Yellandu Assembly constituency

Yellandu
Constituency No. 111 for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Location of Yellandu Assembly constituency within Telangana
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Telangana
District	Khammam
Lok Sabha constituency	Mahabubabad
Established	1951
Total electors	1,84,676
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
3rd Telangana Legislative Assembly

Incumbent Koram Kanakaiah
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Yellandu Assembly constituency is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one among five constituencies in Bhadradri Kothagudem district. It is part of Mahabubabad Lok Sabha constituency.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following mandals:^[1]

Mandal	Districts
Yellandu	Bhadradri Kothagudem
Kamepalli	Khammam
Bayyaram	Mahabubabad
Tekulapalli	Bhadradri Kothagudem
Garla	Mahabubabad

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
Hyderabad State
1952^[a]^[b]	K. L. Narasimha Rao	People's Democratic Front
1952^[a]^[b]	Vooke Nagaiah	Socialist Party
Andhra Pradesh
1957^[a]^[b]	K. L. Narasimha Rao	Communist Party of India
1957^[a]^[b]	T. Venkata Papayya	Indian National Congress
1962	K. L. Narasimha Rao	Communist Party of India
1967	G. Satyanarayana Rao	Indian National Congress
1972	Vanga Subba Rao	Indian National Congress
1978	Yerraiah Chapala	Independent politician
1983	Gummadi Narsaiah
1985
1989
1994	Vooke Abbaiah	Communist Party of India
1999	Gummadi Narsaiah	Independent politician
2004	Gummadi Narsaiah	Independent politician
2009	Vooke Abbaiah	Telugu Desam Party
Telangana
2014	Koram Kanakaiah	Indian National Congress
2018	Banoth Haripriya^[2]
2023	Koram Kanakaiah^[3]

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2023			61.22%
2018			42.95%
2014			29.82%
2009			30.50%
2004			35.67%
1999			41.20%
1994			39.98%
1989			39.06%
1985			39.84%
1983			31.27%
1978			25.35%
1972			46.58%
1967			39.05%
1962			54.42%
1957			26.40%
1957			22.52%
1952			49.41%
1952			15.45%

2023

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Koram Kanakaiah	109,171	61.22
	BRS	Haripriya Banoth	51,862	29.08
	BJP	Dharavath Ravinder Naik	2,568	1.44
	CPI(M)	Krishna Duggi	2,137	1.20
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,418	0.80
	BSP	Badavath Prathap	1,159	0.65
	AIFB	Cheemala Venkateswarlu	1,087	0.61
	IND	9 Independent Candidates	7,645	4.29
	OTH	5 Other Party Candidates	1,292	0.72
Majority			57,309	32.14
Turnout			178,339
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Haripriya Banoth	70,644	42.95
	TRS	Koram Kanakaiah	67,757	41.20
	IND	Gummadi Narsaiah	12,899	7.84
	IND	Yadallapalli Satyam	2,871	1.75
	BJP	Naaga Sravanthi Mokalla	1,975	1.20
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,915	1.16
	AAP	Hanuma Mood	891	0.54
	IND	10 Independent Candidates	5,519	3.36
Majority			2,887	1.75
Turnout			164,471	83.49
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Koram Kanakaiah	44,945	29.82
	TDP	Haripriya Banoth	33,438	22.18
	TRS	Vooke Abbaiah	20,865	13.84
	IND	Gummadi Narsaiah	19,343	12.83
	YSRCP	Dr. Gugulothu Ravi Babu	13,993	9.28
	IND	Yadallapally Satyam	5,990	3.97
	IND	Padiga Yarraiah	4,401	2.92
	IND	Subash Chandra Arem	2,866	1.90
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,173	0.78
	IND	Vankudoth Koteswar Rao	1,127	0.75
	IND	Punem Srinivas	794	0.53
	IND	Messu Raja Shekar	448	0.30
	AAP	Moodu Hanuma	399	0.26
	JSP	Mukthi Raju	363	0.24
	IND	Guguloth Vijaya	300	0.20
	IND	Amgothu Siva Kumar	293	0.19
Majority			11,507	7.64
Turnout			150,738	81.62
	Swing to INC from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Vooke Abbaiah	41,605	30.50
	INC	Koram Kanakaiah	38,659	28.34
	IND	Gummadi Narsaiah	28,858	21.15
	PRP	Shankar Banoth	17,590	12.89
	IND	Ravi Chepuri	1,488	1.09
	IND	Hari Sing Banothu	1,422	1.04
	BSP	Krishna Malothu	1,326	0.97
	BJP	Krishna Mohan Singh Porika	979	0.72
	PPOI	Seetharam Boda	899	0.66
	IND	Srinivas Punem	867	0.64
	IND	Chandar Rao Malothu	816	0.60
	IND	Narasimha Rao Eesam	716	0.52
	IND	Yerraiah Padiga	708	0.52
	IND	Balu Badavath	482	0.35
Majority			2,946	2.16
Turnout			136,415
	Swing to TDP from Independent		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Gummadi Narsaiah	45,956	35.67
	TDP	Kalpanabai Malothu	34,030	26.41
	INC	Dr. Bhaskar Naik Bukya	30,495	23.67
	IND	Koram Kanakaiah	14,580	11.32
	IND	Namanayak Islavath	1,935	1.50
	IND	Tholam Narasaiah	1,851	1.44
Majority			11,926	9.26
Turnout			128,847
	Independent hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Gummadi Narsaiah	47,806	41.20
	INC	Bhukya Dalsingh	28,519	24.58
	IND	Vooke Abbaiah	22,079	19.03
	CPI	Eswary Surabaka	14,242	12.27
	MCPI(S)	Eslawathu China Nama	1,996	1.72
	IND	Kalthi Narayana	625	0.54
	IND	Vajja Ramulu	446	0.38
	IND	Krishna Mohan Singh	328	0.28
Majority			19,287	16.62
Turnout			121,065	76.84
	Swing to Independent from CPI		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Vooke Abbaiah	44,191	39.98
	IND	Gummadi Narsaiah	38,116	34.49
	INC	Somla Naik Banoth	22,116	20.01
	BJP	Banoth Lalu	1,923	1.74
	IND	Jaggaiah Vagaboyina	1,332	1.21
	IND	Bolli Venkateswarlu	879	0.80
	IND	Lalu Banoth	494	0.45
	IND	Rajya Dharavath	428	0.39
	AIMIM	Veeraswamy Veesam	382	0.35
	IND	Venakateswarlu Mugiti	269	0.24
	IND	Bhadru Maloth	244	0.22
	SP	Banoth Manya Naik	146	0.13
Majority			6,075	5.49
Turnout			112,989	77.34
	Swing to CPI from Independent		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Gummadi Narsaiah	38,388	39.06
	CPI	Vooke Abbaiah	30,705	31.24
	INC	Banoth Somla Naiak	29,197	29.70
Majority			7,683	7.82
Turnout			103,694	75.06
	Independent hold		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Gummadi Narsaiah	29,276	39.84
	CPI	Payam Muthiah	23,480	31.95
	INC	Punem Ramchandraiah	16,919	23.02
	IND	Chapala Yerraiah	1,628	2.22
	IND	Madhya Banothu	1,084	1.48
	IND	Doravathu Rajya	503	0.68
	IND	Kalti Narayana	251	0.34
	IND	Messu Bikshamaiah	236	0.32
	IND	Gugulthu Ramulu	104	0.14
Majority			5,796	7.89
Turnout			75,049	68.15
	Independent hold		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Gummadi Narsaiah	19,202	31.27
	INC	Somala Nayaku Banothu	16,736	27.25
	CPI(M)	Gogulothu Dharma	15,493	25.23
	IND	Bhajya Ajmeera	9,979	16.25
Majority			2,466	4.02
Turnout			62,948	68.83
	Independent hold		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Yerraiah Chapala	14,897	25.35
	CPI(M)	Kangala Buchaiah	14,559	24.77
	INC(I)	Somulu Bonathu	13,137	22.35
	INC	Komaram Ramaiah	12,347	21.01
	IND	Mokalla Papaiah	2,823	4.80
	IND	Laxmaiah Jare	1,006	1.71
Majority			338	0.58
Turnout			61,118	75.94
	Swing to Independent from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vanga Subba Rao	22,761	46.58
	CPI	B. Pamakoteswara Rao	10,935	22.38
	CPI(M)	Eluri Lakshmi Narayana	10,601	21.69
	IND	Ajmeera Bhajya	1,475	3.02
	ABJS	Banoth Harya Yema	1,388	2.84
	IND	Patangay Jalram	928	1.90
	STS	Kalisehi Bhikshapathi	776	1.59
Majority			11,826	24.20
Turnout			50,441	66.33
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	G. Satyanarayana Rao	18,004	39.05
	CPI	R. R. Bodempudi	12,256	26.58
	CPI(M)	K. L. Narasimha Rao	11,825	25.65
	IND	L. S. Banoth	1,559	3.38
	IND	N. Kaza	1,241	2.69
	ABJS	P. C. Kotagiri	1,219	2.64
Majority			5,748	12.47
Turnout			48,656	76.74
	Swing to INC from CPI		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	K. L. Narasimha Rao	21,557	54.42
	INC	Bommakanati Satyanarayana Rao	14,914	37.65
	SWA	Gogineni Satyanarayana Rao	3,144	7.94
Majority			6,643	16.77
Turnout			41,666	70.34
	CPI win (new seat)

1957

1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (ST)^[a]^[b]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDF	K. L. Narasimha Rao	32,529	26.40
	INC	T. Venkata Papayya	27,747	22.52
	INC	Dodda Narsiah (ST)	24,730	20.07
	PDF	K. Buchaiah	24,408	19.81
	PSP	B. Balaji	8,495	6.89
	PSP	V. Nagamaiah (ST)	5,319	4.32
Majority			4,782	3.88
Turnout			123,228	116.08
	PDF hold		Swing
	Swing to INC from Socialist		Swing

1952

1952 Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly election: Yellandu (2 seats)^[a]^[b]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDF	K. L. Narasimha Rao	27,632	49.41
	Socialist	Vooke Nagaiah	8,639	15.45
	Socialist	K. Somayajulu	7,569	13.53
	IND	Soyam Ramgovindam	6,608	11.82
	IND	R. Sankariah	5,475	9.79
Majority			18,993	33.96
Turnout			55,923	53.30
	PDF win (new seat)
	Socialist win (new seat)

Notes

It was Dual Member constituencies
Dual-member constituencies (or double-member constituencies) were a short-lived electoral system in India used during the 1951-1952 and 1957 general elections. Each of these constituencies elected two representatives to a single legislative district: one from the general category and one reserved for a Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST).

References

"Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
"Telangana General Legislative Election 2018 - Statistical Report". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
"Telangana General Legislative Election 2023 - Statistical Report". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
"Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

17°35′N 80°19′E / 17.59°N 80.32°E / 17.59; 80.32