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

Chevella 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.

Chevella registered 53.22 percent voter turnout in 2019. The total number of electors in the constituency is 2442600 while the total voter turnout is 1299956.

The constituency was created after the delimitation exercise in 2008 and has faced two elections since, in 2009 and 2014. Chevella parliamentary constituency comprises of seven assembly segments namely Tandur, Parigi, Vikarabad, Chevella, Maheshwaram, Rajendra Nagar, and Serilingampally. Of these seven, Chevella and Vikarabad seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates. 

The voter base comprises of those belonging to the IT corridor, Cyberabad as well as backward areas like Tandur and Vikarabad.

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 Chevella Lok Sabha constituency:-

1	Konda Vishweshwar Reddy	Indian National Congress
2	Dr. G. Ranjith Reddy	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
3	Baswaiah Madiga	Prajaa Swaraaj Party
4	B. Janardhan Reddy	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Vijay Aarya	Bahujan Samaj Party
6	Giri Kummari	Pyramid Party of India
7	Korra Pandu Naik	Bahujan Mukti Party
8	Gurram Papi Reddy	Ambedkar National Congress
9	Chepuri Raju	Dalita Bahujana Party
10	Nalla Prem Kumar	Prem Janata Dal
11	Palamakula Madhu	India Praja Bandhu Party
12	Bennala Julee	National Women's Party
13	Ragam Sathesh Yadav	All India Forward Bloc
14	Ija Venkatesh Goud	Social Justice Party of India
15	Vanam Sudhakar	Marxist Communist Party of India (United)
16	A.A. Sabri	Independent
17	Anusha Keshavabhatla	Independent
18	Yedla Suresh	Independent
19	Jaidupally Yadaiah	Independent
20	T. Durga Prasad	Independent
21	P. Purushotham	Independent
22	G. Ravi Kumar Yadav	Independent
23	Sanem Raju Goud	Independent
24	Korra Pandu Naik	Bahujan Mukti Party
26	Vanam Sudhakar	Marxist Communist Party of India (United)
27	Palamakula Madhu	India Praja Bandhu Party

In the 2014 election, Telangana Rashtra Samithi's Konda Vishweshwar Reddy won the seat by a margin of 73,023 votes. While Konda Vishweshwar Reddy bagged 4,35,077 votes, his nearest rival from Congress Patlolla Kartik Reddy secured 3,62,054 votes. In November 2018, Konda Vishweshwar Reddy resigned from Telangana Rashtra Samithi and joined the Congress.

Earlier in 2009, the seat was won by former union minister and Congress candidate S Jaipal Reddy. He registered a narrow win by securing 4,20,807 votes as against Telugu Desam Party's AP Jithender Reddy who won 4,02,275 votes. 

In the 2019 election, Congress has fielded Konda Vishweshwar Reddy against Telangana Rashtra Samithi's G Ranjith Reddy and Bharatiya Janata Party's B. Janardhan Reddy.