mandals:

Mandal
Kalwakurthy
Veldanda
Talakondapalle
Amangal
Madgul
Kadthal

Members of Legislative Assembly


Year of electionMLAPolitical party
1952M. Narsing Rao Indian National Congress
1952K.R. Veeraswamy Indian National Congress
1957Shanta Bai Talpallikar Indian National Congress
1962Venkat Reddy Independent politician
1964Shanta Bai Talpallikar Indian National Congress
1967G. Reddy Independent politician
1972 Jaipal Reddy Indian National Congress
1978 Jaipal Reddy Janata Party
1983 Jaipal Reddy Janata Party
1985J. Chittaranjan das Indian National Congress
1989J. Chittaranjan das Indian National Congress
1994Yadma Kista Reddy Independent politician
1999Gurka Jaipal Yadav Telugu Desam Party
2004Yadma Kista Reddy Indian National Congress
2009Gurka Jaipal Yadav Telugu Desam Party
2014 Challa Vamshichand Reddy Indian National Congress
2018-IncumbentGurka Jaipal Yadav Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018:Kalwakurthy (Assembly constituency)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TRS Gurka Jaipal Yadav62,89235.34%
BJP Achary Talloju59,44533.41%
INC Challa Vamshichand Reddy 46,52326.14%
Majority9,0575.09%
Turnout
TRS gain from INC Swing

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

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Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014:Kalwakurthy (Assembly constituency)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Challa Vamshichand Reddy 42,22926.34%
BJP Achary Talloju42,19726.32%
TRS Gurka Jaipal Yadav29,68718.52%
Majority32.04%
Turnout 1,60,33680.42%
INC gain from TDP Swing

Kalwakurthy Assembly Election (1989) [2]

PartyCandidateVotes%Win/Loss
INC Chittaranjan Dass5435450.94%Win
Telugu Desam Party N. T. Rama Rao 5078647.59%Loss
IND SANGAPURAM SAI KUMAR5560.52%Loss

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References

  1. Kalwakurthy Results
  2. "Kalwakurthy Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Kalwakurthy, Telangana". elections.in. Retrieved 9 October 2017.