Waradhanapet 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 = Wardhannapet
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Telangana (107-Waradhanapet highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Waradhanapet Assembly constituency within Telangana
| mla = K. R. Naga Raju
| party = {{party index link|Indian National Congress}}
| latest_election_year = 2023
| established = 1951
| state = Telangana
| district = Warangal (2 Mandals) and Hanamkonda (2 Mandals)
| loksabha_cons = Warangal
| reservation = SC
| electors = 224,760
| incumbent_image =
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 107
}}
Wardhanapet Assembly constituency is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Warangal district and Hanamkonda district of Telangana that elects representatives to the Telangana Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Warangal Lok Sabha constituency.
K. R. Nagaraj is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election from Indian National Congress.
Mandals
The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal !!Districts |
| Wardhannapet
| Warangal |
| Hanamakonda |
| Parvathagiri
| Warangal |
| Hasanparthy |
Members of Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" |Political party |
|---|
| 1952
| Pendyala Raghava Rao | {{Full party name with color|People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)}} |
| 1957
| E. Venkataramnarsaiah | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1962
| Kundour Lakshminarasimha Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)|rowspan=3}} |
| 1967
|rowspan =2 |T. Purushotham Rao |
| 1972 |
| 1978
| Macherla Jagannadham | {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |
| 1983
| Macherla Jagannadham | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1985
| Vannala Sreeramulu | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 1989
| Takkallapalli Rajeshwar Rao |
| 1994
| rowspan=3 |Errabelli Dayakar Rao | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=3}} |
| 1999 |
| 2004 |
| 2009
| Kondeti Sridhar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2014
|rowspan=2| Aroori Ramesh | {{Full party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi|rowspan=2}} |
| 2018 |
| 2023
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
Election results
=2023 =
{{Election box begin | title=2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Waradhanapet (SC)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = K. R. Nagaraj
| votes = 106,696
| percentage = 48.77
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharat Rashtra Samithi|candidate=Aroori Ramesh|votes=87,238|percentage=39.88|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Kondeti Sridhar|votes=12,275|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=3,612|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=19,458|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,18,776|percentage=83.96|change=}}
{{Election box swing with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharat Rashtra Samithi
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2018=
{{Election box begin | title=2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Waradhanapet (SC)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Bharat Rashtra Samithi
| candidate = Aroori Ramesh
| votes = 131,252
| percentage = 69.35%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telangana Jana Samithi
| candidate = Pagidipati Devaiah
| votes = 32,012
| percentage = 16.91%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
| candidate = Chilimulla Lenin
| votes = 6,367
| percentage = 3.36%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = Kotha Saranga Rao
| votes = 6,114
| percentage = 3.23%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the above
| candidate = None of the Above
| votes = 5,864
| percentage = 3.10%
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 99,240
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 189,269
| percentage = 83.92%
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
|loser = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2014=
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Waradhanapet (SC){{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052314/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=997&cid=107 Waradhanapet Results]}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telangana Rashtra Samithi|candidate=Aroori Ramesh|votes=117,254|percentage=66.04%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kondeti Shridhar|votes=30,905|percentage=17.41%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Mahajana Socialist Party|candidate=Manda Krishna Madiga|votes=20,526|percentage=11.56%|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=86,349|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,77,545|percentage=78.99%|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
|loser = Telangana Jana Samithi
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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{{Assembly constituencies of Telangana}}
Category:Assembly constituencies of Telangana
Category:Constituencies established in 1951