Assembly constituency no.22 Dharmapuri (ధర్మపురి in Telugu), is an Assembly (Sasana Sabha) seat in the North Telangana region and Jagtial district, of the state of Telangana, which is in the South region of India (Bharat). Dharmapuri is part of the 2. Peddapalle (General) Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituency. This constituency can be categorised as: Scheduled Caste; Rural constituency.
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Dharmapuri (Scheduled Caste) Assembly constituency in Telangana
Location
The geographic coordinates of Dharmapuri is: 18°48'00.4"N 79°07'52.3"E. Dharmapuri shares its borders with six other Assembly constituencies in the state of Telangana. The other Telangana Assembly constituencies adjacent to Dharmapuri are: Mancherial, Khanapur, Mancherial, Ramagundam, Peddapalle, Choppadandi. This constituency shares an inter-state border with: no other state.
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Map showing the location of Dharmapuri Assembly constituency in Telangana
Election results
In the 2018 Telangana Assembly elections, Eshwar Koppula of TRS won in this seat defeating Adluri Laxman Kumar of INC by a margin of 441 which was 0.27% of the total votes cast for the seat. TRS had a vote share of 42.58% in 2018 in this seat.
Dharmapuri Assembly constituency has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 22.07% and an estimated Scheduled Tribe population of 1.86%, according to the report of the Delimitation Commission of 2008. The estimated literacy level of the district in which this constituency falls in is 60.26%, according the Census of India, 2011.
In the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections, there were a total of 2,24,591 eligible electors in the constituency, of which 1,09,963 were male and 1,14,622 female and 6 registered voters were of the third gender. The electorate sex ratio in Dharmapuri in 2023 was 1,042 female voters for every 1,000 male voters.
In the 2018 Assembly polls, there were a total of 2,06,701 eligible electors, of which 1,01,750 were male, 1,04,949 female and 79 electors of the third gender.
The number of service voters in Dharmapuri in 2018 was 79.
Poll dates
Dharmapuri 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.22. Dharmapuri comprises of the following areas of Jagtial district in the North Telangana region of Telangana: Dharmapuri, Dharmaram, Gollapalle, Velgatoor and Pegadapalle
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This constituency covers an approximate area of 923 square kilometers and the geographic coordinates of Dharmapuri is: 18°48'00.4"N 79°07'52.3"E.
A total of six Assembly constituencies in the state of Telangana share borders with Dharmapuri constituency, which are: Mancherial, Khanapur, Mancherial, Ramagundam, Peddapalle, Choppadandi. 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 80.19%, while it was % in 2013 and % in 2008. The estimated turnout in 2023 was % compared to the 2018 turnout.