Representation Analysis

Who gets to contest — and who wins — in our constituencies. Every figure is drawn from the public record.

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All of Telangana

Election typeConstituencies (17)

119
Assembly: 17
Parliament: 3
MLC Graduate

Showing Mahabubnagar.

BC share of the populationTelangana, statewide

Who Telangana is, according to the state's own caste survey. Tap a district on the map and these figures follow it.

Telangana Caste Survey (SEEEPC), 2024. Total population counted: 3,55,50,759. Volume IV, caste-wise households and population. Door-to-door household survey of 3,55,50,759 people, tabled February 2025. The decennial Census has not counted Backward Classes since 1931, which is the gap this survey was commissioned to fill.

Who the parties actually fieldselected seat

Candidatures by party, split by community. This one does change with the seat you pick above.

BC candidatesDominant-caste candidates

9INC

8BJP

4BRS

3TDP

1JD

6 of 25 candidatures went to a BC candidate (24%), against a population share of 56.36%.

Candidate composition & winners, by election year

How many candidates the major parties fielded each election, how many of them were BC, and who actually won the seat.

BC / OBC candidatesOther candidates

INC • OBC

Dr. Mallikarjun Goud

1991

INC • OBC

Dr. Mallikarjun Goud

1996

JD • Reddy

Sudini Jaipal Reddy

1998

BJP • Reddy

A.P. Jithender Reddy

1999

INC • OBC

Devarkonda Vittal Rao

2004

BRS • Velama

K. Chandrashekar Rao

2009

BRS • Reddy

A.P. Jithender Reddy

2014

BRS • Reddy

Manne Srinivas Reddy

2019

BJP • Reddy

D.K. Aruna

2024

Each bar is every major-party candidate that year; the gold portion is how many were BC. The name above is who won, with their party and community.

Year vs. party candidate matrix

Every candidate, by party and year. The empty cells matter as much as the filled ones — a party that never fields a BC candidate shows as a column with no gold in it.

Candidates fielded by each party in each election year
	INC	BJP	BRS	TDP	JD
2024	Challa Vamshi Chand Reddy Reddy Runner-up	D.K. Aruna Reddy Winner	Manne Srinivas Reddy Reddy 3rd place	no candidate	no candidate
2019	Challa Vamshi Chand Reddy Reddy 3rd place	D.K. Aruna Reddy Runner-up	Manne Srinivas Reddy Reddy Winner	no candidate	no candidate
2014	Sudini Jaipal Reddy Reddy Runner-up	Nagam Janardhan Reddy Reddy 3rd place	A.P. Jithender Reddy Reddy Winner	no candidate	no candidate
2009	Devarkonda Vittal Rao OBC Runner-up	Kuchukulla Yadagiri Reddy Reddy 3rd place	K. Chandrashekar Rao Velama Winner	no candidate	no candidate
2004	Devarkonda Vittal Rao OBC Winner	no candidate	no candidate	Yelkoti Yella Reddy Reddy Runner-up	no candidate
1999	Dr. Mallikarjun Goud OBC Runner-up	A.P. Jithender Reddy Reddy Winner	no candidate	no candidate	no candidate
1998	Devarkonda Vittal Rao OBC Runner-up	A.P. Jithender Reddy Reddy 3rd place	no candidate	no candidate	Sudini Jaipal Reddy Reddy Winner
1996	Dr. Mallikarjun Goud OBC Winner	Ravindranath Reddy Reddy 3rd place	no candidate	D.K. Aruna Reddy Runner-up	no candidate
1991	Dr. Mallikarjun Goud OBC Winner	Subba Reddy Reddy 3rd place	no candidate	Dyapa Gopal Reddy Reddy Runner-up	no candidate

Winner
BC / OBC candidate
Other candidate
No candidate fielded

Source: indiavotes.com · Election Commission of India. Caste as recorded there.

Representation · Mahabubnagar (Lok Sabha) · 1991–2024

9
Elections: 25
Major-party tickets: 6
BC tickets: 19
Dominant-caste tickets: 9
Seats won: 3
BC wins

Every ticket, by community

76%

24%

Dominant caste · 19 BC candidate · 6

By party

INC9 tickets
6 BC3 wins
BJP8 tickets
0 BC2 wins
BRS4 tickets
0 BC3 wins
TDP3 tickets
0 BC0 wins
JD1 tickets
0 BC1 wins