Kalwakurthy Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the Telangana legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kalwakurthy
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Telangana (83-Kalwakurthy highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Kalwakurthy Assembly constituency within Telangana
| mla = Kasireddy Narayan Reddy
| party = Indian National Congress
| latest_election_year = 2023
| established = 1951
| state = Telangana
| district = Nagarkurnool
| loksabha_cons = Nagarkurnool
| electors = 1,99,363
| type = SLA
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = Kasireddy Narayanreddy.jpg
| constituency_no = 83
}}
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.
Kasireddy Narayan Reddy of Indian National Congress won the seat with majority of 5,410 in the 2023 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:
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal !!District |
| Kalwakurthy
| rowspan=2|Nagarkurnool |
| Veldanda |
| Talakondapalle
| rowspan=4|Rangareddy |
| Amangal |
| Madgul |
| Kadthal |
Members of Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year of election
! MLA ! colspan="2" | Political party |
|---|
| 1952
| M. Narsing Rao | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} |
| 1952
| K.R. Veeraswamy |
| 1957
| Shanta Bai Talpallikar |
| 1962
| Venkat Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| 1964
| Shanta Bai Talpallikar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1967
| G. Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| 1969
| rowspan=4|Jaipal Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |
| 1972 |
| 1978
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 1983 |
| 1985
| rowspan=2|J. Chittaranjan Das | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |
| 1989 |
| 1994
| Yadma Kista Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| 1999
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 2004
| Yadma Kista Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2009
| Gurka Jaipal Yadav | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 2014
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2018
| Gurka Jaipal Yadav | {{Full party name with color|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}} |
| 2023
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
Election results
= Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023 =
{{Election box begin | title=Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Kalwakurthy (Assembly constituency)}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Kasireddy Narayan Reddy
| votes = 75,858
| percentage = 37.41
| change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Thalloju Achari|votes=70,448|percentage=34.75|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharat Rashtra Samithi|candidate=Gurka Jaipal Yadav|votes=42,847|percentage=21.13|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Komma Srinivasulu|votes=2,667|percentage=1.32|change=}}{{Election box candidate|party=Alliance of Democratic Reforms Party|candidate=Adula Srinu|votes=1,941|percentage=0.96|change=}}{{Election box candidate|party=Vidhyarthula Rajakiya Party|candidate=Vaggu Vinay|votes=1,111|percentage=0.55|change=}}{{Election box candidate|party=Yuga Thulasi Party|candidate=Syed Ahmed Ali|votes=922|percentage=0.45|change=}}{{Election box candidate|party=Dharma Samaj Party|candidate=Ramesh Vankeshwaram|votes=907|percentage=0.45|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Paladi Kiran Kumar|votes=714|percentage=0.35|change=}}{{Election box candidate|party=Bahujan Republican Socialist Party|candidate=Pandurangaiah M|votes=685|percentage=0.34|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=661|percentage=0.33|change=}}{{Election box majority|votes=5,410|percentage=2.66|change=}}{{Election box turnout|votes=2,02,752|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| loser = Bharat Rashtra Samithi
| swing =
}}{{Election box end}}
= Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018 =
{{Election box begin | title=2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Kalwakurthy}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| candidate = Gurka Jaipal Yadav
| votes = 62,892
| percentage = 35.34%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = Achary Talloju
| votes = 59,445
| percentage = 33.41%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate =Challa Vamshichand Reddy
| votes = 46,523
| percentage = 26.14%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the above
| candidate =None of the Above
| votes = 1,356
| percentage = 0.76%
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 3,447
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,77,914
| percentage = 87.21
| change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
|loser = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014: Kalwakurthy (Assembly constituency)}}{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20181228083218/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=997&cid=83 Kalwakurthy Results]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate =Challa Vamshichand Reddy
| votes = 42,782
| percentage = 26.44%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = Achary Talloju
| votes = 42704
| percentage = 26.39%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| candidate = Gurka Jaipal Yadav
| votes = 29,844
| percentage = 18.45%
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 82
| percentage = .04%
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,69,799
| percentage = 81.02%
| change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1989=
| class="wikitable"
!Candidate !Votes !% !Win/Loss |
| INC
|J. Chittaranjan Das |54354 |48.94% |Win |
| Telugu Desam Party
|50786 |47.59% |Loss |
| IND
|Sangapuram Sai Kumar |556 |0.52% |Loss |
See also
References
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