Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)

Kothagudem Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of constituencies in Bhadadri Kothadugem District. It includes the towns of Kothagudem and Palwancha and part of Khammam Lok Sabha constituency.

Kothagudem
Constituency
StateTelangana
Electorate2,18,146
Current constituency
Created1952
PartyINC
MLAVanama Venkateswara Rao

Vanama Venkateswara Rao is representing the constituency for the 4th time. He served has a minister for Vaidya Vidhana Parishad in the year 2007-09, and played a key role in formulating the 108 ambulance service and "aarogya sri" scheme. He served as DCC president for Khammam district from 1999-2014 and was again re-appointed in 2019 for Bhadradri Kothagudem district.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

No Mandal Name
1 Kothagudem
2 Palwancha
3 Sujatanagar
4 Chunchupally
5 Laxmidevipalli

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Telangana rastra samithi :vanama venkateswara rao

Winner 2018 Kothagudem

https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2018/telangana/kothagudem-rural-election-result-s29a117/

Politics

List of Elected Members to Kothagudem Constituency.[1]

YearElected MemberPolitical Party
1978Chekuri KasaiahJNP
1983Koneru Nageswara RaoTDP
1985Koneru Nageswara RaoTDP
1989Vanama Venkateswara RaoINC
1994Koneru Nageswara RaoTDP
1999Vanama Venkateswara RaoINC
2004Vanama Venkateswara RaoINC
2009Kunamneni Sambasiva RaoCPI
2014Jalagam Venkat RaoTRS
2018 Vanama Venkateswara Rao INC

Trivia
  • In 2018 Telangana Assembly Elections Vanama venkatesawara rao is the only MLA from BC community in the congress party.
  • He is the only MLA in telangana legislative assembly, who has won more times after Uttam Kumar Reddy in congress(4 times)
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See also
  • List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly

References
  1. "Kothagudem Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Kothagudem, Telangana". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 January 2017.


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