Khammam Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency of the Indian parliament in Telangana
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Khammam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.[1]
CountryIndia
Assembly constituenciesKhammam
Palair
Madhira
Wyra
Sathupalle
Kothagudem
Aswaraopeta
Palair
Madhira
Wyra
Sathupalle
Kothagudem
Aswaraopeta
| Khammam TG-17 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Khammam Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Telangana |
| Assembly constituencies | Khammam Palair Madhira Wyra Sathupalle Kothagudem Aswaraopeta |
| Established | 1952 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2024 |

Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy of Indian National Congress is currently representing the constituency for First time.
Overview
Since its inception in 1952 Khammam seat is Congress strong hold where it has won 12 times various other political outfits like Communist Party of India, Telugu Desam Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and YSR Congress Party have won it during different general elections.
Assembly segments
Khammam presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:[1]
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading (in 2024) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | Khammam | Khammam | Thummala Nageswara Rao | INC | INC | ||
| 113 | Palair | Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy | |||||
| 114 | Madhira (SC) | Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka | |||||
| 115 | Wyra (ST) | Ramdas Maloth | |||||
| 116 | Sathupalli (SC) | Matta Ragamayee | |||||
| 117 | Kothagudem | Bhadradri Kothagudem | Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao | CPI | |||
| 118 | Aswaraopeta (ST) | Jare Adinarayana | INC | ||||
Members of Parliament
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | R. Raghuram Reddy | 766,929 | 61.29 | ||
| BRS | Nama Nageswara Rao | 299,082 | 23.90 | ||
| BJP | Vinod Rao Tandra | 118,636 | 9.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,782 | 0.54 | ||
| BSP | Adv. Yerra Kaamesh | 6,101 | 0.49 | ||
| IND | 24 Independent Candidates | 43,512 | 3.48 | ||
| OTH | 7 Other Party Candidates | 10,241 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 467,847 | 37.39 | |||
| Turnout | 1,251,283 | 76.67 | |||
| INC gain from TRS | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRS | Nama Nageswara Rao | 567,459 | 49.78 | ||
| INC | Renuka Chowdhury | 399,397 | 35.04 | ||
| CPI(M) | Boda Venkat | 57,102 | 5.01 | ||
| BJP | Devaki Vasudeva Rao | 20,488 | 1.80 | ||
| JSP | Narala Satyanarayana | 19,315 | 1.69 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 15,832 | 1.39 | ||
| IND | 13 Independent Candidates | 51,852 | 4.55 | ||
| OTH | 5 Other Party Candidates | 8,386 | 0.74 | ||
| Majority | 168,062 | 14.74 | |||
| Turnout | 1,139,848 | 75.30 | |||
| TRS gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy | 422,434 | 35.68 | ||
| TDP | Nama Nageswara Rao | 410,230 | 34.65 | ||
| CPI | Kankanala Narayana | 187,702 | 15.86 | ||
| TRS | Budan Baig Shaik | 89,124 | 7.53 | ||
| JSP | Nagarjuna Cherukuru | 5,002 | 0.42 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,991 | 0.42 | ||
| BSP | Dodda Ram Babu | 4,761 | 0.40 | ||
| PPOI | Medarametla Rama Rao | 4,139 | 0.35 | ||
| IND | 20 Independent Candidates | 55,466 | 4.69 | ||
| Majority | 12,204 | 1.03 | |||
| Turnout | 1,183,849 | 82.20 | |||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Nama Nageswara Rao | 469,368 | 45.39 | ||
| INC | Renuka Chowdhury | 344,920 | 33.36 | ||
| PRP | Jalagam Hemamalini | 131,135 | 12.68 | ||
| LSP | Jupelli Satyanarayana | 12,143 | 1.17 | ||
| BJP | Kapilavai Ravinder | 9,644 | 0.93 | ||
| BSP | Thondapu Venkateswara Rao | 6,302 | 0.61 | ||
| PPOI | Manukonda Raghuram Prasad | 3,868 | 0.37 | ||
| TPPP | Shaik Madar Saheb | 3,036 | 0.29 | ||
| IND | 5 Independent Candidates | 53,593 | 5.18 | ||
| Majority | 124,448 | 12.03 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Renuka Chowdhury | 518,047 | 50.63 | ||
| TDP | Nama Nageswara Rao | 409,159 | 39.99 | ||
| IND | Aruna Chandra | 50,619 | 4.95 | ||
| IND | Burra Venkanna | 14,552 | 1.42 | ||
| PPOI | Nalajala Saroja | 10,255 | 1.00 | ||
| IND | Padiga Yerraiah | 8,316 | 0.81 | ||
| IND | Nama Naik Islavath | 5,899 | 0.58 | ||
| MRS | Pittala Venkata Narasaiah Mudira | 3,345 | 0.33 | ||
| IND | Banoth Somla Naik | 2,985 | 0.29 | ||
| Majority | 108,888 | 10.64 | |||
| Turnout | 1,023,177 | 78.79 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Renuka Chowdhury | 328,596 | 35.85 | ||
| TDP | Baby Swarna Kumari Maddineni | 320,198 | 34.93 | ||
| CPI(M) | Guguloth Dharma | 184,422 | 20.12 | ||
| IND | Aruna Chandra | 52,971 | 5.78 | ||
| MCPI(S) | Matte Gurumurthy | 15,129 | 1.65 | ||
| AJBP | G. Muralidhar | 2,779 | 0.30 | ||
| IND | Eda Seshagiri Rao | 2,029 | 0.22 | ||
| JD(S) | Gopagani Shankar Rao | 1,997 | 0.22 | ||
| IND | 5 Independent Candidates | 8,450 | 0.92 | ||
| Majority | 8,398 | 0.92 | |||
| Turnout | 948,088 | 77.18 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N. Bhaskara Rao | 363,747 | 40.30 | ||
| CPI(M) | Tammineni Veerabhadram | 352,083 | 39.01 | ||
| BJP | Dharavath Ravinder Naik | 117,926 | 13.07 | ||
| IND | Aruna Chandra | 55,624 | 6.16 | ||
| IND | 4 Independent Candidates | 13,116 | 1.45 | ||
| Majority | 11,664 | 1.29 | |||
| Turnout | 917,369 | 74.65 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Tammineni Veerabhadram | 374,675 | 42.82 | ||
| INC | P. V. Rangayya Naidu | 311,384 | 35.59 | ||
| NTDP | Koneru Nageswara Rao | 75,072 | 8.58 | ||
| IND | Sadineni Venkateswarlu | 45,749 | 5.23 | ||
| BJP | Jayachandra Reddy Reddyvari | 28,823 | 3.29 | ||
| AIIC(T) | Khadaar Ali Sayyad | 1,467 | 0.17 | ||
| IND | 22 Independent Candidates | 37,831 | 4.33 | ||
| Majority | 63,291 | 7.23 | |||
| Turnout | 895,441 | 72.64 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | P. V. Rangayya Naidu | 316,186 | 44.20 | ||
| CPI(M) | Tammineni Veerabhadram | 310,268 | 43.37 | ||
| IND | Gaddam Venkatramayya | 45,999 | 6.43 | ||
| BJP | Ali Khadar Sayyad | 12,852 | 1.80 | ||
| JP | Arvapalli Vidya Sagar | 2,596 | 0.36 | ||
| BSP | Suryanarayana Jamgeti | 1,208 | 0.17 | ||
| IND | 12 Independent Candidates | 26,319 | 3.68 | ||
| Majority | 5,918 | 0.83 | |||
| Turnout | 732,650 | 70.18 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jalagam Vengala Rao | 388,461 | 49.68 | ||
| CPI(M) | Y. Radhakrishna Murthy | 329,209 | 42.10 | ||
| IND | Gaddam Venkatramalah | 49,862 | 6.38 | ||
| IND | Padiga Yerraiah | 7,493 | 0.96 | ||
| IND | Gandhuri Lalaiah | 6,908 | 0.88 | ||
| Majority | 59,252 | 7.58 | |||
| Turnout | 813,657 | 78.38 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jalagam Vengala Rao | 261,056 | 44.70 | ||
| CPI | Nallamala Prasad Rao | 169,557 | 29.04 | ||
| CPI(M) | Parsa Satyanarayana | 118,609 | 20.31 | ||
| IND | Kandala Narsimha Reddy | 30,126 | 5.16 | ||
| IND | Chinthirala Joga Rao | 3,725 | 0.64 | ||
| IND | Banoth Laxma Nayak | 895 | 0.15 | ||
| Majority | 91,499 | 15.67 | |||
| Turnout | 596,809 | 75.27 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | Jalagam Kondala Rao | 201,559 | 42.13 | ||
| INC(U) | Upendraiah Samineni | 106,076 | 22.17 | ||
| CPI(M) | Y. Radhakrishna Murthy | 101,959 | 21.31 | ||
| IND | Maddi China Venkat Reddy | 32,378 | 6.77 | ||
| IND | B. Lakshmi Naik | 12,840 | 2.68 | ||
| IND | K. Ram Mohan Rao | 12,181 | 2.55 | ||
| IND | Kama John | 5,007 | 1.05 | ||
| IND | Anuapurna Visalaksi Aluri | 3,807 | 0.80 | ||
| IND | Lingala Jamalaiah | 2,643 | 0.55 | ||
| Majority | 95,483 | 19.96 | |||
| Turnout | 491,008 | 70.01 | |||
| INC(I) hold | Swing | ||||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jalagam Kondala Rao | 208,617 | 51.30 | ||
| CPI(M) | Y. Radhakrishna Murthy | 122,628 | 30.16 | ||
| CPI | Nallamala Prasada Rao | 72,530 | 17.84 | ||
| IND | K. I. Vidya Sagar | 2,868 | 0.71 | ||
| Majority | 85,989 | 21.14 | |||
| Turnout | 419,829 | 70.38 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Lakshmi Kantamma | 137,830 | 36.94 | ||
| TPS | Chekuri Kasaiah | 121,369 | 32.53 | ||
| CPI(M) | Manchikanti Ram Kishan Rao | 92,012 | 24.66 | ||
| IND | Kama John | 12,333 | 3.31 | ||
| TEC | Kannekanti Sreenivas Rao | 5,313 | 1.42 | ||
| INC(O) | Gogineni Satyanarayana Rao | 4,246 | 1.14 | ||
| Majority | 16,461 | 4.41 | |||
| Turnout | 381,802 | 70.14 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Lakshmi Kantamma | 200,534 | 53.12 | ||
| CPI(M) | M. K. Rao | 89,206 | 23.63 | ||
| CPI | R. Janakiramayya | 67,068 | 17.76 | ||
| ABJS | M. Narasimharao | 20,730 | 5.49 | ||
| Majority | 111,328 | 29.49 | |||
| Turnout | 392,684 | 78.86 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Lakshmi Kantamma | 163,806 | 49.78 | ||
| CPI | T. B. Vittal Rao | 151,746 | 46.11 | ||
| IND | Golla Venkateswarlu | 13,529 | 4.11 | ||
| Majority | 12,060 | 3.67 | |||
| Turnout | 339,103 | 75.25 | |||
| INC gain from PDF | Swing | ||||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. B. Vittal Rao | 106,627 | 44.27 | |||
| INC | Kolipak Kishan Rao | 101,090 | 41.97 | ||
| IND | P. Veeriah | 23,842 | 9.90 | ||
| IND | Kondapalli Srinivasa Rao | 9,278 | 3.85 | ||
| Majority | 5,537 | 2.30 | |||
| Turnout | 240,837 | 63.97 | |||
| PDF hold | Swing | ||||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. B. Vittal Rao | 101,223 | 53.82 | |||
| INC | Gadiurm Krishna Reddy | 28,591 | 15.20 | ||
| IND | K. Saayanarayana Rao | 16,360 | 8.70 | ||
| Socialist | Devulopalli Ramanuja Rao | 15,527 | 8.26 | ||
| IND | Ram Kishore | 13,332 | 7.09 | ||
| IND | R. Shankarayya | 13,031 | 6.93 | ||
| Majority | 72,632 | 38.62 | |||
| Turnout | 188,064 | 53.08 | |||
| PDF win (new seat) | |||||
Trivia
- Jalagam Vengala Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh represented the constituency in Eighth and Ninth Lok Sabha respectively.
- Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh represented the constituency in Twelfth Lok Sabha.
