Kothagudem Assembly constituency

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.

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
Established	1978
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

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	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

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)^[2]

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

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
	Independent	Essampalli Vamsi Krishna	1943	1.12
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)^[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
Majority			2,004
Turnout
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly