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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|Constituency of the Telangana legislative assembly in India}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency&lt;br /&gt;
| name         = Bhadrachalam&lt;br /&gt;
| parl_name    = [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
| mla          = Podem Veeraiah&lt;br /&gt;
| party        = [[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
| year         = 1952&lt;br /&gt;
| state        = [[Telangana]]&lt;br /&gt;
| district     = [[Khammam district|Khammam]]&lt;br /&gt;
| reservation  = [[Scheduled Tribes|ST]]&lt;br /&gt;
| electors     = 2,11,437&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a ST reserved constituency of [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]], [[India]]. It includes the temple town of [[Bhadrachalam]]. It is one among 10 constituencies in [[Khammam district]]. It is part of [[Mahabubabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahabubabad Lok Sabha constituency]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Sunnam Rajaiah]], the Floor Leader of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]] in [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] is representing the constituency.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Mandals==&lt;br /&gt;
The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:&lt;br /&gt;
{{srn}}&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
!Mandal&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Bhadrachalam]] &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Wazedu]] &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Cherla]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Dummugudem]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Venkatapuram, Khammam district|Venkatapuram]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Members of Legislative Assembly==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!Election&lt;br /&gt;
!Member&lt;br /&gt;
!colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Party&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2009&lt;br /&gt;
|Kunja Satyavathi&lt;br /&gt;
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2014&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Kunja Satyavathi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2018&lt;br /&gt;
| Podem Veeraiah&lt;br /&gt;
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Election results==&lt;br /&gt;
===Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018 ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018]]: Bhadrachalam}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Podem Veeraiah&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 47,746&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Telangana Rashtra Samithi&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Tellam Venkata Rao   &lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 35,961&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
| change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 11,785&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
| change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = &lt;br /&gt;
| percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
| change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| winner = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
|loser        = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
| swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014 ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014]]: Bhadrachalam}}&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=997&amp;amp;cid=119 Bhadrachalam Results]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = [[Sunnam Rajaiah]]&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 57,750&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =35.31%&lt;br /&gt;
| change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Telugu Desam Party&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = K.P.R.K. Phaneeswaramma   &lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 55,935&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage = 34.2%&lt;br /&gt;
| change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Kunja Satyavathi &lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 22,061&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage = 13.49%&lt;br /&gt;
| change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Telangana Rashtra Samithi&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Mane Ramakrishna  &lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 8,728&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage = 5.34%&lt;br /&gt;
| change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 1,815&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
| change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 1,63,550 &lt;br /&gt;
| percentage = 77.35% &lt;br /&gt;
| change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
|loser        = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
| swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Assembly Election, 2009===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections|General Election, 2009]]: Bhadrachalam}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Kunja Satyavathi&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 51,466&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = [[Sunnam Rajayya]]&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 45,083&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Praja Rajyam Party&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Gundu Sarath&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 28,245&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Payam China Rama Rao&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 6,136&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = P. Somaraju&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 3,574&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Gote Dana Lakshmi&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 3,046&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Karam Narasimha Rao&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 2,518&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Lok Satta Party&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Puli Pichaiah&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 2,372&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party      = Independent (politician)&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Etti Aswapathi&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      = 1,468&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
| votes      =&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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| votes      =&lt;br /&gt;
| percentage =&lt;br /&gt;
| change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
 {{Election box hold with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| winner = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
| swing  =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===1957 By-election===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=[[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly by-election]] : Bhadrachalam&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls |title=Bye-election results 1952-95|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111183847/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls|archive-date=11 January 2012|format=XLS|website=www.eci.gov.in}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=P.V.M. Rao |party=Indian National Congress |votes=16,665 |percentage= |change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=S. Ramayya |party=Communist Party of India |votes=15,793|percentage=	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=872 |percentage= |change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout |votes= |percentage= |change= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|swing= }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===1952===					&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadrachalam&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}				&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=Karam Bapanna Dora	|party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	|votes=31,912	|percentage=26.45%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Y. Venkata Krishna Rao	|party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	|votes=30,905	|percentage=25.62%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Varsavyi Venkata Tirupathi Raju	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=18,637	|percentage=15.45%	|change=15.45% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Sivasam Bojji Dora	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=18,396	|percentage=15.25%	|change=15.25% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=K. Rami Reddi	|party=Krishikar Lok Party	|votes=11,249	|percentage=9.32%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Sstyam Pendyala	|party=Krishikar Lok Party	|votes=9,551	|percentage=7.92%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=1,007	|percentage=0.83%	|change= }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=1,20,650	|percentage=78.34%	|change=		}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 1,54,004	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box new seat win	|winner=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	|loser=	|swing=		}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Assembly constituencies of Telangana}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Telangana]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Khammam district]]&lt;br /&gt;
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