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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
| Name = Medak
| image = Medak_Loksabha.png
| caption = Boundary of Medak Constituency in Telangana
| Existence = 1957
|Reservation= None
| CurrentMPParty = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
| CurrentMP = [[Kotha Prabhakar Reddy]]
| ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
| State = [[Telangana]]
|Electorate=15,36,715<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 =[[Siddipet (Assembly constituency)|Siddipet]] [[Medak (Assembly constituency)|Medak]] [[Narsapur (Assembly constituency)|Narsapur]] [[Sangareddy (Assembly constituency)|Sangareddy]] [[Patancheru (Assembly constituency)|Patancheru]] [[Dubbak (Assembly constituency)|Dubbak]] [[Gajwel (Assembly constituency)|Gajwel]]
}}
'''Medak 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=29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Kavita-versus-Vijayashanti-in-Andhras-Medak-Lok-Sabha-seat/articleshow/33203179.cms|title=Kavita versus Vijayashanti in Andhra's Medak Lok Sabha seat?|newspaper=The Times of India|date=4 April 2014|first=Shiva|last=Shankar|accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref>

{{Short description|Lok sabha constituency in Telangana}}

[[Kotha Prabhakar Reddy]] of [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] is representing the constituency for the first time.

==Overview==
Since its inception in 1957 Medak seat is a [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] stronghold, various political outfits like the [[Telangana Praja Samithi]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and the [[Telugu Desam Party]] have won it during different general elections.

After the formation of [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] the seat has been won by four different candidates in three general elections including its founder and current Chief Minister of Telangana [[Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao|K. Chandrashekar Rao]] and actress [[Vijayashanti]]

==Assembly segments==
Medak Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following 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)
|-
|33
|[[Siddipet (Assembly constituency)|Siddipet]]
|None
|[[Siddipet district|Siddipet]]
|[[T. Harish Rao]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|-
|34
|[[Medak (Assembly constituency)|Medak]]
|None
|[[Medak district|Medak]]
|[[Padma Devender Reddy]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|-
|37
|[[Narsapur (Assembly constituency)|Narsapur]]
|None
|[[Medak district|Medak]]
|Chilumula Madan Reddy
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|-
|39
|[[Sangareddy (Assembly constituency)|Sangareddy]]
|None
|[[Sangareddy district|Sangareddy]]
|[[Jagga Reddy|Thurupu Jayaprakash Reddy]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
|40
|[[Patancheru (Assembly constituency)|Patancheru]]
|None
|[[Sangareddy district|Sangareddy]]
|[[Gudem Mahipal Reddy]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
|41
|[[Dubbak (Assembly constituency)|Dubbak]]
|None
|[[Siddipet district|Siddipet]]
|[[Raghunandan Rao|M.Raghunandan Rao]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
|42
|[[Gajwel (Assembly constituency)|Gajwel]]
|None
|[[Siddipet district|Siddipet]]
|[[K. Chandrashekar Rao]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|bgcolor=#FFC0CB|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
|-
|}

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Name of M.P.
! colspan="2" |Party Affiliation
|-
| First||1952–57|| N. M. Jaisoorya
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
|[[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)]]
|-
| Second||1957–62|| rowspan="2" |[[P. Hanmanth Rao]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| Third||1962–67
|-
| Fourth||1967–71||[[Sangam Laxmi Bai]]
|-
| Fifth||1971–77|| rowspan="2" |[[Mallikarjun Goud|Dr Mallikarjun]]
|style="background-color: {{Telangana Praja Samithi/meta/color}}" |
|[[Telangana Praja Samithi]]
|-
| Sixth||1977–80
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| Seventh||1980–84||[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
| Eighth||1984–89||P. Manik Reddy
|style="background-color: {{Telugu Desam Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|-
| Ninth||1989–91|| rowspan="4" |[[M. Baga Reddy]]
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| Tenth||1991–96
|-
| Eleventh||1996–98
|-
| Twelfth||1998–99
|-
| Thirteenth||1999-04|| rowspan="2" |[[A. Narendra]]
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004–09
| rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="5" |[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
|-
| [[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009–2014||[[Vijayashanti|Vijaya Shanthi M]]
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014–(Resigned on 27/5/2014)||[[Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao]]
|-
|[[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014–2019|| rowspan="2" |[[Kotha Prabhakar Reddy]]
|-
|[[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeen]]||2019 – present
|}

==Election results==

===2019 lok sabha Poll result===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Medak]]<ref>[https://www.news18.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/telangana/medak-election-result-s29p06/ MEDAK LOK SABHA POLLS RESULT]</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telangana Rashtra Samithi|candidate=[[Kotha Prabhakar Reddy]]|votes=5,96,048|percentage=51.82|change=-6.21}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Gali Anil Kumar]]|votes=2,79,621|percentage=24.31|change=+2.95}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Raghunandan Rao]]|votes=2,01,567|percentage=17.52|change=-1.39}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party=[[Independent politician|IND.]]
|candidate=Thumalapally Pruthviraj
|votes=18,813
|percentage=1.64
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=None of the above
|candidate=None of the above
|votes=15,390
|percentage=1.34
|change=
}}
{{Election box majority|votes=3,16,427|percentage=27.51|change=+3.34}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=11,50,331|percentage=71.75|change=+3.96}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014 lok sabha bypoll result===
{{Election box begin | title= Bye Election, 2014: Medak <ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/medak-lok-sabha-constituency-result/article6414911.ece MEDAK LOK SABHA BY-ELECTIONS RESULT]</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
|candidate = [[Kotha Prabhakar Reddy]]
|votes = 5,71,810
|percentage = 55.24
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Sunitha Laxma Reddy V]]
|votes = 2,10,524
|percentage = 20.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Jagga Reddy]]
|votes = 1,86,343
|percentage = 18.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 3,61,286
| percentage = 34.54
| change = +
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 10,46,114
| percentage =67.79
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Medak]]<ref>[http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/medak.html MEDAK LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT]</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| candidate = [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]]
| votes = 6,57,492
| percentage = 55.2
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = P. Shravan Kumar Reddy
|votes = 2,60,463
|percentage = 21.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Chaganla Narendra Nath
|votes = 1,81,804
|percentage = 15.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
|candidate = Kundeti Ravi
|votes = 33,507
|percentage = 2.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Prabhugoud Pullaiahgari
|votes = 27,412

|percentage = 0.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 10,696
|percentage = 0.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 3,97,029
| percentage = 33.33
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 12,93,548
| percentage = 77.70
| change = +1.41
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Medak]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| candidate = Vijaya Shanthi. M
| votes = 3,88,839
| percentage = 36.67%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Narendra Nath Chengala
| votes = 3,82,762
| percentage = 36.12%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party =Praja Rajyam Party
| candidate = Khaja Quayum Anwar
| votes = 1,20,812
| percentage = 11.39%
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 6,077
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 10,60,272
| percentage = 76.29
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Medak (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Medak]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| candidate = [[A. Narendra]]
| votes = 453,738
| percentage = 50.36
| change = +50.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = P Ramchandra Reddy
| votes = 329,972
| percentage = 36.62
| change = -11.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Suryaprakash Nalla
| votes = 52,273
| percentage = 5.80
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Md Ulfathali
| votes = 34,476
| percentage = 3.83
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = K Laxmaiah Yadav
| votes = 18,457
| percentage = 2.05
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = P Jeevula naik
| votes = 12,099
| percentage = 1.34
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 124,766
| percentage = 13.74
| change = +61.94
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 901,015
| percentage = 71.60
| change = +0.41
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
| swing = +50.36
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Trivia==
* Former Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] was holding the seat when she was assassinated in 1984.
* Telangana first Chief Minister, [[Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao]] won the seat by a margin of 3.7 lakh votes in [[2014 Indian general elections|2014 General Election]], but he later vacated it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-trs-chief-k-chandrasekhara-rao-resigns-from-medak-lok-sabha-seat-1991597 |title=TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao resigns from Medak Lok Sabha seat | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2014-05-27 |accessdate=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/many-aspirants-for-medak-lok-sabha-seat/article6029976.ece |title=Many aspirants for Medak Lok Sabha seat |publisher=The Hindu |date=2014-05-20 |accessdate=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=' + val.created_at + ' |url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/trs-chief-k-chandrasekhar-rao-likely-to-have-smooth-sailing-in-medak-lok-sabha-seat-510285 |title=TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao likely to have smooth sailing in Medak Lok Sabha seat |publisher=NDTV.com |date=2014-04-18 |accessdate=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ns5YkZkgqhSwvFaTg6mk9J/TRS-chief-to-contest-both-Lok-Sabha-assembly-polls-in-Telan.html |title=TRS, AIMIM announce candidates; KCR to contest from Medak |publisher=Livemint |date=2014-04-08 |accessdate=2014-06-05}}</ref>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Telangana}}

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