Dhone Assembly constituency

Dhone Assembly constituency is a constituency in Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency.

Dhone
Constituency No. 141 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Dhone Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Nandyal
LS constituency	Nandyal
Established	1951
Total electors	219,678
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 219,678 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Bethamcherla
Dhone
Peapally

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	VenkataSetty Kotrike		Independent
1955	B. P. Sesha Reddy
1962	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy		Indian National Congress
1967	K. V. K. Murthy		Swatantra Party
1972	Seshanna		Indian National Congress
1978	K. E. Krishnamurthy
1983
1985			Telugu Desam Party
1989			Indian National Congress
1994	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
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
2024	Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Dhone^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Venkatasetty Kotrike	28,493	59.99%
	INC	Venkatasubbiah Nivarthi	16,946	35.68%	35.68%
	Independent	Lakshmayya Padde	2,057	4.33%
Margin of victory			11,547	24.31%
Turnout			47,496	60.69%
Registered electors			78,264
	Independent win (new seat)

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

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhone

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

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

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Buggana Rajendranath Reddy	100,845	57.79	+7.93
	TDP	K.E.Prathap	65,329	37.44	−5.77
Majority			35,516	20.48
Turnout			173,414	78.94
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	93,523	49.19
	YSRCP	Buggana Rajendranath Reddy	87,474	46.01
	INC	Garlapati Madhileti Swami	4023	2.1
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,362	0.72
Majority			6,049	3.18
Turnout			1,90,120
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "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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