| Karimnagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 26 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
|   Location of Karimnagar Assembly constituency within Telangana  | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India | 
| Region | South India | 
| State | Telangana | 
| District | Karimnagar | 
| Established | 1951 | 
| Total electors | 1,99,331 | 
| Reservation | None | 
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 
Karimnagar Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. [1] It is one of the three constituencies in Karimnagar district. It includes the city of Karimnagar. It is part of Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency.
Gangula Kamalakar, the current Civil Supplies Minister of Telangana, emerged as the winner with a majority of 3,163 votes and is representing the constituency.
The assembly constituency presently comprises the following mandals:
| Mandal | 
|---|
| Karimnagar City | 
| Karimnagar Rural | 
| Kothapally | 
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | |||
| 1972 | Juvvadi Chokka Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Kondaiah Nalumachu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | K Murtunjayam | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | C Anand Rao | ||
| 1989 | Jagapthi Rao V | Independent | |
| 1994 | Juvvadi Chandra Sekhar Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Devender Rao Katari | ||
| 2004 | Meneni Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Gangula Kamalakar | Telugu Desam Party | |
| Telangana | |||
| 2014 | Gangula Kamalakar | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |
| 2018 | |||
| 2023 | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRS | Gangula Kamalakar | 92,179 | 40.12 | ||
| BJP | Bandi Sanjay Kumar | 89,016 | 38.74 | ||
| INC | Purumalla Srinivas | 40,057 | 17.43 | ||
| BSP | Nallala Srinivas | 1,546 | 0.67 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,269 | 0.55 | ||
| Majority | 3,163 | 1.38 | |||
| Turnout | 2,29,774 | ||||
| BRS hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRS | Gangula Kamalakar | 80,983 | 40.71 | ||
| BJP | Bandi Sanjay Kumar | 66,009 | 33.18 | ||
| INC | Ponnam Prabhakar | 39,500 | 19.86 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 982 | 0.49 | ||
| Majority | 14,974 | 7.53 | |||
| Turnout | 1,98,926 | 69.29 | |||
| TRS hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRS | Gangula Kamalakar | 77,209 | 40.92 | ||
| BJP | Bandi Sanjay Kumar | 52,455 | 27.80 | ||
| INC | Chalimeda Laxmi Narasimha Rao | 51,339 | 27.21 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 750 | 0.40 | ||
| Majority | 24,754 | 13.12 | |||
| Turnout | 1,88,673 | 58.49 | |||
| TRS gain from TDP | Swing | ||||