# Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency

Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 24 constituencies in the capital city of Hyderabad. It is part of Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency.
In 2014, G. Sayanna from the Telugu Desam Party was elected as MLA by defeating the nearest rival by a 2.60% margin. The incumbent MLA, Shri G. Sayanna, died on 19 February 2023. In the 2023 election, G. Lasya Nandita, daughter of Sayanna, from the BRS party, won the election and became the MLA. However, she died on 23 February 2024 in a road accident on Orr Hyderabad.

## Extent of the constituency

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following neighbourhoods:
* Mandalas
* Marredpally
* Trimulgherry
* Bolarum
* Sikh Village
* Lothkunta
* Karkhana
* Begumpet (part)
* Rastrapathi Road (part)

## Members of Legislative Assembly

Andhra Pradesh :
| Year | Member | Party |
| 1978 | B. Machinder Rao | Janata Party |
| 1983 | N. A. Krishna | Independent |
| 1985 | S. Satyanarayana | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | D. Narsinga Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | G. Sayanna | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | G. Sayanna | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | G. Sayanna | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2009 | P. Shankar Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | G. Sayanna | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2018 | G. Sayanna | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |
| 2023 | G. Lasya Nanditha | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |
| 2024^ | Sri Ganesh | Indian National Congress |
^by-election

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

Telangana Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Secunderabad Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Sri Ganesh | 53,651 | 40.86 |
| | BJP | T. N. Vamsha Tilak | 40,445 | 30.80 |
| | BRS | G Niveditha Sayanna | 34,462 | 26.25 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 969 | 0.74 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,206 | 10.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,31,788 | 51.93 |
| | INC gain from BRS | INC gain from BRS | Swing | |

### 2023

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Secunderabad Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BRS | G. Lasya Nanditha | 59,057 | 47.52 | 9.18 |
| | BJP | Sri Ganesh | 41,888 | 33.64 | 20.34 |
| | INC | Dr. G V Venella | 20,825 | 16.72 | 7.58 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,220 | 0.97 | 0.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,169 | 13.88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,24,517 | | |
| | BRS hold | BRS hold | Swing | | |

### 2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Secunderabad Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TRS | G. Sayanna | 65,797 | 56.7 | +21.2 |
| | INC | Sarvey Sathyanarayana | 28,234 | 24.3 | +11.7 |
| | BJP | Sri Ganesh | 15,487 | 13.30 | new |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,571 | 1.33 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37,563 | 32.3 | +29.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,16,144 | 46.7% | −4.0 |
| | TRS gain from TDP | TRS gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Secunderabad Cantt. :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | G. Sayanna | 44,693 | 35.50 | +5.87 |
| | TRS | Gajjela Nagesh | 41,418 | 32.98 | +32.98 |
| | INC | Gajjela Kantham | 22,136 | 12.58 | −20.84 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,275 | 2.60 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,25,894 | 50.7% | |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |