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Kothagudem
Kothagudem
Constituency No. 117 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
	Location of Kothagudem Assembly constituency within Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Bhadradri Kothagudem
Lok Sabha constituency	Khammam
Established	1978
Total electors	2,18,146
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao
Party	CPI
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.

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]

Year	Member
United Andhra Pradesh
1978	Kasaiah Chekuri	Janata Party
1983	Koneru Nageswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Koneru Nageswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Vanama Venkateswara Rao	Indian National Congress
1994	Koneru Nageswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1999	Vanama Venkateswara Rao	Indian National Congress
2004	Vanama Venkateswara Rao	Indian National Congress
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

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

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

2018

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

2014

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

2009

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

2004

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

1999

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

1994

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

1989

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

1985

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

1983

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

1978

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)

Notes

↑ CPI candidate was officially backed by INC
↑ JSP candidate was backed by BJP-led NDA
↑ Mahatama Gandhi Samajam

References

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

17°32′N 80°37′E / 17.54°N 80.62°E / 17.54; 80.62

[INDIA-3] CPI candidate was officially backed by INC

[NDA-4] JSP candidate was backed by BJP-led NDA

[MGS-6] Mahatama Gandhi Samajam

[1] "Kothagudem Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Kothagudem, Telangana". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[Telangana_Assembly_Election_Results_2023:_Kothagudem-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.

[5] "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".

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