Asifabad Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Telangana legislative assembly in India

Asifabad
Constituency No. 5 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Komaram Bheem
LS constituency	Adilabad (Lok Sabha constituency)
Established	1952
Total electors	1,88,444
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kova Laxmi
Party	Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Elected year	2023

Asifabad is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of two constituencies in Komaram Bheem district. It comes under Adilabad Lok Sabha constituency along with 6 other Assembly constituencies.^[1]

Kova Laxmi of Telangana Rashtra Samithi represented the constituency till 2018. Athram Sakku of Indian National Congress is representing the constituency since 2018.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

Mandal	District
Kerameri	Komaram Bheem Asifabad
Wankdi
Jainoor
Narnoor	Adilabad
Tiryani	Komaram Bheem Asifabad
Rebbena
Asifabad
Sirpur (U)
Lingapur
Gadhiguda	Adilabad

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Andhra Pradesh

Term	Name
1952-1957	Gangvi Kasiram	Indian National Congress
1952-1957	Konda Laxman Bapuji	Indian National Congress
1957-1962	G. Narayan Reddy	Indian National Congress
1962-1967	K Bheem Rao	Indian National Congress
1967-1972	K Bheem Rao	Indian National Congress
1972-1978	K Bheem Rao	Indian National Congress
1978-1983	Dasari Narsaiah	Indian National Congress
1983-1985	Gunda Mallesh	Communist Party of India
1985-1989	Gunda Mallesh	Communist Party of India
1989-1994	Dasari Narasaiah	Indian National Congress
1994-1999	Gunda Mallesh	Communist Party of India
1999-2004	Dr. Pati Subhadra	Telugu Desam Party
2004-2009	Amurajula Sridevi	Telugu Desam Party
2009-2014	Atram Sakku	Indian National Congress

Telangana State

Duration	Member
2014	Kova Laxmi^[2]	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2018	Atram Sakku^[3]	Indian National Congress
2023	Kova Laxmi	Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Asifabad (Assembly constituency)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BRS	Kova Laxmi	83,052	44.97
	INC	Ajmera Shyam	60,242	32.62
	Independent	Kotnaka Vijay Kumar	16,469	8.92
	BJP	Azmera Athma Rao	6,613	3.58
	BSP	Kanaka Prabhakar	3,544	1.92
	PSP	Ajmera Ram Nayak	2,567	1.39
	Independent	Sidam Anniga	2,093	1.13
	Independent	Kotnaka Kishanrao	1,534	0.83
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,516	0.82
Majority			22,798	12.35
Turnout			1,84,666
	BRS gain from INC		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Asifabad^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Athram Sakku	65,788	40.92%
	TRS	Kova Laxmi	65,617	40.81%
	BJP	AZMERA ATHMA RAO	6,711	04.17%
	TJS	KOTNAKA VIJAY KUMAR	6,183	3.85%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,715	1.69%
Majority			171
Turnout			1,60,790	86.27
	INC gain from TRS		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Asifabad^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TRS	Kova Laxmi	59,094	41.15%
	INC	Atram Sakku	40,039	27.88%
	TDP	Marsukola Sarswathi	25,439	17.71%
Majority			19,055
Turnout			1,43,605	76.21%
	TRS gain from INC		Swing

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Telangana General Legislative Election 2018 - Statistical Report". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 February 2022.