Historical and Demographic  Background:

Zahirabad is located within the geographic boundaries of the Medak district. Medak, also known as Gulshanabad, has the city-town of Sangareddi as its administrative headquarters. With a population of 2,607,097, as per 2011 records, Medak has a rich historical legacy, as it was one of the most prestigious regions of the Nizam princely state, before being incorporated into the Hyderabad State after Independence.

Formed in the year 2008, the Lok Sabha segment of Zahirabad is situated in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies allotted to Andhra Pradesh. 1,359,566 is the total electorate count in the Zahirabad Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 5). Out of these 663,377 number of electorates are males and the remaining 696,189 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest. 

Presently a part of the Red Corridor, Medak has been recognised as economically underdeveloped. Out of the seven legislative assembly segments which make up this Lok Sabha constituency, Jukkal, Andole and Zahirabad have been reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

 Assembly Sements:
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Zahirabad parliamentary constituency.

 A LOOK: sitting MP

Performance in the 15^th Lok Sabha: