Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Telangana legislative assembly in India

Secunderabad Cantt.
Constituency No. 71 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Hyderabad
LS constituency	Malkajgiri
Established	1957 to 1977, 2009 to present^[1]
Total electors	231,004
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sri Ganesh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 24 constituencies in the capital city of Hyderabad. It is part of Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency.

In 2014, G. Sayanna from the Telugu Desam Party was elected as MLA by defeating the nearest rival by a 2.60% margin. The incumbent MLA, Shri G. Sayanna, died on 19 February 2023. In the 2023 election, G. Lasya Nandita, daughter of Sayanna, from the BRS party, won the election and became the MLA. However, she died on 23 February 2024 in a road accident on Orr Hyderabad.

Extent of the constituency

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following neighbourhoods:

Mandalas
Marredpally
Trimulgherry
Bolarum
Sikh Village
Lothkunta
Karkhana
Begumpet (part)
Rastrapathi Road (part)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Andhra Pradesh
Year	Member
1978	B. Machinder Rao	Janata Party
1983	N. A. Krishna	Independent
1985	S. Satyanarayana	Telugu Desam Party
1989	D. Narsinga Rao	Indian National Congress
1994	G. Sayanna	Telugu Desam Party
1999		Telugu Desam Party
2004		Telugu Desam Party
2009	P. Shankar Rao	Indian National Congress

Telangana
Year	Member
2014	G. Sayanna	Telugu Desam Party
2018	G. Sayanna	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2023	G. Lasya Nanditha	Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2024^	Sri Ganesh	Indian National Congress

^By Poll

Election results

2024 by-election

Telangana Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Secuderabad Cantonment^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sri Ganesh	53,651
	BJP	T. N. Vamsha Tilak	40445
	BRS	G Niveditha Sayanna	34462
	NOTA	None of the Above	969
Majority			13206
Turnout			130450	51.61
	INC gain from BRS		Swing

2023

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Secunderabad Cantonment
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BRS	G. Lasya Nanditha	59,057	47.52	9.18
	BJP	Sri Ganesh	41,888	33.64	20.34
	INC	Dr. G V Venella	20,825	16.72	7.58
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,220	0.97	0.36
Majority			17,169	13.88
Turnout			1,24,517
	BRS hold		Swing

2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Secunderabad Cantonment^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	G. Sayanna	65,797	56.7	+21.2
	INC	Sarvey Sathyanarayana	28,234	24.3	+11.7
	BJP	Sri Ganesh	15,487	13.30	new
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,571	1.33
Majority			37,563	32.3	+29.7
Turnout			1,16,144	46.7%	-4.0
	TRS gain from TDP		Swing

2014

^[4]

2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Secunderabad Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	G. Sayanna	44,693	35.50	+5.87
	TRS	Gajjela Nagesh	41,418	32.98	+32.98
	INC	Gajjela Kantham	22,136	12.58	-20.84
Majority			3,275	2.60
Turnout			1,25,894	50.7%
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ The Hindu (4 June 2024). "Turncoat triumphs as Congress regains Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency". Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ Secunderabad Cantonment 2018 Results
^ "Secunderabad Cantonment 2014 Results". Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.