Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency

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.

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

A view of Bhadrachalam Gopuram from Yogananda Narasimha Swamy temple

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	member	Party
Madras State
1952	Y. Venkata Krishna Rao		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
	Karam Bapanna Dora
Andhra State
1955	Mahammad Tahseel		Communist Party of India
	Syamala Seetharamaiah
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
1978	Yerraiah Reddy Murla		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1983
1985	Kunja Bojji
1989
1994
1999	Sunnam Rajaiah
2004
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

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Bhadrachalam

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
	Independent	Marmam Thirupathamma	2,083	1.76
	BJP	Kunja Dharma Rao	1,931	1.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,672	1.42
Majority			5,719	4.84
Turnout			1,18,129
	BRS gain from INC		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Podem Veeraiah	47,746	43.23
	TRS	Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao	35,961	32.56
	CPI(M)	Midiyam Babu Rao	14,228	12.88
	Independent	Pandra Hema Sundar	4,523	4.10
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,106	1.91
	BJP	Kunja Satyavathi	1,824	1.65
	Pyramid Party of India	Ramesh Babu Bhukya	1,119	1.01
	Independent	Chele Anusha	835	0.76
	RPI	Punem Pradeep Kumar	816	0.74
	Independent	Karam Naveen	698	0.63
	BSP	Gundu Sarath Babu	589	0.53
Margin of victory			11,785	10.88
Turnout			1,10,445	80.41
Registered electors			1,37,354
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam

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
	Independent	Venkata Ramana Sunnam	5,267	3.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,499	1.50
	BSP	Kamaraju Irpa	2,152	1.30
	Independent	Somini Venkata Purushotham	2,039	1.23
	Independent	Payam Venkaiah	1,929	1.16
	JSP	Gondi Venkateswarlu	1,642	0.99
	Pyramid Party of India	Bhukya Parvathi	1,425	0.86
	Independent	Marmam Lakshmi Devi	1,156	0.70
	Independent	Kunja Dulaiah	1,100	0.66
	Independent	G. Chandra	903	0.54
	Independent	Vislavath Swaroopa Ramu	893	0.54
	Independent	Pandra Hema Sundar	570	0.34
Rejected ballots
Margin of victory			1,815	1.11
Turnout			1,66,049	76.60
Registered electors			2,16,772
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachelam

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
	Independent	Payam China Rama Rao	6,136	4.26
	BJP	Som Raju Parsika	3,574	2.48
	BSP	Gote Dana Lakshmi	3,046	2.12
	Independent	Karam Narasimha Rao	2,518	1.75
	LSP	Puli Pitchaiah	2,372	1.65
	Independent	Etti Aswapathi	1,468	1.02
Rejected ballots			160
Margin of victory			6,383	4.44
Turnout			1,43,908
Registered electors			1,87,694
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sunnam Rajaiah	64,888
	TDP	Sode Ramaiah	50,303
	Independent	Sonde Veeraiah	10,074
	TRS	Gondi Nagarjuna Madhusudhana Rao	3,816
	MCPI(S)	Murla Ramesh	3,057
	Independent	Chichadi Srirama Murthy	2,432
Rejected ballots			8
Margin of victory			14,585	10.84
Turnout			1,34,570
Registered electors			1,86,917
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam

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
	Ajeya Bharat Party	Attam Raghupathi	685	0.58
	NCP	B. A. Tilak	427	0.36
Rejected ballots			6,270
Margin of victory			6,349	5.41
Turnout			1,17,429
Registered electors			1,65,813
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Kunja Bojji	71,768	62.55
	INC	Sode Bhadraiah	32,503	28.33
	Samata Party	Ubba Satyam	3,467	3.02
	Marxist Communist Party of India	Yerraiah Reddy Muria	2,619	2.28
	BJP	Bhaskara Rao Tusti	2,568	2.24
	Independent	Peethala Vaniramana Rao	1,140	0.99
	BSP	Aswapathi Yetti	663	0.58
Rejected ballots			3,410
Margin of victory			39,265	34.22
Turnout			1,14,728
Registered electors			1,60,840
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrahcalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Kunja Bojji	48,217	50.82
	INC	Dungurothu Suseela	40,441	42.63
	Independent	Koyyala Venkateswara Rao	2,383	2.51
	Independent	Kurusamu Achaiah	1,955	2.06
	Marxist Communist Party of India	Miurla Yerraiah Reddy	1,878	1.98
Rejected ballots			5,868
Margin of victory			7,776	8.20
Turnout			94,874
Registered electors			1,49,609
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Kunja Bojji	30,337	42.37
	INC	Bhadrayya Sode	23,634	33.01
	Independent	Karama Ramachandraiah	9,176	12.82
	Independent	Chidem Gopalakrishna Murthy	4,469	6.24
	Independent	Nagamani Vummadisetti	2,965	4.14
	Independent	Lakshmayya Kalam	1,012	1.41
Rejected ballots			2,119
Margin of victory			6,703	9.36
Turnout			71,593
Registered electors			1,20,732
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Yerraiah Reddy Murla	22,416	37.02
	Independent	Aswapathi Yetti	19,671	32.49
	INC(J)	Turram Podiyan Dora	8,567	14.15
	INC	Vani Ramana Rao Pethala	8,205	13.55
	Independent	Alam Laxmaiah	1,695	2.80
Rejected ballots			1,991
Margin of victory			2,745	4.53
Turnout			60,554
Registered electors			1,08,925
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam

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
Rejected ballots			2,883
Margin of victory			2,346	4.02
Turnout			58,288
Registered electors			97,483
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam

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
Rejected ballots			2,899
Margin of victory			5,087	11.51
Turnout			44,183
Registered electors			78,880
	INC hold		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam

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
	Independent	P. Muthayya	3,259	9.31
Rejected ballots			3,652
Margin of victory			6,936	19.82
Turnout			34,995
Registered electors			66,649
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Mahammad Tahseel	17,146	53.74
	INC	Pithala Vani Ramana Rao	8,862	27.78
	Independent	Chentalacheruvu Venkatadri	4,168	13.06
	Independent	Tellam Ghana Samuel Sundar Rao	1,730	5.42
Rejected ballots			2,596
Margin of victory			8,284	25.96
Turnout			31,906
Registered electors			60,806
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

1957 By-election

1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. V. M. Rao	16,665
	CPI	S. Ramayya	15,793
Margin of victory			872
Turnout
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

Andhra State Legislative Assembly election, 1955

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
Margin of victory
Turnout			77,843	74.62
Registered electors			1,04,322
	CPI gain from KMPP		Swing

Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1952

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%
Margin of victory
Turnout			1,20,650	78.34%
Registered electors			1,54,004
	KMPP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly