Kothagudem Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Telangana legislative assembly in India

Kothagudem
Constituency No. 117 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Bhadradri Kothagudem
Total electors	2,18,146
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly

Incumbent Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao
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 Bhadadri Kothadugem 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 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

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

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao	80,336	42.75
	AIFB	Jalagam Venkat Rao	53,789	28.62
	BRS	Vanama Venkateswara Rao	37,555	19.98
	JSP	Lakkineni Surendar Rao	1,945	1.04
	BSP	Yerra Kamesh	1,879	1.00
	NOTA	None of the above	1,427	0.76
Majority			26,547	14.13
Turnout			1,87,920
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Kothagudem[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vanama Venkateswara Rao	81,118	46.78
	TRS	Jalagam Venkat Rao	76,979	44.39
	BLF	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 TRS		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
	TDP	Koneru Satyanarayana	28,363
Majority			16,521
Turnout
	TRS gain from CPI		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections, 2009:Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)^[2]
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			2,004
Turnout
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

References

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