Khammam Lok Sabha constituency of Telangana: Full list of candidates, polling dates

Khammam is one of the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana. Voting for Lok Sabha election in Telangana was held in a single phase on 11 April. Counting for the election will be held on May 23. 

Khammam registered 75.18 percent voter turnout in 2019. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1513094 while the total voter turnout is 1137535.

Khammam parliamentary constituency comprises of seven assembly segments namely Khammam, Palair, Madhira, Wyra, Sathupalle, Kothagudem, Aswaraopeta. Of these, Madhira and Sathupalle are reserved for Scheduled Castes while Wyra is reserved for Scheduled Tribes candidates.

The first phase of voting in 17 constituencies of Telangana Pradesh ended on April 11. The fate of 23 contesting candidates will be decided on May 23 when counting of votes takes place and the result is declared. 

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from the Khammam Lok Sabha constituency.

1	DEVAKI VASUDEVA RAO	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	NAMA NAGESWR RAO	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
3	Boda Venkat	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4	LAXMA NAIK BANOTH	Independent
5	RENUKA CHOWDHURY	Indian National Congress
6	UMAMAHESWARA RAO CHERUKUPALLI	Telangana Yuva Shakti
7	KATTA SRINIVAS	Yekikrutha Sankshema Rashtriya Praja Party
8	GOPOJU RAMESH BABU	Telangana Communist Party of India
9	NARALA SATYANARAYANA	Janasena Party
10	NAGESWARA RAO LAKAVATH	Bahujan Mukti Party
11	VENKATESWAR RAO PULLAKHANDAM	Pyramid Party of India
12	ANIL KUMAR MADDINENI	Independent
13	AVUTAPALLI RAMBABU	Independent
14	KOPPULA SREENIVASARAO	Independent
15	GUGULOTHU RAMESH	Independent
16	GOKINAPALLI VENKATESWAR RAO	Independent
17	GOPAGANI SHANKARA RAO	Independent
18	DUNUKU VELADRI	Independent
19	PARSAGANI NAGESWARA RAO	Independent
20	PALVANCHA RAMARAO	Independent
21	BHANALA LAXMANA CHARY	Independent
22	MUTYAM ARJUNA RAJU	Independent
23	Boda Venkat	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
24	LAXMA NAIK BANOTH	Independent
25	NAMA NAGESWR RAO	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
26	SANJEEVA RAO NAKIRIKANTI	Independent
29	PINDIPROLU RAMAMURTHY	Independent

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, YSR Congress Party's Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy won the seat by a margin of merely 11,974 votes. In the closely fought contest, Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy bagged 4,21,957 votes while Telugu Desam Party's Nama Nageswara Rao came second with 4,09,983 votes. Communist Party of India's Kankanala Narayana was way behind at the third spot bagging 1,87,653 votes.

In the 2009 election, Telugu Desam Party's Nama Nageswara Rao had bagged the top spot with 4,69,368 votes while Congress leader Renuka Chowdary was at the second spot with 3,44,920 votes. Praja Rajyam Party's Jalagam Hemamalini secured 1,87,653 votes from the seat.

In the 2019 election, Telugu Desam Party has yet again fielded Nama Nageswara Rao while Renuka Chowdary is representing the party for Congress.