Gajwel Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Telangana legislative assembly in India

Gajwel
Constituency No. 42 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Medak, Siddipet
Established	1952
Total electors	232,417
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly

Incumbent K. Chandrashekar Rao
Party	Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Gajwel Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is part of Medak Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]^[2] It is one of the 10 constituencies in erstwhile Medak district and is located around 64km from the state capital Hyderabad.

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, the first Chief Minister of Telangana, is the current MLA for this constituency.

Mandals

The assembly constituency presently comprises the following mandals:

Mandal	District
Gajwel	Siddipet
Toopran	Medak
Kondapaka	Siddipet
Wargal
Mulug
Jagadevpur	Siddipet

Members of Legislative Assembly

Members of Legislative Assembly who represented Gajwel:^[3]

Year	Name^[4]
1952	Pendem Vasudevu	Peoples Democratic Front
1957	J. B. Muthyal Rao	Indian National Congress
1962	Gajwel Saidiah	Independent
1967	J. B. Muthyal Rao	Indian National Congress
1972	Gajwel Saidiah	Indian National Congress
1978	Gajwel Saidiah	Indian National Congress
1983	Allam Sailu	Telugu Desam Party
1985	B. Sanjeeva Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Dr. J. Geeta Reddy	Indian National Congress
1994	G. Vijaya Rama Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1999	B. Sanjeeva Rao	Telugu Desam Party
2004	Dr. J. Geeta Reddy	Indian National Congress
2009	Tumkunta Narsa Reddy	Indian National Congress
2014	K. Chandrashekar Rao	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2018		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2023		Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Gajwel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BRS	Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao	111,684	48.05	12.4
	BJP	Etela Rajender	66,653	28.68	New
	INC	Thoomkunta Narsa Reddy	32,568	14.01	18.35
	BSP	Jakkani Sanjay Kumar	2,743	1.18
	Yuga Thulasi Party	Mekala Raghuma Reddy	2,232	0.96
	Independent	Kinnera Yadaiah	1,998	0.86
	Independent	Nirudi Swamy	1,400	0.60
	Independent	R. Nikhil	1,371	0.59
	Aabaad Party	Poreddy Venugopal	1,281	0.55
	People Protection Party	V. Sadananda Reddy	1,049	0.45
	India Praja Bandhu Party	Rangannagari Jyothi	967	0.42
	NOTA	None of the above	832	0.36
Majority			45,031	19.37	-8.72
Turnout			2,32,417
	BRS hold		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018: Gajwel ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	K. Chandrashekar Rao	125,444	60.45	16.39
	INC	Pratap Reddy Vanteru	67,154	32.36	15.04
	Independent	Kante Sayanna	3,353	1.62	New
	Independent	Bitla Venkateshwerlu	1,636	0.79	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,624	0.78	0.03
Majority			58,290	28.09
Turnout			2,07,520	88.97
	TRS hold		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014: Gajwel (Assembly constituency) ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TRS	K. Chandrashekar Rao	86,694	44.06
	TDP	Pratap Reddy Vanteru	67,303	34.21
	INC	Tumkunta Narsa Reddy	34,085	17.32
	TPS	Nallanagula Venkatesham	3,127	1.59
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,592	0.81
Majority			19,391	9.85
Turnout			1,96,759	84.22
	TRS gain from INC		Swing

References

^ "No cakewalk for KCR in Gajwel". The Times of India. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
^ + val.created_at + (18 April 2014). "TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao likely to have smooth sailing in Medak Lok Sabha seat". NDTV.com. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
^ "State Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparison for 222-Gajwel Constituency of ANDHRA PRADESH". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ "Gajwel Election and Results 2014, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ Election Commission of India- State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Telangana. Hyderabad: Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana. 2018. p. 24.
^ General Elections to the House of People and Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 2014 Statistical Report (PDF). Hyderabad: Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 2014. p. 75. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2016.