Know Your Secunderabad MP Kishan Reddy

BJP has retained the Secunderabad Parliamentary constituency with G Kishan Reddy recording a majority of over 51,000 votes over his nearest rival and TRS nominee Talasani Sai Kiran Yadav. The three-cornered fight turned into a tug of war between the duo. Kishan Reddy polled about 3,51,885 votes (42.12 per cent) of total 8,35,347 votes polled.

Clean image and accessibility are learnt to have played crucial role in people chosing Kishan Reddy over others. As a former BJP state president and floor leader in the State Assembly, he remains to be a well-known face in the city. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigning on his behalf, the BJP cadre’s confidence got boosted. The BJP’s belief in the large presence of North Indian voters in the constituency, has paid off in its favour.

The constituency registered a meagre 46.26 per cent, second lowest poll percentage in the State after Hyderabad with a mere 44.75 per cent.

Keeping up with the history, people of Secunderabad Parliamentary constituency chose a national party as no regional party has ever held a seat in the Secunderabad constituency, which gave success in equal measure to both Congress and BJP.

The constituency had been a Congress stronghold until the incumbent BJP MP and senior leader Bandaru Dattatreya won in the 1991 general elections and held it for four out of seven terms. Former BJP State president G Kishan Reddy replaced Dattatreya to contest for Lok Sabha for first time during 2019 polls. Dattatreya too supported the candidature of Kishan Reddy which boosted the morales of the party cadre.