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{{Short description|Constituency of the Telangana legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kothagudem
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Telangana (117-Kothagudem highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Kothagudem Assembly constituency within Telangana
| mla = [[Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| state = [[Telangana]]
| district = [[Bhadradri Kothagudem district|Bhadradri Kothagudem]]
| established = 1978
| electors = 2,18,146
| incumbent_image = Ksambasivarao.jpg
| type = SLA
| reservation = None
| constituency_no = 117
| loksabha_cons = [[Khammam Lok Sabha constituency|Khammam]]
}}

'''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]].

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:
{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal
|-
| [[Kothagudem]]
|-
| [[Palwancha]]
|-
| Sujatanagar
|-
| Chunchupally
|-
| Laxmidevipalli
|}

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
List of Elected Members to Kothagudem Constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/telangana/assembly-constituencies/kothagudem.html|title=Kothagudem Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Kothagudem, Telangana|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Political party
|-
! colspan=4| [[United Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
|[[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1978]]
|Kasaiah Chekuri
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1983]]
|rowspan=2|Koneru Nageswara Rao
|{{Full party name with color |Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|-
|[[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
|[[Vanama Venkateswara Rao]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]]
|Koneru Nageswara Rao
|{{Full party name with color |Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
|[[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
|rowspan=2|[[Vanama Venkateswara Rao]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress |rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|-
| [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
| [[Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India]]
|-
! colspan=4| [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| [[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
| [[Jalagam Venkat Rao]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}
|-
| [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| [[Vanama Venkateswara Rao]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| [[Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|}

==Election results==

=== Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023]]: Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)<ref name="Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023: Kothagudem">{{cite news |title=Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023: Kothagudem |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/candidateswise-S29117.htm |access-date=16 January 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116174447/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/candidateswise-S29117.htm |archive-date=16 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India
|candidate=[[Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao]]|votes=80,336|percentage=42.75|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Forward Bloc|candidate=[[Jalagam Venkat Rao]]|votes=53,789|percentage=28.62|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharat Rashtra Samithi|candidate=[[Vanama Venkateswara Rao]]|votes=37,555|percentage=19.98|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jana Sena Party|candidate=Lakkineni Surendar Rao|votes=1,945|percentage=1.04|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Yerra Kamesh|votes=1,879|percentage=1.00|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=1,427|percentage=0.76|change=}}{{Election box majority|votes=26,547|percentage=14.13|change=}}{{Election box turnout|votes=1,87,920|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box gain with party link
| winner =Communist Party of India
|loser =Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

=== Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]: Kothagudem[https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2018/telangana/kothagudem-rural-election-result-s29a117/]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate =[[Vanama Venkateswara Rao]]
|votes = 81,118
| percentage = 46.78
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| candidate =[[Jalagam Venkat Rao]]
| votes = 76,979
| percentage = 44.39
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party = BLF
| candidate = Adavalli Krishna
| votes = 5,520
| percentage = 3.18
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent
| candidate = Essampalli Vamsi Krishna
| votes = 1943
| percentage = 1.12
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,139
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,73,421
|percentage = 81.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| loser = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014]]: Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| candidate = [[Jalagam Venkat Rao]]
| votes = 50,688
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = YSR Congress Party
| candidate = Vanama Venkateshwara Rao
|votes = 34,167
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = Koneru Satyanarayana
|votes = 28,363
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,521
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| loser = Communist Party of India
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections, 2009]]: Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/details/27/30528/205|title = IndiaVotes | India's largest election database}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party =Communist Party of India
| candidate =[[Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao]]
| votes =47,028
| percentage =32.89
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate =[[Vanama Venkateswara Rao]]
|votes =45,024
| percentage =31.49
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Praja Rajyam Party
| candidate =Adavalli Krishna
| votes =38,876
| percentage =27.19
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,004
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Communist Party of India
| loser = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Telangana}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Telangana]]
[[Category:Khammam district]]
[[Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1978]]
[[Category:1978 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]

Kothagudem Assembly constituency - Revision history

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