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

Mahbubnagar 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 Lok Sabha election 2019 will be held on May 23. 

Mahbubnagar registered 65.39 percent voter turnout in 2019. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1505190 while the total voter turnout is 984301.

Mahbubnagar parliamentary constituency comprises of seven assembly segments namely Kodangal, Narayanpet, Mahbubnagar, Jadcherla, Devarkadra, Makthal and Shadnagar. Many parts of the constituency are considered to be communally sensitive. 

The first phase of voting in 17 constituencies of Telangana Pradesh ended on April 11.

The fate of 12 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 Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha Constituency of Telangana:-

1	ARUNA D.K	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	CHALLA VAMSHI CHAND REDDY	Indian National Congress
3	MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
4	IMRAN AHMED KHAN	Independent
5	V. DASRAM NAYAK	Bahujan Mukti Party
6	E. Shivadurgavaraprasad Reddy	Indian Rakshaka Nayakudu Party
7	Azeez Khan M.A.	Independent
8	Imtiyaz Ahamad	Independent
9	JORIGHA VISHWESHWAR	Independent
10	D. Thimmappa	Independent
11	POLA PRASHANTH KUMAR	Independent
12	Munnurukapu Gopal Reddy	Independent

The seat, which was traditionally a Congress stronghold in the early years, has been held by Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Bharatiya Janata Party candidates in the last two decades.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi has maintained a hold on the seat in the last decade winning both the 2009 and 2014 elections. In 2009, Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrashekhar Rao defeated his closest rival Vittal Rao with a margin of 20,186 votes and later became a minister in the then UPA government at the Centre.  

In the 2014 election, Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidate AP Jithender Reddy won the seat for the party with a narrow margin of 2,590 votes defeating the then union minister and Congress candidate S Jaipal Reddy. AP Jithender Reddy bagged 334228 votes as against 331638 votes than Jaipal Reddy won.

In the 2019 election, Congress has fielded Vamshichand Reddy against Telangana Rashtra Samithi's Manne Srinivas Reddy and Bharatiya Janata Party's DK Aruna.