Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency

Bhadrachalam
Constituency No. 119 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
A View of Bhadrachalam Gopuram from Yogananda Narasimha Swamy Temple
A View of Bhadrachalam Gopuram from Yogananda Narasimha Swamy Temple
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTelangana
DistrictBhadradri Kothagudem, Mulugu
LS constituencyMahabubabad
Established1951
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023

Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency is a ST reserved constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It includes the temple town of Bhadrachalam. It is one among constituencies in Bhadradri Kothagudem district and Mulugu district. It is part of Mahabubabad Lok Sabha constituency.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

Mandal Districts
Wazedu Mulugu
Venkatapuram Mulugu
Cherla Bhadradri Kothagudem
Dummugudem Bhadradri Kothagudem
Bhadrachalam Bhadradri Kothagudem

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year member Party
Madras State
1952 Y. Venkata Krishna Rao Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Karam Bapanna Dora
Andhra State
1955 Mahammad Tahseel Communist Party of India
Syamala Seetharamaiah
United Andhra Pradesh
1957 P. V. M. Rao Indian National Congress
1962 Mahammad Tahseel Communist Party of India
1967 K. K. Dora Indian National Congress
1972 Matta Ramachandraiah
1978 Yerraiah Reddy Murla Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1983
1985 Kunja Bojji
1989
1994
1999 Sunnam Rajaiah
2004
2009 Kunja Satyavathi Indian National Congress
Telangana Legislative Assembly
2014 Sunnam Rajaiah Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2018 Podem Veeraiah Indian National Congress
2023 Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2023

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BRS Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao 53,252 45.08
INC Podem Veeraiah 47,533 40.24
CPI(M) Karam Pullaiah 5,860 4.96
Independent Marmam Thirupathamma 2,083 1.76
BJP Kunja Dharma Rao 1,931 1.63
NOTA None of the Above 1,672 1.42
Majority 5,719 4.84
Turnout 1,18,129
BRS gain from INC Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Podem Veeraiah 47,746 43.23
TRS Dr. Tellam Venkata Rao 35,961 32.56
CPI(M) Midiyam Babu Rao 14,228 12.88
Independent Pandra Hema Sundar 4,523 4.10
NOTA None of the Above 2,106 1.91
BJP Kunja Satyavathi 1,824 1.65
Pyramid Party of India Ramesh Babu Bhukya 1,119 1.01
Independent Chele Anusha 835 0.76
RPI Punem Pradeep Kumar 816 0.74
Independent Karam Naveen 698 0.63
BSP Gundu Sarath Babu 589 0.53
Margin of victory 11,785 10.88
Turnout 1,10,445 80.41
Registered electors 1,37,354
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sunnam Rajaiah 57,750 34.78
TDP K. P. R. K. Phaneeswaramma 55,935 33.69
INC Kunja Satyavathi 22,061 13.29
TRS Mane Ramakrishna 8,728 5.26
Independent Venkata Ramana Sunnam 5,267 3.17
NOTA None of the Above 2,499 1.50
BSP Kamaraju Irpa 2,152 1.30
Independent Somini Venkata Purushotham 2,039 1.23
Independent Payam Venkaiah 1,929 1.16
JSP Gondi Venkateswarlu 1,642 0.99
Pyramid Party of India Bhukya Parvathi 1,425 0.86
Independent Marmam Lakshmi Devi 1,156 0.70
Independent Kunja Dulaiah 1,100 0.66
Independent G. Chandra 903 0.54
Independent Vislavath Swaroopa Ramu 893 0.54
Independent Pandra Hema Sundar 570 0.34
Rejected ballots
Margin of victory 1,815 1.11
Turnout 1,66,049 76.60
Registered electors 2,16,772
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachelam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kunja Satyavathi 51,466 35.76
CPI(M) Sunnam Rajaiah 45,083 31.33
PRP Gundu Sarath Babu 28,245 19.63
Independent Payam China Rama Rao 6,136 4.26
BJP Som Raju Parsika 3,574 2.48
BSP Gote Dana Lakshmi 3,046 2.12
Independent Karam Narasimha Rao 2,518 1.75
LSP Puli Pitchaiah 2,372 1.65
Independent Etti Aswapathi 1,468 1.02
Rejected ballots 160
Margin of victory 6,383 4.44
Turnout 1,43,908
Registered electors 1,87,694
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sunnam Rajaiah 64,888
TDP Sode Ramaiah 50,303
Independent Sonde Veeraiah 10,074
TRS Gondi Nagarjuna

Madhusudhana Rao

3,816
MCPI(S) Murla Ramesh 3,057
Independent Chichadi Srirama Murthy 2,432
Rejected ballots 8
Margin of victory 14,585 10.84
Turnout 1,34,570
Registered electors 1,86,917
CPI(M) hold Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sunnam Rajaiah 46,058 39.22
TDP Chichadi Sreerama Murthy 39,709 33.82
INC Dungroth Suseela 30,550 26.02
Ajeya Bharat Party Attam Raghupathi 685 0.58
NCP B. A. Tilak 427 0.36
Rejected ballots 6,270
Margin of victory 6,349 5.41
Turnout 1,17,429
Registered electors 1,65,813
CPI(M) hold Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Kunja Bojji 71,768 62.55
INC Sode Bhadraiah 32,503 28.33
Samata Party Ubba Satyam 3,467 3.02
Marxist Communist Party of India Yerraiah Reddy Muria 2,619 2.28
BJP Bhaskara Rao Tusti 2,568 2.24
Independent Peethala Vaniramana Rao 1,140 0.99
BSP Aswapathi Yetti 663 0.58
Rejected ballots 3,410
Margin of victory 39,265 34.22
Turnout 1,14,728
Registered electors 1,60,840
CPI(M) hold Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrahcalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Kunja Bojji 48,217 50.82
INC Dungurothu Suseela 40,441 42.63
Independent Koyyala Venkateswara Rao 2,383 2.51
Independent Kurusamu Achaiah 1,955 2.06
Marxist Communist Party of India Miurla Yerraiah Reddy 1,878 1.98
Rejected ballots 5,868
Margin of victory 7,776 8.20
Turnout 94,874
Registered electors 1,49,609
CPI(M) hold Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Kunja Bojji 30,337 42.37
INC Bhadrayya Sode 23,634 33.01
Independent Karama Ramachandraiah 9,176 12.82
Independent Chidem Gopalakrishna Murthy 4,469 6.24
Independent Nagamani Vummadisetti 2,965 4.14
Independent Lakshmayya Kalam 1,012 1.41
Rejected ballots 2,119
Margin of victory 6,703 9.36
Turnout 71,593
Registered electors 1,20,732
CPI(M) hold Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Yerraiah Reddy Murla 22,416 37.02
Independent Aswapathi Yetti 19,671 32.49
INC(J) Turram Podiyan Dora 8,567 14.15
INC Vani Ramana Rao Pethala 8,205 13.55
Independent Alam Laxmaiah 1,695 2.80
Rejected ballots 1,991
Margin of victory 2,745 4.53
Turnout 60,554
Registered electors 1,08,925
CPI(M) hold Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Yerraiah Reddy Murla 21,006 36.04
INC(I) Pusam Tirupathaiah 18,660 32.01
INC Matta Ramachandraiah 18,622 31.95
Rejected ballots 2,883
Margin of victory 2,346 4.02
Turnout 58,288
Registered electors 97,483
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Matta Ramachandraiah 19,209 43.48
CPI(M) Murla Yerraiah Reddy 14,122 31.96
CPI Nura Bojji 9,164 20.74
ABJS Chinnabbi Karam 1,688 3.82
Rejected ballots 2,899
Margin of victory 5,087 11.51
Turnout 44,183
Registered electors 78,880
INC hold Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. K. Dora 16,855 48.16
CPI(M) S. Sitaramayya 9,919 28.34
CPI S. Ramayya 4,962 14.18
Independent P. Muthayya 3,259 9.31
Rejected ballots 3,652
Margin of victory 6,936 19.82
Turnout 34,995
Registered electors 66,649
INC gain from CPI Swing

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Mahammad Tahseel 17,146 53.74
INC Pithala Vani Ramana Rao 8,862 27.78
Independent Chentalacheruvu Venkatadri 4,168 13.06
Independent Tellam Ghana Samuel Sundar Rao 1,730 5.42
Rejected ballots 2,596
Margin of victory 8,284 25.96
Turnout 31,906
Registered electors 60,806
CPI gain from INC Swing

1957 By-election

1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC P. V. M. Rao 16,665
CPI S. Ramayya 15,793
Margin of victory 872
Turnout
INC gain from CPI Swing

Andhra State Legislative Assembly election, 1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Mahammad Tahseel 27,102 34.82
CPI Syamala Seetharamaiah 26,012 33.42
KSP Karam Bapanna Dota 12,647 16.25
KSP Yellapeddy Venkatakrishna Rao 12,082 15.52
Margin of victory
Turnout 77,843 74.62
Registered electors 1,04,322
CPI gain from KMPP Swing

Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrachalam[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KMPP Karam Bapanna Dora 31,912 26.45%
KMPP Y. Venkata Krishna Rao 30,905 25.62%
INC Varsavyi Venkata Tirupathi Raju 18,637 15.45%
INC Sivasam Bojji Dora 18,396 15.25%
KLP K. Rami Reddi 11,249 9.32%
KLP Sstyam Pendyala 9,551 7.92%
Margin of victory
Turnout 1,20,650 78.34%
Registered electors 1,54,004
KMPP win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bye-election results 1952-95". www.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original (XLS) on 11 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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