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 10 constituencies in Khammam district. It is part of Mahabubabad Lok Sabha constituency.

Bhadrachalam
Constituency for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Khammam
Total electors	2,11,437
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Podem Veeraiah
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	1952

Sunnam Rajaiah, the Floor Leader of CPM in Telangana Legislative Assembly is representing the constituency.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals: Template:Srn

Mandal
Bhadrachalam
Wazedu
Cherla
Dummugudem
Venkatapuram

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2009	Kunja Satyavathi		Indian National Congress
2014	Kunja Satyavathi		Communist Party of India
2018	Podem Veeraiah		Indian National Congress

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018: Bhadrachalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Podem Veeraiah	47,746
	TRS	Tellam Venkata Rao	35,961
Majority			11,785
Turnout
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014: Bhadrachalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Sunnam Rajaiah	57,750	35.31%
	TDP	K.P.R.K. Phaneeswaramma	55,935	34.2%
	INC	Kunja Satyavathi	22,061	13.49%
	TRS	Mane Ramakrishna	8,728	5.34%
Majority			1,815
Turnout			1,63,550	77.35%
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election, 2009

General Election, 2009: Bhadrachalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kunja Satyavathi	51,466
	CPI (M)	Sunnam Rajayya	45,083
	Praja Rajyam	Gundu Sarath	28,245
	Independent	Payam China Rama Rao	6,136
	BJP	P. Somaraju	3,574
	BSP	Gote Dana Lakshmi	3,046
	Independent	Karam Narasimha Rao	2,518
	LSP	Puli Pichaiah	2,372
	Independent	Etti Aswapathi	1,468
Majority
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

1957 By-election

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly by-election : Bhadrachalam

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

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Bhadrachalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
style="background-color: Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/shortname]]	Karam Bapanna Dora	31,912	26.45%
style="background-color: Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/shortname]]	Y. Venkata Krishna Rao	30,905	25.62%
	INC	Varsavyi Venkata Tirupathi Raju	18,637	15.45%	15.45%
	INC	Sivasam Bojji Dora	18,396	15.25%	15.25%
style="background-color: Template:Krishikar Lok Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Krishikar Lok Party|Template:Krishikar Lok Party/meta/shortname]]	K. Rami Reddi	11,249	9.32%
style="background-color: Template:Krishikar Lok Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Krishikar Lok Party|Template:Krishikar Lok Party/meta/shortname]]	Sstyam Pendyala	9,551	7.92%
Margin of victory			1,007	0.83%
Turnout			1,20,650	78.34%
Registered electors			1,54,004
	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly