Assembly constituency no.19 Balkonda (బాల్కొండ in Telugu), is an Assembly (Sasana Sabha) seat in the North Telangana region and Nizamabad district, of the state of Telangana, which is in the South region of India (Bharat). Balkonda is part of the 4. Nizamabad (General) Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituency. This constituency can be categorised as: General; Rural constituency.
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Balkonda (General) Assembly constituency in Telangana
Location
The geographic coordinates of Balkonda is: 18°47'19.0"N 78°27'58.3"E. Balkonda shares its borders with six other Assembly constituencies in the state of Telangana. The other Telangana Assembly constituencies adjacent to Balkonda are: Nirmal, Armur, Nizamabad Rural, Koratla, Vemulawada. This constituency shares an inter-state border with: no other state.
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Map showing the location of Balkonda Assembly constituency in Telangana
Election results
In the 2018 Telangana Assembly elections, Vemula Prashanth Reddy of TRS won in this seat defeating Sunil Kumar Muthyala of BSP by a margin of 32,408 which was 20.93% of the total votes cast for the seat. TRS had a vote share of 47.57% in 2018 in this seat.
Balkonda Assembly constituency has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 16.98% and an estimated Scheduled Tribe population of 6.17%, according to the report of the Delimitation Commission of 2008. The estimated literacy level of the district in which this constituency falls in is 64.25%, according the Census of India, 2011.
In the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections, there were a total of 2,15,628 eligible electors in the constituency, of which 99,728 were male and 1,15,898 female and 2 registered voters were of the third gender. The electorate sex ratio in Balkonda in 2023 was 1,162 female voters for every 1,000 male voters.
In the 2018 Assembly polls, there were a total of 1,94,281 eligible electors, of which 89,357 were male, 1,04,916 female and 39 electors of the third gender.
The number of service voters in Balkonda in 2018 was 39.
Poll dates
Balkonda 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.19. Balkonda comprises of the following areas of Nizamabad district in the North Telangana region of Telangana: Balkonda, Mortad, Kammarpalle, Bheemgal and Velpur Mandals.
This constituency covers an approximate area of 926 square kilometers and the geographic coordinates of Balkonda is: 18°47'19.0"N 78°27'58.3"E.
A total of six Assembly constituencies in the state of Telangana share borders with Balkonda constituency, which are: Nirmal, Armur, Nizamabad Rural, Koratla, Vemulawada. 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 79.74%, while it was % in 2013 and % in 2008. The estimated turnout in 2023 was % compared to the 2018 turnout.