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Kothagudem Assembly constituency

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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.

CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTelangana
DistrictBhadradri Kothagudem
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Kothagudem
Constituency No. 117 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Location of Kothagudem Assembly constituency within Telangana
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTelangana
DistrictBhadradri Kothagudem
Lok Sabha constituencyKhammam
Established1978
Total electors2,18,146
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  CPI
Elected year2023
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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:

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Mandal
Kothagudem
Palwancha
Sujatanagar
Chunchupally
Laxmidevipalli
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Members of Legislative Assembly

List of Elected Members to Kothagudem Constituency.[1]

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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
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Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2023
 
 42.75%
2018
 
 46.78%
2014
 
 30.67%
2009
 
 32.89%
2004
 
 59.88%
1999
 
 51.40%
1994
 
 56.88%
1989
 
 48.24%
1985
 
 55.23%
1983
 
 42.16%
1978
 
 47.72%

2023

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2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao[a] 80,336 42.75
AIFB Jalagam Venkat Rao 53,789 28.62
BRS Vanama Venkateswara Rao 37,555 19.98
JSP Surendarrao Lakkineni[b] 1,945 1.04
BSP Yerra Kamesh 1,879 1.00
NOTA None of the above 1,427 0.76
IND 19 Independent Candidates 7,919 4.21
OTH 6 Other Party Candidates 3,070 1.63
Majority 26,547 14.13
Turnout 187,920
Swing to CPI from INC Swing
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2018

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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
BLFP Adavalli Krishna 5,520 3.18
IND Vamsi Krishna Essampalli 1,943 1.12
BJP Byreddy Prabhakar Reddy 1,466 0.85
IND Komaram Buchaiah 1,161 0.67
NOTA None of the Above 1,103 0.64
IND 7 Independent Candidates 2,606 1.50
OTH 4 Other Party Candidates 1,525 0.88
Majority 4,139 2.39
Turnout 173,421 81.75
Swing to INC from TRS Swing
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2014

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2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TRS Jalagam Venkat Rao 50,688 30.67
YSRCP Vanama Venkateswara Rao 34,167 20.67
TDP Koneru Satyanarayana 28,363 17.16
IND Adavalli Krishna 22,989 13.91
CPI Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao 20,994 12.70
IND Sampath Ponugoti 1,874 1.13
NOTA None of the above 1,356 0.82
OTH 6 Other Party Candidates 4,832 2.92
Majority 16,521 10.00
Turnout
Swing to TRS from CPI Swing
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2009

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2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem[3]
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
LSP Bhupathi Lavanya 2,585 1.81
IND N. Srinivasu 2,105 1.47
BJP Kamala Manohar Rao Gudibanda 1,768 1.24
BSP Pappula Sudhakar 1,293 0.90
IND 6 Independent Candidates 3,169 2.22
OTH 2 Other Party Candidates 1,138 0.80
Majority 2,004 1.40
Turnout
Swing to CPI from INC Swing
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2004

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2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vanama Venkateswara Rao 76,333 59.88
TDP Koneru Nageswara Rao 48,561 38.09
BSP Sudhakar Pappula 1,361 1.07
PPOI Gunipati Sudhakar 1,220 0.96
Majority 27,772 21.79
Turnout 127,475
INC hold Swing
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1999

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1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vanama Venkateswara Rao 60,632 51.40
TDP Ayachitam Nagavani 43,918 37.23
CPI(M) Ilaiah Kasani 10,787 9.14
MCPI(S) Mallela Usha Rani 1,258 1.07
BSP Alamanda Ramulu 652 0.55
AJBP Srirangam Sitarama Charyulu 351 0.30
IND Bachala Laxmaiah 319 0.27
IND Bendapudi Nagaraju 52 0.04
Majority 16,714 14.17
Turnout 121,514 70.25
Swing to INC from TDP Swing
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1994

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1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Koneru Nageswara Rao 67,104 56.88
INC Vanama Venkateswara Rao 46,117 39.09
BJP Boinapalli Radhakrishna Rao 1,757 1.49
BSP Dr. D. Seshagiri Rao 434 0.37
SAP Kamalakara Rao Gandikota 205 0.17
SP Mudusa Sanjeeva Kumar 112 0.09
IND 9 Independent Candidates 2,240 1.91
Majority 20,987 17.79
Turnout 119,555 75.53
Swing to TDP from INC Swing
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1989

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1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vanama Venkateswara Rao 49,514 48.24
TDP Nageswara Rao Koneru 49,267 48.00
MCPI Tulasi Ramulu Nateshan 1,468 1.43
IND Chandram Jadala 1,067 1.04
IND Gavusuddin Sayed 524 0.51
MGS[c] Koppula Thirapathy 316 0.31
IND Manyam Padmaraju 240 0.23
BSP K. Asheervadham 235 0.23
Majority 247 0.24
Turnout 107,412 75.46
Swing to INC from TDP Swing
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1985

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1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Nageswara Rao Koneru 45,286 55.23
INC Pongikati Sudhakar Reddy 35,120 42.84
IND Chandam Jadala 474 0.58
IND Gulam Mustafa 349 0.43
IND Gali Koteswara Rao 240 0.29
IND Yeluri Sarveswara Rao 220 0.27
IND Ankus Gonda 133 0.16
IND Sirangi Venkateswarlu 102 0.12
IND Komaraiah Sripathi 65 0.08
Majority 10,166 12.39
Turnout 83,212 69.37
Swing to TDP from Independent Swing
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1983

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1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IND Nageswara Rao Koneru 30,780 42.16
INC Kasaiah Chekuri 21,895 29.99
CPI Komaraiah Manubothula 18,540 25.40
BJP Jayaraj K. R. W. 1,268 1.74
IND Linga Vishwanatham 248 0.34
INC(J) Anjana Krishna Rao 179 0.25
IND Venkateswarlu Shirangi 94 0.13
Majority 8,885 12.17
Turnout 74,503 70.75
Swing to Independent from JP Swing
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1978

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1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Kasaiah Chekuri 32,409 47.72
INC Vanama Venkateshwara Rao 21,761 32.04
INC(I) Mustafa Kamal Khan 12,162 17.91
IND K. R. W. Jayaraju 1,589 2.34
Majority 10,648 15.68
Turnout 69,578 79.98
JP win (new seat)
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Notes

  1. [a]
    CPI candidate was officially backed by INC
  2. [b]
    JSP candidate was backed by BJP-led NDA
  3. [c]
    Mahatama Gandhi Samajam

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