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Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Existence
  
1957–present

Elected Year
  
2014

Party
  
Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Male electors
  
775,903

Total electors
  
1,536,715

Current MP
  
Kotha Prabhakar Reddy

Member of parliament
  
Kotha Prabhakar Reddy

State
  
Telangana

Female electors
  
760,812

Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)

Assembly Constituencies
  
Medak Siddipet Sangareddy Narsapur Patancheru Dubbaka Gajwel

Assembly segments
  
Sangareddy, Siddipet, Gajwel, Narsapur, Patancheru, Medak, Dubbak

Medak Lok Sabha constituency (Telugu: మెదక్ లోక సభ నియోజకవర్గం) is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.

Contents

Kotha Prabhakar Reddy of Telangana Rashtra Samithi is representing the constituency for the first time.

Overview

Since its inception in 1957 Medak seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits like the Telangana Praja Samithi, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections.

After the formation of Telangana Rashtra Samithi the seat has been won by four different candidates in three general elections including its founder and current Chief Minister of Telangana K. Chandrashekar Rao and actress Vijayashanti

Assembly segments

Medak Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:

Trivia

  • Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was holding the seat when she was assassinated in 1984.
  • Telangana first Chief Minister, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao won the seat by a margin of 3.7 lakh votes in 2014 General Election,but he later vacated it.
  • References

    Medak (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia