Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17

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(Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

state in southern

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. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the

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Overview

Since its inception in 1962 Peddapalli seat is a

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stronghold, various political outfits like the

Telangana Praja Samithi Telangana Praja Samithi or Telangana Peoples Convention was an Indian political party which fought for statehood for the Telangana region. History TPS was founded in 1969. The founding president of the party was Ananthula Madan Mohan. but later ...

and the

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

have won it during different general elections. After the formation of

the

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a singl ...

won the seat for the first time in 2014 General Election.

Assembly segments

Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:

Members of Parliament

Election results

General Election, 2019

General Election, 2014

General Election, 2009

General Election, 2004

Trivia

* The Lok Sabha constituency includes three assembly constituencies from

Adilabad district Adilabad district is a district located in the northern region of Telangana, India. It is known as the gateway district to South and Central India. The town of Adilabad is its headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Asifabad, Nirm ...

i.e. Chennur, Bellampalli,

Mancherial Mancherial is a city and headquarters of the Mancherial district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is both the district and administrative headquarters of Mancherial mandal in the Mancherial revenue division. It is located on the north banks o ...

G. Venkat Swamy G. Venkat Swamy (5 October 1929 – 22 December 2014) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha. Career He represented the Peddapalli (Lok Sabha Constituency), Peddapalli constituency of Telangana and was a member of the ...

, former Union Minister represented the constituency in

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, Tenth,

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and Fourteenth Lok Sabha respectively.

References

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