Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)

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Kothagudem
Constituency for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
State Telangana
District Bhadradri Kothagudem
Total electors2,18,146
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAVanama Venkateswara Rao
Party TRS
Elected year2018

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.

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Vanama Venkateswara Rao is representing the constituency for the 4th time. He served has a minister for Vaidya Vidhana Parishad in the year 2007–09, and played a key role in formulating the 108 ambulance service and "aarogya sri" scheme. He served as DCC president for Khammam district from 1999 to 2014 and was again re-appointed in 2019 for Bhadradri Kothagudem district.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

Mandal
Kothagudem
Palwancha
Sujatanagar
Chunchupally
Laxmidevipalli

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018:Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TRS Jalagam Venkat Rao 76,979
INC Vanama Venkateswara Rao81,118

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections, 2009:Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao47,02832.89%
INC Vanama Venkateswara Rao45,02431.49%
PRP Adavalli Krishna38,87627.19%

Members of Legislative Assembly

List of Elected Members to Kothagudem Constituency. [2]

YearMemberPolitical party
2009Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2014Jalagam Venkat Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2018Vanama Venkateswara Rao Indian National Congress

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References

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