Kothagudem Constituency Election Results: Assembly seat details, MLAs, candidates & more
Kothagudem is a state assembly constituency in the state of Telangana and is part of Khammam Parliamentary constituency. Kothagudem falls in Bhadradri Kothagudem district. It is categorised as an urban seat.
In 2018, Vanama Venkateswara Rao of the Indian National Congress won the seat by defeating Jalagam Venkat Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi with a margin of 4139 votes. Venkateswara Rao received 81,118 votes and Venkat Rao 76,979 votes. 17 candidates contested from this constituency in 2018.
In 2014, TRS’ Venkat Rao Jalagam won from this seat after receiving 50,688 votes. Vanama Venkateshwara Rao came second with 34,167 votes. The winning margin was 16, 521 votes. In 2009, CPI’s Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao won from this seat by 2,004 votes. He received 47,028
There are a total of 1,84,775 voters in the seat, which includes 91,238 male voters, and 93,505 female voters. In the 2018 Telangana elections, Kothagudem recorded a voter turnout of 81.19%. In 2014 the turnout was 73.32%.