Warangal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

(Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in

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state in southern

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. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the

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Pasunoori Dayakar of

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 ...

is currently representing the constituency for the first time.

Overview

Since its inception in 1952 the seat was won by many political parties with

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winning 8 times out of 16 whereas other outfits like

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 late ...

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.

emerged victorious on three occasions including the 2015 Bye election where its candidate

Pasunuri Dayakar Pasunoori Dayakar( 2 August 1967) is an Indian Politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Warangal constituency in Telangana in a bye election in 2015 as a member of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi Bha ...

registered the biggest victory margin compared to any leader in the history of the Telangana

Assembly segments

Warangal Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:

Members of Parliament

Election results

General Election, 2019

Warangal By Election, 2015

General Election, 2014

General Election, 2009

General Election, 2004

General Election, 1999

General Election, 1998

General Election, 1996

General Election, 1991

Trivia

won with record margin of nearly 4.60 lakh votes in bypolls making it highest majority in the history of Telangana Lok Sabha elections.

References

External links

Warangal lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule
{{DEFAULTSORT:Warangal Lok Sabha constituency Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana Hanamkonda district