Sircilla 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 = Sircilla

| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Telangana (29-Sircilla highlighted).png

| map_caption = Location of Sircilla Assembly constituency within Telangana

| mla = K. T. Rama Rao

| party = Bharat Rashtra Samithi

| latest_election_year = 2023

| state = Telangana

| district = Rajanna Sircilla

| established = 1951

| electors = 2,27,883

| type = SLA

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image = K.T.Ramarao-IT Minister of Telangana.jpg

| constituency_no = 29

}}

Siricilla Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. Sircilla is a town and the district headquarters of Rajanna Sircilla district in the Indian state of Telangana.

Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, the current working president of Bharat Rashtra Samithi is representing the constituency for the fourth consecutive term.

Mandals

The assembly constituency presently comprises the following mandals:

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class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"

!Mandal

Sircilla
Yellareddipet
Gambhiraopet
Mustabad
Thangalapally
Veernapally

File:Uchidi Mohan Reddy.jpg

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Year

! Winner

!colspan=2|Party

2023

|rowspan=5|K. T. Rama Rao

| {{Full party name with color| Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}

2018

| {{Full party name with color| Telangana Rashtra Samithi|rowspan=4}}

2014
2010 by-election
2009
2004

| Chennamaneni Rajeshwar Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}

1999

| Regulapati Papa Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1994

| Chennamaneni Rajeshwar Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

1989

| NV Krishnaiah

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

1985

| Chennamaneni Rajeshwar Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

1983

| Vachidi Mohan Reddy

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

1978

| Chennamaneni Rajeshwar Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

1972

| Juvvadi Narsinga Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1967

| Chennamaneni Rajeshwar Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

1962

| Juvvadi Narsinga Rao

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}

1957K. Narsiah
1952Joganpalli Anand Rao

Election results

=Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2023=

{{Election box begin | title=Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Sircilla (Assembly constituency)}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Bharat Rashtra Samithi|candidate=Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao|votes= 89,244|percentage= 47.28|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kondam Karuna Mahender Reddy|votes=59,557|percentage=31.56|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Rani Rudrama Reddy|votes=18,328|percentage=9.71|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Pittala Bhoomesh|votes=7,585|percentage=4.02|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=842|percentage=0.45|change=}}{{Election box majority|votes=29,687|percentage=15.72|change=}}{{Election box turnout|votes=1,88,740|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box hold with party link

| winner =Bharat Rashtra Samithi

|loser =Indian National Congress

| swing =

}}{{Election box end}}

= Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2018 =

{{Election box begin | title= 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Sircilla}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| candidate = K. T. Rama Rao

| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi

| votes = 1,25,213

| percentage = 70.89

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| candidate = Kondam Karuna Mahender Reddy

| party = Indian National Congress

| votes = 36,204

| percentage = 20.50

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| candidate = Mallugari Narsa Goudu

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| votes = 3,243

| percentage = 1.84

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| candidate = None of the Above

| party = None of the above

| votes = 2,321

| percentage = 1.31

| change =

}}

{{Election box majority|votes= 89,009|percentage= 50.39|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,76,630|percentage= 80.88|change=}}

{{Election box hold 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: Sircilla (Assembly constituency){{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20231011111455/https://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=997&cid=29 Sircilla Results]}}}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Telangana Rashtra Samithi|candidate=Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao|votes=92,135|percentage=58.36|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Konduru Ravinder Rao|votes=39,131|percentage=24.79|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Akula Vijaya|votes=14,494|percentage=9.18|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=1650|percentage=1.05|change=}}{{Election box majority|votes=53,004|percentage=33.57|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,57,869|percentage=73.62|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi

|loser = Indian National Congress

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009=

{{Election box begin | title= 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sircilla (Assembly constituency)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| candidate = K. T. Rama Rao

| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi

| votes = 36,783

| percentage = 26.9

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| candidate = Kondam Karuna Mahender Reddy

| party = Independent

| votes = 36,612

| percentage = 26.8

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| candidate = Gajula Balaiah

| party = Praja Rajyam Party

| votes = 22,988

| percentage = 16.8

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| candidate = Gudla Manjula

| party = Indian National Congress

| votes = 13,235

| percentage = 9.7

| change =

}}

{{

Election box candidate with party link

| candidate = Aravalli Chandrashekar Rao

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| votes = 9,269

| percentage = 6.8

| change =

}}

{{Election box majority|votes= 171|percentage= 0.1|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes= 1,36,637|percentage= |change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi

|loser = Indian National Congress

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

Trivia

  • Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao set record as the first time won two consecutive general elections from Sircilla constituency.
  • Regulapati Papa Rao is the first MLA for TRS, who quit Congress and joined TRS on May 9, 2001, within a fortnight of the party's founding by KCR. He was the party's only MLA for about 10 months.
  • Freedom fighter and active member of Telangana Rebellion Chennamaneni Rajeshwar Rao was the five times winner of the constituency.

References