Assembly constituency no.42 Gajwel (Gajwel–Pragnapur) (గజ్వేల్ in Telugu), is an Assembly (Sasana Sabha) seat in the North Telangana region and Siddipet district, of the state of Telangana, which is in the South region of India (Bharat). Gajwel is part of the 6. Medak (General) Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituency. This constituency can be categorised as: General; Rural constituency.
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Gajwel (General) Assembly constituency in Telangana
Location
The geographic coordinates of Gajwel is: 17°50'07.8"N 78°41'57.5"E. Gajwel shares its borders with seven other Assembly constituencies in the state of Telangana. The other Telangana Assembly constituencies adjacent to Gajwel are: Siddipet, Narsapur, Dubbak, Patancheru, Medchal, Alair, Jangoan. This constituency shares an inter-state border with: no other state.
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Map showing the location of Gajwel Assembly constituency in Telangana
Election results
In the 2018 Telangana Assembly elections, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao of TRS won in this seat defeating Vanteru Pratap Reddy of INC by a margin of 58,290 which was 28.09% of the total votes cast for the seat. TRS had a vote share of 60.45% in 2018 in this seat.
Gajwel Assembly constituency has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 18.75% and an estimated Scheduled Tribe population of 1.18%, according to the report of the Delimitation Commission of 2008. The estimated literacy level of the district in which this constituency falls in is 61.61%, according the Census of India, 2011.
In the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections, there were a total of 2,65,636 eligible electors in the constituency, of which 1,31,774 were male and 1,33,855 female and 7 registered voters were of the third gender. The electorate sex ratio in Gajwel in 2023 was 1,016 female voters for every 1,000 male voters.
In the 2018 Assembly polls, there were a total of 2,33,260 eligible electors, of which 1,17,035 were male, 1,16,202 female and 53 electors of the third gender.
The number of service voters in Gajwel in 2018 was 53.
Poll dates
Gajwel Assembly constituency went to the polls in Phase 1 on Thursday, November 30, 2023, in the Telangana Assembly elections 2023. The counting of votes is on Sunday, December 3, 2023. In the 2018 elections this seat voted in Phase 1 on Friday, December 07, 2018 and the results were declared on Tuesday, December 11, 2018.
Election Trivia
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Assembly constituency no.42. Gajwel comprises of the following areas of Siddipet district in the North Telangana region of Telangana: Tupran, Kondapak, Gajwel, Jagdevpur, Wargal and Mulug Mandals.
This constituency covers an approximate area of 1,155 square kilometers and the geographic coordinates of Gajwel is: 17°50'07.8"N 78°41'57.5"E.
A total of seven Assembly constituencies in the state of Telangana share borders with Gajwel constituency, which are: Siddipet, Narsapur, Dubbak, Patancheru, Medchal, Alair, Jangoan. This constituency shares an inter-state border with no other state.
Voter turnout
According to Election Commission of India data, in the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections, the estimated voter turnout in this seat was %. In 2018 this seat registered a turnout of 88.97%, while it was % in 2013 and % in 2008. The estimated turnout in 2023 was % compared to the 2018 turnout.