Kothagudem Assembly constituency

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Kothagudem
Constituency No. 117 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Telangana
District Bhadradri Kothagudem
Established1978
Total electors2,18,146
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
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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.

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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

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]

YearMemberPolitical 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) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao 80,336 42.75
AIFB Jalagam Venkat Rao 53,78928.62
BRS Vanama Venkateswara Rao 37,55519.98
JSP Lakkineni Surendar Rao1,9451.04
BSP Yerra Kamesh1,8791.00
NOTA None of the above 1,4270.76
Majority26,54714.13
Turnout 1,87,920
CPI gain from INC Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Vanama Venkateswara Rao 81,118 46.78
TRS Jalagam Venkat Rao 76,97944.39
BLFAdavalli Krishna5,5203.18
Independent Essampalli Vamsi Krishna19431.12
Majority4,139
Turnout 1,73,42181.75
INC gain from TRS Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014: Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TRS Jalagam Venkat Rao 50,688
YSRCP Vanama Venkateshwara Rao34,167
TDP Koneru Satyanarayana28,363
Majority16,521
Turnout
TRS gain from CPI Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections, 2009: Kothagudem (Assembly constituency) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao 47,02832.89
INC Vanama Venkateswara Rao 45,02431.49
PRP Adavalli Krishna38,87627.19
Majority2,004
Turnout
CPI gain from INC Swing

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References

  1. "Kothagudem Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Kothagudem, Telangana". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. "Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023: Kothagudem". Election Commission of India. 3 December 2023. Archived from the original on 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  3. "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".

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