Alair Assembly constituency

Alair
Constituency No. 97 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Location of Alair Assembly constituency within Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Yadadri Bhuvanagiri
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhongir
Established	1951
Total electors	2,02,985
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Beerla Ilaiah
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Alair Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 12 constituencies in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district. It is part of Bhongir Lok Sabha constituency.

Beerla Ilaiah of Indian National Congress is currently representing the constituency.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

Mandal
Alair
Rajapet
Yadagirigutta
Turkapally
Gundala
Atmakur (M)
Bommala Ramaram
Motakondur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1952	Arutla Kamala Devi		People's Democratic Front
1957
1962			Communist Party of India
1967	Anreddy Punna Reddy		Indian National Congress
1972
1978	Salluri Pochaiah		Indian National Congress
1983	Motkupalli Narasimhulu		Independent politician
1985			Telugu Desam Party
1989			Independent politician
1994			Telugu Desam Party
1999			Indian National Congress
2004	Dr. Kududula Nagesh		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2008 By-election
2009	Budida Bikshamaiah Goud		Indian National Congress
2014	Gongidi Suntiha		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2018
2023	Beerla Ilaiah		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Beerla Ilaiah	122,140	57.41%	24.89
	BRS	Gongidi Suntiha	72,504	34.08%	New
	BJP	Padala Srinivas	9,659	4.54%	1.93
	Independent	Dheeravath Gopi Naik	1,591	0.75%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	659	0.31%	0.46
Margin of victory			49,636	23.33%	5.92
Turnout			212,777	91.18%	0.31
Total valid votes			212,761
Registered electors			233,366		11.47
	INC gain from BRS		Swing	7.48

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election  : Alair

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BRS	Gongidi Suntiha	94,870	49.93%	3.01
	INC	Budida Bikshamaiah	61,784	32.52%	2.25
	BSP	Kalluri Ramchandra Reddy	11,923	6.27%	5.33
	Bahujana Left Party	Motkupalli Narasimhulu	10,473	5.51%	New
	BJP	Donthiri Sridhar Reddy	4,967	2.61%	1.16
	NOTA	None of the above	1,464	0.77%	0.32
	Telugu Congress Party	Kandadi Manipal Reddy	1,230	0.65%	New
	SP	Saritha Janne	1,200	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			33,086	17.41%	0.75
Turnout			191,534	91.49%	5.22
Total valid votes			190,016
Registered electors			209,345		3.11
	BRS hold		Swing	3.01

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BRS	Gongidi Suntiha	91,737	52.94%	20.96
	INC	Budida Bikshamaiah	60,260	34.77%	4.85
	ANC	Kotha Kishtaiah	7,086	4.09%	New
	BJP	Dr. Kasam Venkateshwarlu	6,530	3.77%	0.42
	BSP	Gopi Jonah	1,625	0.94%	2.54
	CPI(M)	Gavala Rama Swamy	1,382	0.80%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	778	0.45%	New
Margin of victory			31,477	18.16%	10.52
Turnout			175,160	86.27%	11.33
Total valid votes			173,293
Registered electors			203,038		9.90
	BRS gain from INC		Swing	13.32

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Budida Bikshamaiah Goud	66,905	39.62%	20.48
	BRS	Kallem Yadagiri Reddy	54,003	31.98%	7.29
	PRP	Bandru Shobha Rani	16,659	9.86%	New
	BSP	Dr. Kududula Nagesh	5,870	3.48%	New
	BJP	Dr. Kasam Venkateshwarlu	5,664	3.35%	New
	IJP	Chelmala Chandra Reddy	3,769	2.23%	New
	Independent	Rachakonda Sitha	2,389	1.41%	New
	LSP	Subburu Ramesh	2,099	1.24%	New
	Independent	Ramchandra Reddy Gujjula	2,011	1.19%	New
	Independent	T. Prathap Singh	1,956	1.16%	New
Margin of victory			12,902	7.64%	4.28
Turnout			168,882	74.94%	3.36
Total valid votes			168,882
Registered electors			225,352		38.09
	INC gain from BRS		Swing	0.35

Assembly By-election 2008

2008 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election  : Alair ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BRS	Dr. Kududula Nagesh	45,867	39.27%	16.56
	TDP	Motkupalli Narasimhulu	41,943	35.91%	1.08
	INC	Shaga Lazarus	22,357	19.14%	New
	Independent	Yonte Paka Swaroopa Rani	1,991	1.70%	New
	Independent	Paladugu Gouramma Alias Mary Kumari	1,562	1.34%	New
	Independent	Kotha Kishtaiah	971	0.83%	New
	Independent	Potta Venkataiah	809	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			3,924	3.36%	17.64
Turnout			116,810	71.58%	3.14
Total valid votes			116,797
Registered electors			163,195		3.11
	BRS hold		Swing	16.56

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BRS	Dr. Kududula Nagesh	66,010	55.83%	New
	TDP	Motkupalli Narasimhulu	41,185	34.83%	7.84
	JP	Dr. Etikala Purushotham	2,719	2.30%	New
	Independent	Thuti Sanjeeva	2,026	1.71%	New
	Independent	Kashapaka Chandraiah	2,014	1.70%	New
	Independent	Golluri Anjaiah	1,602	1.35%	New
	BSP	Battu Ramchandraiah	1,523	1.29%	0.87
	Independent	Sunchu Jannaiah	1,316	1.11%	New
Margin of victory			24,825	21.00%	14.20
Turnout			118,266	74.72%	1.71
Total valid votes			118,241
Rejected ballots			25	0.02%	2.61
Registered electors			158,280		5.21
	BRS gain from INC		Swing	6.36

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Motkupalli Narasimhulu	55,384	49.47%	20.80
	TDP	Dr. Kududula Nagesh	47,767	42.67%	23.01
	CPI	Challoori Poshaiah	7,012	6.26%	New
Margin of victory			7,617	6.80%	30.20
Turnout			114,983	76.43%	4.11
Total valid votes			111,958
Rejected ballots			3,025	2.63%	0.86
Registered electors			150,435		1.48
	INC gain from TDP		Swing	16.21

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Motkupalli Narasimhulu	69,172	65.68%	31.01
	INC	Dr. Kududula Nagesh	30,197	28.67%	New
	BJP	Gurram Janardhan	3,072	2.92%	New
	Independent	Kalepu Adivaiah	1,750	1.66%	New
Margin of victory			38,975	37.00%	23.67
Turnout			107,218	72.32%	1.22
Total valid votes			105,324
Rejected ballots			1,894	1.77%	4.57
Registered electors			148,245		5.42
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing	17.68

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Motkupalli Narasimhulu	44,953	48.00%	New
	TDP	Yadagi Basani Sunnam	32,472	34.67%	33.86
	Independent	Yata Vemkata Swamy	12,769	13.63%	New
	BSP	Mukka Narahari	1,387	1.48%	New
	Independent	Budidi Mallaiah	1,380	1.47%	New
Margin of victory			12,481	13.33%	37.15
Turnout			99,990	71.10%	7.25
Total valid votes			93,649
Rejected ballots			6,341	6.34%	4.28
Registered electors			140,629		22.81
	Independent gain from TDP		Swing	20.53

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Motkupalli Narasimhulu	49,068	68.53%	New
	INC	Chettupalli Kennedy	12,922	18.05%	9.88
	Independent	Salluri Pochaiah	6,788	9.48%	New
	Independent	Neredu Swamy	1,293	1.81%	New
	Independent	Bhuwanagiri Bichapathi	583	0.81%	New
	Independent	Konapuram Chandraiah	539	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			36,146	50.48%	39.15
Turnout			73,109	63.85%	3.82
Total valid votes			71,604
Rejected ballots			1,505	2.06%	0.08
Registered electors			114,507		11.98
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing	29.26

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Motkupalli Narasimhulu	26,589	39.27%	New
	INC	Sallooru Poshiah	18,914	27.93%	8.95
	CPI	Ramchander. B	15,951	23.56%	New
	BJP	Kandula Buchaiah	2,868	4.24%	New
	Independent	Tatikayala Mallaiah	1,426	2.11%	New
	INC(J)	Krishna Dhakoori	791	1.17%	New
	Independent	Mailarapu Yadagiri	561	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			7,675	11.33%	15.81
Turnout			69,193	67.67%	6.41
Total valid votes			67,713
Rejected ballots			1,480	2.14%	0.83
Registered electors			102,256		4.26
	Independent gain from INC(I)		Swing	13.20

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Salluri Pochaiah	36,989	52.47%	New
	JP	Patti Venkatramulu	17,852	25.32%	New
	INC	Mukka Rajamallaiah	13,381	18.98%	22.02
	Independent	Yata Vemkata Swamy	2,279	3.23%	New
Margin of victory			19,137	27.14%	14.55
Turnout			72,657	74.08%	4.75
Total valid votes			70,501
Rejected ballots			2,156	2.97%	2.97
Registered electors			98,077		12.62
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	11.47

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anreddy Punna Reddy	24,028	41.00%	1.18
	Independent	K. Yakubu Reddy	16,653	28.42%	New
	CPI	Pareddy Chenna Reddy	15,100	25.77%	3.55
	Independent	Deeravathu Namayya	2,819	4.81%	New
Margin of victory			7,375	12.59%	7.37
Turnout			60,377	69.33%	2.49
Total valid votes			58,600
Registered electors			87,085		12.28
	INC hold		Swing	1.18

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anreddy Punna Reddy	22,404	42.18%	5.49
	CPI	P. C. Reddy	11,801	22.22%	30.11
	Independent	Y. N. Reddy	10,770	20.27%	New
	CPI(M)	B. Narsimha	7,255	13.66%	New
	ABJS	R. Venkataiah	890	1.68%	New
Margin of victory			10,603	19.96%	15.31
Turnout			55,702	71.82%	6.18
Total valid votes			53,120
Registered electors			77,558		36.33
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	10.15

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Arutla Kamala Devi	18,763	52.33%	New
	INC	Anreddy Punna Reddy	17,094	47.67%	8.72
Margin of victory			1,669	4.65%	8.26
Turnout			37,346	65.64%	3.44
Total valid votes			35,857
Registered electors			56,891		10.66
	CPI gain from PDF		Swing	0.48

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Alair ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PDF	Arutla Kamala Devi	16,581	51.85%	14.38
	INC	Anreddy Punna Reddy	12,454	38.95%	5.18
	ABJS	K. Yadgiri	2,943	9.20%	New
Margin of victory			4,127	12.91%	19.56
Turnout			31,978	62.20%	5.75
Total valid votes			31,978
Registered electors			51,411		2.06
	PDF hold		Swing	14.38

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly election  : Aler ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PDF	Arutla Kamala Devi	18,834	66.23%	New
	INC	Kancherla Rama Krishna Reddy	9,602	33.77%	New
Margin of victory			9,232	32.47%
Turnout			28,436	56.45%
Total valid votes			28,436
Registered electors			50,372
	PDF win (new seat)

See also

• Alair
• List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly

References

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