Kothagudem Assembly constituency
| Kothagudem | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 117 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Bhadradri Kothagudem |
| Established | 1978 |
| Total electors | 2,18,146 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Communist Party of India |
| Elected year | 2023 |
Kothagudem Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of constituencies in Bhadradri Kothagudem district. It includes the towns of Kothagudem and Palwancha and part of Khammam Lok Sabha constituency.
Jalagam Venkat Rao is representing this constituency for the second time. He was elected as his opposition candidate Vanama Venkateshwar Rao from Congress party filed a false affidavit report in the 2018 TS assembly elections. As a result, Jalagam Venkat Rao filed a case in the High court and won it in 2023. As a result, the High court declared Jalagam Venkat Rao as a MLA from this constituency in 2023, just five months before the TS assembly elections.
Mandals
[edit]The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Kothagudem |
| Palwancha |
| Sujatanagar |
| Chunchupally |
| Laxmidevipalli |
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]List of Elected Members to Kothagudem Constituency.[1]
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Andhra Pradesh | |||
| 1978 | Kasaiah Chekuri | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Koneru Nageswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Vanama Venkateswara Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Koneru Nageswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Vanama Venkateswara Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| Telangana Legislative Assembly | |||
| 2014 | Jalagam Venkat Rao | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |
| 2018 | Vanama Venkateswara Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 2023 | Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao | Communist Party of India | |
Election results
[edit]Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao | 80,336 | 42.75 | ||
| AIFB | Jalagam Venkat Rao | 53,789 | 28.62 | ||
| BRS | Vanama Venkateswara Rao | 37,555 | 19.98 | ||
| JSP | Lakkineni Surendar Rao | 1,945 | 1.04 | ||
| BSP | Yerra Kamesh | 1,879 | 1.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,427 | 0.76 | ||
| Majority | 26,547 | 14.13 | |||
| Turnout | 1,87,920 | ||||
| CPI gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vanama Venkateswara Rao | 81,118 | 46.78 | ||
| TRS | Jalagam Venkat Rao | 76,979 | 44.39 | ||
| BLF | Adavalli Krishna | 5,520 | 3.18 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,103 | 0.64 | ||
| Majority | 4,139 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,73,421 | 81.75 | |||
| INC gain from TRS | Swing | ||||
Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRS | Jalagam Venkat Rao | 50,688 | |||
| YSRCP | Vanama Venkateshwara Rao | 34,167 | |||
| TDP | Koneru Satyanarayana | 28,363 | |||
| Majority | 16,521 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| TRS gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao | 47,028 | 32.89 | ||
| INC | Vanama Venkateswara Rao | 45,024 | 31.49 | ||
| PRP | Adavalli Krishna | 38,876 | 27.19 | ||
| Majority | 2,004 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| CPI gain from INC | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Kothagudem Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Kothagudem, Telangana". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".