Palair Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of the 10 constituencies in Khammam district. It is part of Khammam Lok Sabha constituency.
| Palair | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 113 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Khammam |
| LS constituency | Khammam |
| Established | 1952 |
| Total electors | 194,037 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Elected year | 2023 |
Mandals edit
The Assembly constituency presently comprises the following mandals:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Khammam Rural |
| Kusumanchi |
| Tirumalayapalem |
| Nelakondapalli |
Members of the Legislative Assembly edit
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Andhra Pradesh | |||
| 1962 | Kathula Santhiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Hassainu Potta Pinjara | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | Bheemapaka Bhupathi Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1985 | Baji Hanumanthu | ||
| 1989 | Sambani Chandra Sheker | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Venkata Veeratah Sandra | CPI(M) | |
| 1999 | Sambani Chandra Sheker | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Ramreddy Venkat Reddy | ||
| Telangana Legislative Assembly | |||
| 2014 | Ramreddy Venkat Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016★ | Thummala Nageshwar Rao | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |
| 2018 | Kandala Upender Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2023 | Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy | ||
★By election
Election results edit
Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2023 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy | 127,820 | 58.94 | ||
| TRS | Kandala Upender Reddy | 71,170 | 32.82 | ||
| CPI(M) | Thammineni Veerabhadram | 5,308 | 2.45 | ||
| BSP | Allika Venkateswar Rao | 2,095 | 0.97 | ||
| BJP | Nunna Ravikumar | 1,815 | 0.84 | ||
| Alliance of Democratic Reforms Party | Kukkala Nagaiah | 1,080 | 0.50 | ||
| Independent | Koini Amarendra | 678 | 0.31 | ||
| Independent | Amaragani Malsoor Goud | 654 | 0.30 | ||
| Independent | Ramireddy Sunkireddy | 573 | 0.26 | ||
| Independent | Ajmeera Kishan | 545 | 0.25 | ||
| Independent | Achuta Rao Nelluri | 532 | 0.25 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 520 | 0.24 | ||
| Majority | 56,650 | 26.12 | |||
| Turnout | 2,16,851 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2018 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kandala Upender Reddy | 89,407 | 46.53 | ||
| TRS | Thummala Nageswara Rao | 81,738 | 42.54 | ||
| CPI(M) | Battula Hymavathi | 6,769 | 3.52 | ||
| Independent | Nandigama Raj Kumar | 6,101 | 3.17 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,271 | 0.66 | ||
| Majority | 7,669 | 3.99 | |||
| Turnout | 1,92,164 | 92.09 | |||
| INC gain from TRS | Swing | ||||
Telangana Legislative Assembly by-election, 2016 edit
The by-election was necessitated following the death of Congress member R. Venkat Reddy who won the seat in 2014. T. Nageshwar Rao of Telangana Rashtra Samithi won it with the biggest majority in the history of Palair constituency.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRS | Thummala Nageswara Rao | 94,940 | 55.5 | ||
| INC | Ramreddy Sucharitha Reddy | 49,258 | 28.8 | ||
| CPI(M) | Pothineni Sudarshan Rao | 15,538 | 9.1 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,785 | |||
| Majority | 45,682 | 26.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,71,074 | 89.85 | |||
| TRS gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014 edit
[3]|- class="vcard"| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ramireddy Venkat Reddy | 69,707 | 39.28 | ||
| TDP | Baby Swarna Kumari Maddineni | 47,844 | 26.96 | ||
| CPI(M) | Pothineni Sudarshan Rao | 44,245 | 24.93 | ||
| Independent | Naresh Reddy Ramasahayam | 5,587 | 3.15 | ||
| TRS | Ravella Ravindra | 4,041 | 2.28 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 783 | 0.44 | ||
| Majority | 21,863 | 12.32 | |||
| Turnout | 1,77,461 | 90.32 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||