Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency

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Secunderabad Cantt.
Constituency No. 71 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Telangana
District Hyderabad
Established1957 to 1977, 2009 to present [1]
Total electors231,004
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Vacant

Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 24 constituencies in the capital city of Hyderabad. It is part of Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency.

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In 2014, G. Sayanna from the Telugu Desam Party was elected as MLA by defeating the nearest rival by a 2.60% margin. The incumbent MLA, Shri G. Sayanna, died on 19 February 2023. In the 2023 election, G. Lasya Nandita, daughter of Sayanna, from the BRS party, won the election and became the MLA. However, she died on 23 February 2024 in a road accident on Orr Hyderabad.

Extent of the constituency

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following neighbourhoods:

Mandalas
Marredpally
Trimulgherry
Bolarum
Sikh Village
Lothkunta
Karkhana
Begumpet (part)
Rastrapathi Road (part)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Andhra Pradesh
YearMemberParty
1978 B. Machinder Rao Janata Party
1983 N. A. Krishna Independent
1985 S. Satyanarayana Telugu Desam Party
1989 D. Narsinga Rao Indian National Congress
1994 G. Sayanna Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004 Telugu Desam Party
2009 P. Shankar Rao Indian National Congress
Telangana
YearMemberParty
2014 G. Sayanna Telugu Desam Party
2018 Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2023 G. Lasya Nanditha Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2024^ TBA

^By Poll

Election results

2024 by-election

Telangana Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Secuderabad Cantonment
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sri Ganesh
BJP T. N. Vamsha Tilak [2]
BRS G Niveditha Sayanna [3]
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout 000
Swing

2023

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Secunderabad Cantonment
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BRS G. Lasya Nanditha 59,057 47.52 Decrease2.svg9.18
BJP Sri Ganesh41,88833.64Increase2.svg20.34
INC Dr. G V Venella20,82516.72Decrease2.svg7.58
NOTA None of the Above 1,2200.97Decrease2.svg0.36
Majority17,16913.88
Turnout 1,24,517
BRS hold Swing

2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Secunderabad Cantonment [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TRS G. Sayanna 65,797 56.7 +21.2
INC Sarvey Sathyanarayana 28,23424.3+11.7
BJP Sri Ganesh 15,48713.30new
NOTA None of the Above 1,5711.33
Majority37,56332.3+29.7
Turnout 1,16,14446.7%-4.0
TRS gain from TDP Swing

2014

[5]

2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Secunderabad Cantt.
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDP G. Sayanna44,69335.50+5.87
TRS Gajjela Nagesh41,41832.98+32.98
INC Gajjela Kantham22,13612.58-20.84
Majority3,2752.60
Turnout 1,25,89450.7%
TDP gain from INC Swing

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "BJP Declares Vamshi Tilak for Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly Constituency Bypoll". 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. The Hindu (11 April 2024). "BRS names Niveditha as candidate for Secunderabad Cantonment seat". Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. Secunderabad Cantonment 2018 Results
  5. "Secunderabad Cantonment 2014 Results". Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

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