# Palair Assembly constituency

Palair Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of the ten constituencies in Khammam district. It is part of Khammam Lok Sabha constituency.

## Mandals

The Assembly constituency presently comprises the following mandals:
* Mandal
* Khammam Rural
* Kusumanchi
* Tirumalayapalem
* Nelakondapalli

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| United Andhra Pradesh ||||
| 1962 | Kathula Santhiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Kathula Santhiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Kathula Santhiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Hassainu Potta Pinjara | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | Bheemapaka Bhupathi Rao | Communist Party of India |
| 1985 | Baji Hanumanthu | Communist Party of India |
| 1989 | Sambani Chandra Sheker | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Venkata Veeratah Sandra | CPI(M) |
| 1999 | Sambani Chandra Sheker | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Sambani Chandra Sheker | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Ramreddy Venkat Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| Telangana Legislative Assembly ||||
| 2014 | Ramreddy Venkat Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2016★ | Thummala Nageshwar Rao | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| 2018 | Kandala Upender Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2023 | Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy | Indian National Congress |
★by-election

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

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Palair (Assembly constituency) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy | 127,820 | 58.94 |
| | TRS | Kandala Upender Reddy | 71,170 | 32.82 |
| | CPI(M) | Thammineni Veerabhadram | 5,308 | 2.45 |
| | BSP | Allika Venkateswar Rao | 2,095 | 0.97 |
| | BJP | Nunna Ravikumar | 1,815 | 0.84 |
| | Alliance of Democratic Reforms Party | Kukkala Nagaiah | 1,080 | 0.50 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 520 | 0.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56,650 | 26.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,16,851 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2018

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018: Palair (Assembly constituency) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Kandala Upender Reddy | 89,407 | 46.53 |
| | TRS | Thummala Nageswara Rao | 81,738 | 42.54 |
| | CPI(M) | Battula Hymavathi | 6,769 | 3.52 |
| | Independent | Nandigama Raj Kumar | 6,101 | 3.17 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,271 | 0.66 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,669 | 3.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,92,164 | 92.09 |
| | INC gain from TRS | INC gain from TRS | Swing | |

### Telangana Legislative Assembly by-election, 2016

The by-election was necessitated following the death of Congress member R. Venkat Reddy who won the seat in 2014. T. Nageshwar Rao of Telangana Rashtra Samithi won it with the biggest majority in the history of Palair constituency.
By-elections, 2016: Palair :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TRS | Thummala Nageswara Rao | 94,940 | 55.5 |
| | INC | Ramreddy Sucharitha Reddy | 49,258 | 28.8 |
| | CPI(M) | Pothineni Sudarshan Rao | 15,538 | 9.1 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,785 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45,682 | 26.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,71,074 | 89.85 |
| | TRS gain from INC | TRS gain from INC | Swing | |

### Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014: Palair (Assembly constituency) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ramireddy Venkat Reddy | 69,707 | 39.28 |
| | TDP | Baby Swarna Kumari Maddineni | 47,844 | 26.96 |
| | CPI(M) | Pothineni Sudarshan Rao | 44,245 | 24.93 |
| | Independent | Naresh Reddy Ramasahayam | 5,587 | 3.15 |
| | TRS | Ravella Ravindra | 4,041 | 2.28 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 783 | 0.44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,863 | 12.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,77,461 | 90.32 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |