Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency

Bhadrachalam
Bhadrachalam
Constituency No. 119 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
	Location of Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency within Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Bhadradri Kothagudem, Mulugu
Lok Sabha constituency	Mahabubabad
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Tellam Venkatarao
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency is a ST reserved constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It includes the temple town of Bhadrachalam. It is one among constituencies in Bhadradri Kothagudem district and Mulugu district. It is part of Mahabubabad Lok Sabha constituency.

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateTelangana

DistrictBhadradri Kothagudem, Mulugu

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Year	member
Madras State
1952	Y. Venkata Krishna Rao	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1952	Karam Bapanna Dora	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Andhra State
1955	Mahammad Tahseel	Communist Party of India
1955	Syamala Seetharamaiah	Communist Party of India
United Andhra Pradesh
1957	P. V. M. Rao	Indian National Congress
1962	Mahammad Tahseel	Communist Party of India
1967	K. K. Dora	Indian National Congress
1972	Matta Ramachandraiah	Indian National Congress
1978	Yerraiah Reddy Murla	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1983	Yerraiah Reddy Murla
1985	Kunja Bojji
1989
1994
1999	Sunnam Rajaiah
2004	Sunnam Rajaiah
2009	Kunja Satyavathi	Indian National Congress
Telangana Legislative Assembly
2014	Sunnam Rajaiah	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2018	Podem Veeraiah	Indian National Congress
2023	Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao	Bharat Rashtra Samithi


2023			45.08%
2018			43.23%
2014			34.78%
2009			35.76%
2004			48.22%
1999			39.22%
1994			62.55%
1989			50.82%
1985			42.37%
1983			37.02%
1978			36.04%
1972			43.48%
1967			48.16%
1962			53.74%
1957			51.34%
1955			34.82%
1955			33.42%
1952			26.45%
1952			25.62%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BRS	Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao	53,252	45.08
	INC	Podem Veeraiah	47,533	40.24
	CPI(M)	Karam Pullaiah	5,860	4.96
	IND	Marmam Thirupathamma	2,083	1.76
	BJP	Kunja Dharmarao	1,931	1.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,672	1.42
	IND	Nakka Saibabu	1,327	1.12
	BSP	Irpa Ravikumar	1,303	1.10
	IND	Ubba Seetharamulu	823	0.70
	IND	Pandra Hemasundar	588	0.50
	OTH	4 Other Party Candidates	1,757	1.49
Majority			5,719	4.84
Turnout			118,129
	Swing to BRS from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Podem Veeraiah	47,746	43.23
	TRS	Tellam Venkata Rao	35,961	32.56
	CPI(M)	Midiyam Babu Rao	14,228	12.88
	IND	Pandra Hemasundar	4,523	4.10
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,106	1.91
	BJP	Kunja Satyavathi	1,824	1.65
	PPOI	Ramesh Babu Bhukya	1,119	1.01
	IND	Chele Anusha	835	0.76
	RPI	Punem Pradeep Kumar	816	0.74
	IND	Karam Naveen	698	0.63
	BSP	Gundu Sarath Babu	589	0.53
Majority			11,785	10.67
Turnout			110,445	80.41
	Swing to INC from CPI(M)		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Sunnam Rajaiah	57,750	34.78
	TDP	K. P. R. K. Phaneeswaramma	55,935	33.69
	INC	Kunja Satyavathi	22,061	13.29
	TRS	Mane Ramakrishna	8,728	5.26
	IND	Venkata Ramana Sunnam	5,267	3.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,499	1.50
	BSP	Kamaraju Irpa	2,152	1.30
	IND	Somini Venkata Purushotham	2,039	1.23
	IND	Payam Venkaiah	1,929	1.16
	JSP	Gondi Venkateswarlu	1,642	0.99
	PPOI	Bhukya Parvathi	1,425	0.86
	IND	Marmam Lakshmi Devi	1,156	0.70
	IND	Kunja Dulaiah	1,100	0.66
	IND	G. Chandra	903	0.54
	IND	Vislavath Swaroopa Ramu	893	0.54
	IND	Pandra Hema Sundar	570	0.34
Majority			1,815	1.09
Turnout			166,049	76.60
	Swing to CPI(M) from INC		Swing

Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency

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1952

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Mandal	Districts
Wazedu	Mulugu
Venkatapuram	Mulugu
Cherla	Bhadradri Kothagudem
Dummugudem	Bhadradri Kothagudem
Bhadrachalam	Bhadradri Kothagudem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kunja Satyavathi	51,466	35.76
	CPI(M)	Sunnam Rajaiah	45,083	31.33
	PRP	Gundu Sarath Babu	28,245	19.63
	IND	Payam China Rama Rao	6,136	4.26
	BJP	Som Raju Parsika	3,574	2.48
	BSP	Gote Dana Lakshmi	3,046	2.12
	IND	Karam Narasimha Rao	2,518	1.75
	LSP	Puli Pitchaiah	2,372	1.65
	IND	Etti Aswapathi	1,468	1.02
Majority			6,383	4.43
Turnout			143,908
	Swing to INC from CPI(M)		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Sunnam Rajaiah	64,888	48.22
	TDP	Sode Ramaiah	50,303	37.38
	TRS	Gondi Nagarjuna Madhusudhana Rao	3,816	2.84
	MCPI(S)	Murla Ramesh	3,057	2.27
	IND	Sonde Veeraiah	10,074	7.49
	IND	Chichadi Srirama Murthy	2,432	1.81
Majority			14,585	10.84
Turnout			134,570
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Sunnam Rajaiah	46,058	39.22
	TDP	Chichadi Sreerama Murthy	39,709	33.82
	INC	Dungroth Suseela	30,550	26.02
	AJBP	Attam Raghupathi	685	0.58
	NCP	B. A. Tilak	427	0.36
Majority			6,349	5.40
Turnout			123,704	74.60
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Kunja Bojji	71,768	62.55
	INC	Sode Bhadraiah	32,503	28.33
	SAP	Ubba Satyam	3,467	3.02
	MCPI	Yerraiah Reddy Muria	2,619	2.28
	BJP	Bhaskara Rao Tusti	2,568	2.24
	IND	Peethala Vaniramana Rao	1,140	0.99
	BSP	Aswapathi Yetti	663	0.58
Majority			39,265	34.22
Turnout			118,141	73.45
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Kunja Bojji	48,217	50.82
	INC	Dungurothu Suseela	40,441	42.63
	IND	Koyyala Venkateswara Rao	2,383	2.51
	IND	Kurusamu Achaiah	1,955	2.06
	MCPI	Miurla Yerraiha Reddy	1,878	1.98
Majority			7,776	8.19
Turnout			100,742	67.34
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Kunja Bojji	30,337	42.37
	INC	Bhadrayya Sode	23,634	33.01
	IND	Karama Ramachandraiah	9,176	12.82
	IND	Chidem Gopalakrishna Murthy	4,469	6.24
	IND	Nagamani Vummadisetti	2,965	4.14
	IND	Lakshmayya Kalam	1,012	1.41
Majority			6,703	9.36
Turnout			73,712	61.05
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Yerraiah Reddi Murla	22,416	37.02
	IND	Aswapathi Yetti	19,671	32.49
	INC(J)	Turram Podiyan Dora	8,567	14.15
	INC	Vani Ramana Rao Pethala	8,205	13.55
	IND	Alam Laxmaiah	1,695	2.80
Majority			2,745	4.53
Turnout			62,545	57.42
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Yerraiah Reddy Murla	21,006	36.04
	INC(I)	Pusam Tirupathaiah	18,660	32.01
	INC	Matta Ramachandraiah	18,622	31.95
Majority			2,346	4.03
Turnout			61,171	62.75
	Swing to CPI(M) from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Matta Ramachandraiah	19,209	43.48
	CPI(M)	Murla Yerraiah Reddy	14,122	31.96
	CPI	Nura Bojji	9,164	20.74
	ABJS	Chinnabbi Karam	1,688	3.82
Majority			5,087	11.52
Turnout			47,082	59.69
	INC hold		Swing

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	K. K. Dora	16,855	48.16
	CPI(M)	S. Sitaramayya	9,919	28.34
	CPI	S. Ramayya	4,962	14.18
	IND	P. Muthayya	3,259	9.31
Majority			6,936	19.82
Turnout			38,647	57.99
	Swing to INC from CPI		Swing

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Mahammed Tahaseel	17,146	53.74
	INC	Pithala Vani Ramana Rao	8,862	27.78
	IND	Chentalacheruvu Venkatadri	4,168	13.06
	IND	Tellam Ghana Samuel Sundar Rao	1,730	5.42
Majority			8,284	25.96
Turnout			34,502	56.74
	Swing to CPI from INC		Swing

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Mahammad Tahseel	27,102	34.82
	CPI	Syamala Seetharamaiah	26,012	33.42
	KSP	Karam Bapanna Dota	12,647	16.25
	KSP	Yellapeddy Venkatakrishna Rao	12,082	15.52
Turnout			77,843	74.62
Registered electors			1,04,322
	CPI gain from KMPP		Swing

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KMPP	Karam Bapanna Dora	31,912	26.45
	KMPP	Y. Venkata Krishna Rao	30,905	25.62
	INC	Varsavyi Venkata Tirupathi Raju	18,637	15.45
	INC	Sivasam Bojji Dora	18,396	15.25
	KLP	K. Rami Reddi	11,249	9.32
	KLP	Sstyam Pendyala	9,551	7.92
Turnout			1,20,650	78.34
Registered electors			1,54,004
	KMPP win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	P. V. M. Rao	16,665	51.34
	CPI	S. Ramayya	15,793	48.66
Majority			872	2.69
Turnout
	Swing to INC from CPI		Swing