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

Karimnagar 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.

Karimnagar registered 66.59 percent voter turnout in 2019. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1650893 while the total voter turnout is 1650893.

Karimnagar has seven assembly segments namely Karimnagar, Choppadandi, Vemulawada, Sircilla, Manakondur, Huzurabad and Husnabad. Telangana Rashtra Samiti candidates had won the 2018 Assembly election from all the seven seats. 

The first phase of voting in 17 constituencies of Telangana Pradesh ended on April 11. The fate of 15 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 Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency-

1	Ponnam Prabhaker	Indian National Congress
2	BANDI SANJAY KUMAR	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	BOIANAPALLI VINOD KUMAR	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
4	VENKANNA ANAGANDULA	Bahujan Samaj Party
5	ANIL KUMAR CHINTHA	Pyramid Party of India
6	AILA PRASANNA	Anti Corruption Dynamic Party
7	PALLE PRASHANTH	Jai Swaraj Party
8	REDDY VENUGOPAL	Samajwadi Forward Bloc
9	KOTA SHYAMKUMAR	Independent
10	GANGARAPU THIRUPATHI	Independent
11	CHILIVERU SRIKANTH	Independent
12	DURVASA REDDY PAKALA	Independent
13	PABBA BHANU LAXMAN	Independent
14	MUKKISA RATHNAKAR REDDY	Independent
15	RAMESHBABU SHANIGARAPU	Independent

Telangana Chief Minister Chandrashekhar Rao has won the election from this seat thrice from 2004-2009. However, in 2009, Chandrashekhar Rao fought from Mahbubnagar while TRS candidate B Vinod Kumar was in the fray in Karimnagar. He lost to Congress leader Ponnam Prabhakar who bagged 3,17,927 votes while Vinod secured 2,67,684 votes. 

In the 2014 election, TRS registered came back with a bang with Vinod Kumar winning with a margin of 2,04,652 votes and Poonam Prabhakar was pushed to the second spot with 3,00,706 votes.

In Karimnagar, 72.69 per cent or 1127225 voters exercised their franchise in the last election. Of the 17 contestants who were in the fray, the deposits of 14 of the candidates were forfeited. 

Battle lines have been drawn for the 2019 election, where Ponnam Prabhakar is yet again contesting on a Congress ticket against Telangana Rashtra Samithi sitting MP B Vinod Kumar. The BJP has named Banala Laxma Reddy to contest from the seat.