# Gajwel Assembly constituency

Gajwel Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is part of Medak Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the ten constituencies in the former Medak district, located approximately 64 km from the state capital, Hyderabad.
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, the first Chief Minister of Telangana, has been the MLA since 2014.

## Mandals

The assembly constituency presently comprises the following mandals:
| Mandal | District |
| Gajwel | Siddipet |
| Toopran | Medak |
| Kondapaka | Siddipet |
| Wargal | Siddipet |
| Mulug | Siddipet |
| Jagadevpur | Siddipet |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

Members of Legislative Assembly who represented Gajwel:
| Year | Name | Party |
| 1952 | Pendem Vasudevu | Peoples Democratic Front |
| 1957 | J. B. Muthyal Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Gajwel Saidiah | Independent |
| 1967 | J. B. Muthyal Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Gajwel Saidiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Gajwel Saidiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | Allam Sailu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | B. Sanjeeva Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Dr. J. Geeta Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | G. Vijaya Rama Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | B. Sanjeeva Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Dr. J. Geeta Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Tumkunta Narsa Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |
| 2018 | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |
| 2023 | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |

## Election results
### Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Gajwel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BRS | Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao | 111,684 | 48.05 | 12.4 |
| | BJP | Etela Rajender | 66,653 | 28.68 | New |
| | INC | Thoomkunta Narsa Reddy | 32,568 | 14.01 | 18.35 |
| | BSP | Jakkani Sanjay Kumar | 2,743 | 1.18 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 832 | 0.36 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45,031 | 19.37 | −8.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,32,417 | | |
| | BRS hold | BRS hold | Swing | | |

### Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018: Gajwel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TRS | K. Chandrashekar Rao | 125,444 | 60.45 | 16.39 |
| | INC | Pratap Reddy Vanteru | 67,154 | 32.36 | 15.04 |
| | Independent | Kante Sayanna | 3,353 | 1.62 | New |
| | Independent | Bitla Venkateshwerlu | 1,636 | 0.79 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,624 | 0.78 | 0.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58,290 | 28.09 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,07,520 | 88.97 | |
| | TRS hold | TRS hold | Swing | | |

### Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014: Gajwel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TRS | K. Chandrashekar Rao | 86,694 | 44.06 |
| | TDP | Pratap Reddy Vanteru | 67,303 | 34.21 |
| | INC | Tumkunta Narsa Reddy | 34,085 | 17.32 |
| | TPS | Nallanagula Venkatesham | 3,127 | 1.59 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,592 | 0.81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,391 | 9.85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,96,759 | 84.22 |
| | TRS gain from INC | TRS gain from INC | Swing | |