Khanapur, Telangana Assembly constituency

For seat by the same name in Karnataka, see Khanapur, Karnataka Assembly constituency.

Khanapur
Constituency No. 6 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Location of Khanapur Assembly constituency within Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Adilabad
Lok Sabha constituency	Adilabad
Established	1978
Total electors	1,83,298
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vedma Bhojju
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Khanapur is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of three constituencies in Nirmal district. It comes under Adilabad Lok Sabha constituency along with six other Assembly constituencies.

Ajmeera Rekha of Telangana Rashtra Samithi won the seat in the 2014 Assembly election.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

Mandal	Districts
Khanapur	Nirmal
Jannaram	Mancherial
Inderavelly	Adilabad
Utnoor
Kaddam	Nirmal

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Duration	Member	Political party
1978	Ambajee		Indian National Congress
1983
1985	Ajmera Govind Naik		Independent
1989	Kotnak Bhim Rao		Indian National Congress
1994	Ajmeera Govind Naik		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Ramesh Rathod
2004	Ajmeera Govind Naik		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2008 by-poll	Suman Rathod		Telugu Desam Party
2009
2014	Ajmeera Rekha		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2018
2023	Vedma Bhojju		Indian National Congress

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Khanapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vedma Bhojju	58,870	33.79
	BRS	Johnson Naik Bhukya	54,168	31.09
	BJP	Ramesh Rathod	52,398	30.07
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,114	1.21
Majority			4,702	2.70
Turnout			1,74,239
	INC gain from BRS		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Ajmeera Rekha	67,138	44.12%
	INC	Ramesh Rathod	46,428	30.51%
	BJP	Ashok Satla	23,779	15.63%
	BSP	AJMEERA HARI NAIK	3,553	2.34%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,776	1.82%
Majority			20,710
Turnout			1,52,156	80.87%
	TRS hold		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Ajmeera Rekha	67,442	49.33%
	TDP	Rathod Ritesh	28,931	21.16%
	INC	Ajmeera Harinaik	26,087	19.08%
Majority			38,511
Turnout			1,36,717	74.59%
	TRS gain from TDP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly

References

1. Khanapur Results ^[usurped]

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