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

Nagarkurnool 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. 

Nagarkurnool registered 62.29 percent voter turnout in 2019. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1587281 while the total voter turnout is 988717.

Nagarkurnool parliamentary constituency comprises of seven assembly segments namely Kollapur, Kalwakurthy, Nagarkurnool, Gadwal, Wanaparthy, Achampet and Alampur. Of these, Achampet and Alampur are assembly constituencies which have been reserved for Scheduled Castes.

The first phase of voting in 17 constituencies of Telangana Pradesh ended on April 11. The fate of 11 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 Nagarkurnool Lok Sabha constituency of Telangana:-

1	POTHUGANTI RAMULU	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2	DR MALLU RAVI	Indian National Congress
4	B YOSEF	Bahujan Samaj Party
6	SHRUTHI BANGARU	Bharatiya Janata Party
7	V AMARNATH	India Praja Bandhu Party
8	GADDAM VIJAY	Bahujan Mukti Party
9	KARVANGA SHARATH	Independent
10	CHARAGONDA KRISHNAMMA	Independent
11	PRABHUDAS BANDARU THUMU	Independent
13	BAAKI RENUKA	National Women's Party
14	SRINIVAS BUDDULA	Independent

The seat which was a Congress stronghold in the early years has seen power oscillate between the grand old party and the Telugu Desam Party in the last few elections. In the 2014 election, Congress candidate Nandi Yellaiah had won the seat by a margin of 16,676 votes. 

Nandi Yellaiah had won 4,20,075 as against Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidate Manda Jagannath who won 4,03,399 votes.

In 2009 too, Congress had won the seat with party candidate Manda Jagannath securing 4,22,745 votes. Telangana Rashtra Samithi's Guvvala Balaraju had bagged the second spot with 3,74,978 votes while Praja Rajyam Party's Devani Satyanarayana had bagged 62,216 votes.

In the 2019 election, Congress has fielded Mallu Ravi Challa as against Telangana Rashtra Samithi's Pothuganti Ramulu and Bharatiya Janata Party's Shruthi Bangaru.