Thungathurthi Assembly constituency

Thungathurthi Assembly constituency is a SC (Scheduled Caste)^[1] reserved constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of four constituencies in Suryapet district. It is 42 km far away from the district headquarters Suryapet.

Thungathurthi
Constituency No. 96 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Location of Thungathurthi Assembly constituency within Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Suryapet
Established	1967
Total electors	2,35,349
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mandula Samuel
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Mandula Samel of Indian National Congress is representing the constituency for the first time.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

Mandal	Districts
Thungathurthi	Suryapet
Maddirala
Nagaram
Thirumalagiri
Noothankal
Jajireddigudem
Shaligowraram	Nalgonda
Mothkur	Yadadri Bhuvanagiri
Addagudur

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	MLA	Party		Ref.
1967	B. Narayana Reddy		Communist Party of India
1972	Guruganti Venkat Narsaiah		Independent politician
1978	Mallu Swarajyam		Communist Party of India
1983	Mallu Swarajyam		Communist Party of India
1985	Ramreddy Damodar Reddy		Indian National Congress
1989	Ramreddy Damodar Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Ramreddy Damodar Reddy		Independent politician
1999	Sankineni Venkateswar Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Ramreddy Damodar Reddy		Indian National Congress	[2]
2009	Mothukupalli Narsimhulu		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Gadari Kishore		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2018	Gadari Kishore		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2023	Mandula Samuel		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Thungathurthi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mandula Samuel	129,535
	BRS	Gadari Kishore	78,441
	BJP	Kadiyam Ramachandraiah	4,412
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority			51,094
Turnout			2,25,170
	INC gain from TRS		Swing

2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Thungathurthi^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Gadari Kishore	90,857	45.47%
	INC	Addanki Dayakar	89,010	44.54%
	Independent	Bade Anil	3,729	1.87%
	BJP	Ramachandraiah Kadiyam	3,222	1.61%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,392	0.70%
Majority			1,847
Turnout			1,99,822	86.33%
	TRS hold		Swing

2014

2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Thungathurthi^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Gadari Kishore	64,382	37.1%
	INC	Addanki Dayakar	62,003	35.7%
	TDP	Palvai Rajani Kumari	31,612	18.2%
	Independent	Palvai Venu	6,142	3.5%
Majority			2,379	1.4%)
Turnout			1,74,462	78.1%
	TRS gain from TDP		Swing

See also

• Thungathurthi
• List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly