Dhone (Assembly constituency)

Dhone
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
District	Kurnool
State	Andhra Pradesh
Electorate	2,19,678
Current constituency
Party	YSR Congress Party
MLA	Buggana Rajendranath
Reservation	No

Dhone Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 14 constituencies in the Kurnool district. Buggana Rajendranath of YSR Congress Party is currently representing the constituency.

Overview

It is part of the Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Assembly constituency segments, namely, Allagadda, Srisailam, Nandikotkur, Panyam, Banaganapalle and Nandyal in Kurnool district.

Mandals

Mandal
Bethamcherla
Dhone
Peapally

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Elected MLA	Political party
1952	Venkatasetty Kotrike		Independent politician
1955	B.P. Sesha Reddy		Independent politician
1962	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy		Indian National Congress
1967	K. V. K. Murthy		Swatantra Party
1972	Seshanna		Indian National Congress
1978	K. E. Krishnamurthy		Indian National Congress
1983	K. E. Krishnamurthy		Indian National Congress
1985	K. E. Krishnamurthy		Telugu Desam Party
1989	K. E. Krishnamurthy		Indian National Congress
1994	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		Indian National Congress
1996	K. E. Prabhakar		Telugu Desam Party
1999	K. E. Prabhakar		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Kotla Sujathamma		Indian National Congress
2009	K. E. Krishnamurthy		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Buggana Rajendranath		YSR Congress Party
2019	Buggana Rajendranath		YSR Congress Party

Members of Legislative Council from Dhone

Political party		MLC	Span
	Telugu Desam Party	K.E. Prabhakar	(2017-2023)

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kotla Sujathamma	55,982	49.17	+16.63
	TDP	K. E. Pratap	53,373	46.88	-20.15
Majority			2,609	2.29
Turnout			113,857	65.28	-3.69
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Dhone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	K. E. Krishnamurthy	60,769	43.56	-3.32
	INC	Kotla Sujathamma	56,118	40.22	-8.95
	Praja Rajyam	Marri Govinda Raj	14,535	10.42
Majority			4,651	3.34
Turnout			139,516	70.50	+5.22
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Buggana Rajendranath Reddy	83,683	49.86
	TDP	K.E.Pratap	72,531	43.21
Majority			11,152	6.65
Turnout			167,849	77.51	+7.01
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Buggana Rajendranath Reddy	1,00,845	57.79	+7.93
	TDP	K.E.Pratap	65,329	37.44	-5.77
Majority			35,516	20.48
Turnout			173,414	78.94
	YSRCP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly