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Malkajgiri (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Existence
  
2008–present

Elected Year
  
2014

Member of parliament
  
Malla Reddy

State
  
Telangana

Female electors
  
1,459,912

Current MP
  
Malla Reddy

Total Electors
  
3,183,325

Party
  
Telugu Desam Party

Male electors
  
1,723,413

Assembly Constituencies
  
Medchal, Malkajgiri, Qutbullapur, Kukatpally, Uppal, L. B. Nagar, and Secunderabad Cantonment.

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Secunderabad Cantonment, Uppal, Medchal, Malkajgiri, Quthbullapur, L. B. Nagar, Kukatpally

Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency (Telugu: మల్కాజ్‌గిరి లోక సభ నియోజకవర్గం) is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) constituencies in the South Indian state of Telangana. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

As of 2014, Malkajgiri is the largest Lok Sabha constituency by number of electors with 3,183,325. It first held elections in 2009 as a constituency of the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and its first member of parliament (MP) was Sarvey Sathyanarayana of the Indian National Congress. The new state of Telangana was created in 2014 by the implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 and this constituency became part of it. As of the latest election in 2014, its MP is Malla Reddy who represented the Telugu Desam Party at the election. In 2016, Malla Reddy switched parties to represent the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

Assembly segments

Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven Legislative Assembly segments:

References

Malkajgiri (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia