Since its inception in 1957 Mahabubnagar seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits like the
Telangana Praja Samithi,
Bharatiya Janata Party and the
Janata Party have won it during different general elections. During the final stages of
Telangana Agitation it was represented by
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, the founder of
Bharat Rashtra Samithi. ==Assembly segments==