Kothagudem Assembly constituency

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.

Kothagudem
Constituency for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTelangana
DistrictBhadradri Kothagudem
Total electors2,18,146
Member of Legislative Assembly
2nd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTRS
Elected year2018

Jalagam Venkat Rao is representing this constituency for the 2nd time. He was elected as his opposition candidate Vanama Venkateshwar Rao from Congress party filed a false affidavit report in 2018 TS assembly elections, As a result Jalagam venkat rao filed a case in High court and won It in 2023, As a result High court declared Jalagam venkat rao as a MLA from this constituency in 2023 just 5 months before TS assembly elections

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

Mandal
Kothagudem
Palwancha
Sujatanagar
Chunchupally
Laxmidevipalli

Election results

2018
2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vanama Venkateswara Rao 81,118 46.78
BRS Jalagam Venkat Rao 76,979 44.39
Bhahujan Left Front ADAVALLI KRISHNA 5,520 3.18
NOTA None of the Above 1,103 0.64
Majority 4,139
Turnout 1,73,421 81.75
INC gain from BRS Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014
Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014:Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TRS Jalagam Venkat Rao 50,688
YSRCP Vanama Venkateshwara Rao 34,167
Majority 16,521
Turnout
TRS gain from CPI Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections, 2009:Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)
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%
Majority 2004
Turnout

Members of Legislative Assembly

List of Elected Members to Kothagudem Constituency.[2]

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political party
2009 Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao Communist Party of India

Telangana Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political party
2014 Jalagam Venkat Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2018 Vanama Venkateswara Rao Indian National Congress

Trivia
  • In 2018 Telangana Assembly Elections Vanama Venkatesawara Rao is the only MLA from BC community in the Congress party.
  • He is the only MLA in Telangana legislative assembly, who has won more times after Uttam Kumar Reddy in Congress (4 times).

See also

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.

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