Kothagudem Assembly constituency

Kothagudem Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of constituencies in Bhadadri Kothadugem District. It includes the towns of Kothagudem and Palwancha and part of Khammam Lok Sabha constituency.

Kothagudem
Constituency No. 117 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTelangana
DistrictBhadradri Kothagudem
Total electors2,18,146
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCommunist Party of India
Elected year2023

Jalagam Venkat Rao is representing this constituency for the 2nd time. He was elected as his opposition candidate Vanama Venkateshwar Rao from Congress party filed a false affidavit report in 2018 TS assembly elections, As a result Jalagam venkat rao filed a case in High court and won It in 2023, As a result High court declared Jalagam venkat rao as a MLA from this constituency in 2023 just 5 months before TS assembly elections

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

Mandal
Kothagudem
Palwancha
Sujatanagar
Chunchupally
Laxmidevipalli


Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023
Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)
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
2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem
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
Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014:Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)
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
Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections, 2009:Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)[2]
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

References
  1. "Kothagudem Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Kothagudem, Telangana". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".

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