# Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency

Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes

## Overview

Since its inception in 1962 Peddapalli seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits like the Telangana Praja Samithi and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections.
After the formation of Telangana the Telangana Rashtra Samithi won the seat for the first time in 2014 General Election.

## Assembly segments

Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading (in 2024) |
| 2 | Chennur (SC) | Mancherial | Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy | INC | INC |
| 3 | Bellampalli (SC) | Mancherial | Gaddam Vinod Kumar | INC | INC |
| 4 | Mancherial | Mancherial | Kokkirala Premsagar Rao | INC | INC |
| 22 | Dharmapuri (SC) | Jagitial | Adluri Laxman Kumar | INC | BJP |
| 23 | Ramagundam | Peddapalli | Makkan Singh Raj Thakur | INC | INC |
| 24 | Manthani | Peddapalli | D. Sridhar Babu | INC | INC |
| 25 | Peddapalle | Peddapalli | Chinthakunta Vijaya Ramana Rao | INC | INC |

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952-1962 : Constituency did not exist ||||
| 1962 | M. R. Krishna | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | M. R. Krishna | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | V. Tulasiram | Telangana Praja Samithi |
| 1977 | V. Tulasiram | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | K. Rajamallu | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | G. Bhoopathy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | G. Venkat Swamy | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | G. Venkat Swamy | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | G. Venkat Swamy | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Chellamalla Suguna Kumari | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Chellamalla Suguna Kumari | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | G. Venkat Swamy | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Balka Suman | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |
| 2019 | Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |
| 2024 | Vamsi Krishna Gaddam | Indian National Congress |

## Election results
### General election, 2024

2024 Indian general election: Peddapalle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Gaddam Vamsi Krishna | 475,587 | 43.42 | 7.74 |
| | BJP | Gomase Srinivas | 344,223 | 31.43 | 21.88 |
| | BRS | Koppula Eshwar | 193,356 | 17.65 | 27.84 |
| | BSP | Erukulla Raja Narsaiah | 6,799 | 0.62 | 0.33 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 5,711 | 0.52 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131,364 | 11.99 | 2.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,095,295 | 67.87 | 2.28 |
| | INC gain from BRS | INC gain from BRS | Swing | | |
Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS292.htm

### General election, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Peddapalle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BRS | Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta | 441,321 | 45.49 | −11.33 |
| | INC | Agam Chandrasekhar | 3,46,141 | 35.68 | +8.11 |
| | BJP | Sogala Kumar | 92,606 | 9.55 | |
| | IND. | Kuntala Narsaiah | 18,219 | 1.88 | |
| | BSP | Bala Kalyan Panja | 10,203 | 1.05 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 8,971 | 0.92 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95,180 | 9.81 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,70,165 | 65.59 | −6.34 |
| | TRS hold | TRS hold | Swing | | |

### General election, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Peddapalle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TRS | Balka Suman | 565,496 | 56.82 | |
| | INC | Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy | 2,74,338 | 27.57 | |
| | TDP | Dr. Janapati Sarat Babu | 63,334 | 6.36 | |
| | RP (K) | Velthuru Mallaiah | 45,977 | 4.62 | |
| | BSP | Tagaram Shankar Lal | 9,449 | 0.95 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,91,158 | 28.48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,22,184 | 71.93 | +6.02 |
| | TRS gain from INC | TRS gain from INC | Swing | | |

### General election, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Peddapalle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy | 313,748 | 34.70 |
| | TRS | Gomasa Srinivas | 2,64,731 | 29.28 |
| | PRP | Arepelli David Raju | 1,75,605 | 19.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49,017 | 5.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,04,084 | 68.72 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election, 2004

General Election, 2004: Peddapalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | G. Venkat Swamy | 572,207 | 60.91 | +15.52 |
| | TDP | Suguna Kumari | 309,072 | 32.90 | −14.34 |
| | BSP | Kannam Raghu | 26,554 | 2.80 | |
| | Independent | Kampelli Srinivas | 14,151 | 1.51 | |
| | Independent | Maddela Odelu | 8,829 | 0.94 | |
| | Independent | Kamilla Jaya Rao | 8,637 | 0.92 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 263,135 | 28.01 | +29.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 939,450 | 67.78 | +0.04 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | +15.52 | |

## Trivia

* The Lok Sabha constituency includes three assembly constituencies from Adilabad district i.e. Chennur, Bellampalli, Mancherial
* G. Venkat Swamy, former Union Minister represented the constituency in Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Fourteenth Lok Sabha respectively.