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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
| Name = Khammam
| image = Khammam_LSC.png
| caption = Boundary of Khammam Constituency in Telangana
| Existence = 1952
| CurrentMPParty = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
| CurrentMP = [[Nama Nageswara Rao]]
|Reservation= None
| ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
| State = [[Telangana]]
|Electorate=14,40,289<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140702210941/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"]</ref>
| AssemblyConstituencies =[[Khammam (Assembly constituency)|Khammam]] [[Palair (Assembly constituency)|Palair]] [[Madhira (Assembly constituency)|Madhira]] [[Wyra (ST)(Assembly constituency)|Wyra]] [[Sathupalle (SC)(Assembly constituency)|Sathupalle]] [[Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)|Kothagudem]] [[Aswaraopeta (ST)(Assembly constituency)|Aswaraopeta]]
}}
'''Khammam''' Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 [[Lok Sabha]] (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in [[Telangana]] state in southern [[India]].<ref name="ceo">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|page=30}}</ref>

[[Nama Nageswara Rao]] of [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] is currently representing the constituency for second time.

==Overview==
Since its inception in 1952 Khammam seat is [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] strong hold where it has won 12 times various other political outfits like [[Communist Party of India]], [[Telugu Desam Party]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and [[YSR Congress Party]] have won it during different general elections.

==Assembly segments==
Khammam presently comprises the following [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] segments:<ref name="ceo"/>
{|class="wikitable sortable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
! width="150px" |MLA
!width="150px"|Party
!width="150px"|Party Leading (in 2019)
|-
|112
|[[Khammam (Assembly constituency)|Khammam]]
|None
|[[Khammam district|Khammam]]
|[[Puvvada Ajay Kumar]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|-
|113
|[[Palair (Assembly constituency)|Palair]]
|None
|[[Khammam district|Khammam]]
|Kandala Upender Reddy
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|-
|114
|[[Madhira (Assembly constituency)|Madhira]]
|SC
|[[Khammam district|Khammam]]
|[[Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|-
|115
|[[Wyra (ST)(Assembly constituency)|Wyra]]
|ST
|[[Khammam district|Khammam]]
|Lavudya Ramulu
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|-
|116
|[[Sathupalle (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Sathupalle]]
|SC
|[[Khammam district|Khammam]]
|[[Sandra Venkata Veeraiah]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|-
|117
|[[Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)|Kothagudem]]
|None
|[[Bhadradri Kothagudem]]
|[[Vanama Venkateshwara Rao]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|-
|118
|[[Aswaraopeta (ST) (Assembly constituency)|Aswaraopeta]]
|ST
|[[Bhadradri Kothagudem]]
|Mecha Nageswara Rao
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|-
|}

==Members of Lok Sabha==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Lok Sabha!!|Duration!!Name of M.P.
! colspan="2" |Party Affiliation
|-
| First||1952-57|| rowspan="2" |[[T. B. Vittal Rao]]
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
|[[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)]]
|-
| Second||1957-62
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|-
| Third||1962-67|| rowspan="3" |[[T. Lakshmi Kantamma]]
| rowspan="8" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="8" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| Fourth||1967-71
|-
| Fifth||1971-77
|-
| Sixth||1977-80|| rowspan="2" |[[Jalagam Kondala Rao]]
|-
| Seventh||1980-84
|-
| Eighth||1984-89|| rowspan="2" |[[Jalagam Vengala Rao]]
|-
| Ninth||1989-91
|-
| Tenth||1991-96||[[P. V. Rangaiah Naidu|P.V. Rangaiah Naidu IPS retired]]
|-
| Eleventh||1996-98||[[Veerabhadram Tammineni]]
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
| Twelfth||1998-99||[[Nadendla Bhaskara Rao]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" | || rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| Thirteenth||1999-04|| rowspan="2" |[[Renuka Chowdhary]]
|-
| [[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004-09
|-
| [[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009-14||[[Nama Nageswara Rao]]
|style="background-color: {{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014-19||[[Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy]]
|style="background-color: {{YSR Congress Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|-
|[[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]||2019-[[Incumbent]]||[[Nama Nageswara Rao]]
|style="background-color: {{Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color}}" |
|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
|}

==Election results==
===General Election, 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Khammam]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
|candidate = [[Nama Nageswara Rao]]
|votes = 5,67,459
|percentage = 49.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Renuka Chowdhury]]
|votes = 3,99,397
|percentage = 35.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Boda Venkat
|votes = 57,102
|percentage = 5.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Devaki Vasudeva Rao
|votes = 20,488
|percentage = 1.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jana Sena Party
|candidate = Narala Satyanarayana
|votes = 19,315
|percentage = 1.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 15,832
|percentage = 1.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 1,68,062
| percentage = 14.74
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 11,39,848
| percentage = 75.30
| change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| loser = YSR Congress Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Khammam]]<ref>[http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/khammam.html KHAMMAM LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT]</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy]]
|votes = 4,21,957
|percentage = 35.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Nama Nageswara Rao]]
|votes = 4,09,983
|percentage = 34.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Kankanala Narayana
|votes = 1,87,653
|percentage = 15.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
|candidate = Budan Baig Shaik
|votes = 89,063
|percentage = 7.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes =11,974
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 11,82,897
| percentage = 82.13
| change = +0.05
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Khammam]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Nama Nageswara Rao]]
|votes = 4,69,368
|percentage = 45.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Renuka Chowdary]]
|votes = 3,44,920
|percentage = 33.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = Jalagam Hemamalini
|votes = 1,87,653
|percentage = 12.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes =1,24,448
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 10,34,009
| percentage = 82.08
| change = +3.59
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: Khammam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Renuka Chowdary]]
|votes = 5,18,047
|percentage = 50.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Nama Nageswara Rao]]
|votes = 4,09,159
|percentage = 39.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes =1,08,888
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 10,23,177
| percentage = 78.79
| change = +4.02
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|General Election, 1999]]: Khammam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Renuka Chowdary]]
|votes = 3,28,596
|percentage = 34.7%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Baby Swarna Kumari
|votes = 3,20,198
|percentage = 33.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Guguloth Dharma
|votes = 1,84,422
|percentage = 19.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 8,398
| percentage = 0.9
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 9,48,088
| percentage = 77.2
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner =Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election|General Election, 1998]]: Khammam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Nadendla Bhaskara Rao]]
|votes = 3,63,747
|percentage = 39.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Tammineni Veerabhadram]]
|votes = 3,52,083
|percentage = 38.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ravindra Naik Dharavath
|votes = 1,17,926
|percentage = 12.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 11,664
| percentage = 1.3
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 9,17,369
| percentage = 74.7
| change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner =Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 1996===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election|General Election, 1996]]: Khammam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Tammineni Veerabhadram]]
|votes = 3,74,675
|percentage = 41.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[P. V. Rangaiah Naidu|P.V. Rangaiah Naidu IPS retired]]
|votes = 3,11,384
|percentage = 34.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)
|candidate = Nageswara Rao Koneru
|votes = 75,072
|percentage = 8.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 63,291
| percentage = 7.1
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 8,95,441
| percentage = 72.6
| change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner =Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 1991===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Indian general election|General Election, 1991]]: Khammam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[P. V. Rangaiah Naidu|P.V. Rangaiah Naidu IPS retired]]|votes=3,16,186|percentage=43.2%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Tammineni Veerabhadram]]|votes=3,10,268|percentage=42.3%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Gaddam Venkatramayya|votes=45,999|percentage=6.3%|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=5,918|percentage=0.8%|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=7,32,650|percentage=70.2%|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner =Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 1962===
* T. Lakshikantamma (Congress) : 163,806 votes
* T B Vittal Rao (CPI) : 1,51,7460

==Trivia==
* [[Jalagam Vengala Rao]], former [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] represented the constituency in [[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]] and [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]] Lok Sabha respectively.
*[[Nadendla Bhaskara Rao]], former [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] represented the constituency in [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]] Lok Sabha.

==See also==
* [[Khammam district]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/telangana/khammam/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Khammam lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

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