Kakinada City Assembly constituency
| Kakinada City | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Kakinada City Assembly constituency (shown with arrow) within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Kakinada |
| LS constituency | Kakinada |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 255,716 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | YSR Congress Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Kakinada City Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh, that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 255,716 electors in the constituency.[4][needs update] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Kakinada (urban) mandal (Part) Kakinada Urban (M) (Part) Kakinada(M) Ward No. 1 to 65 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Kakinada)
 | It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled Kakinada Assembly constituency. (Discuss) (April 2023) |
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Chittajallu Venkata Krishna Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | Mallipudi Pallam Raju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Dantu Bhaskara Rao | ||
| 1967 | C. V. K. Rao | Independent | |
| 1972 | Akkineni Bhaskra Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Malladi Swamy | ||
| 1983 | Mutha Gopala Krishna Murthy | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Malladi Swami | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Mutha Gopala Krishna Murthy | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao | ||
| 2004 | Mutha Gopala Krishna Murthy | Indian National Congress | |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Kakinada City)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | YSR Congress Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Chittajallu Venkata Krishna Rao | 48,371 | 29.86% | ||
| CPI | Kanteti Mohana Rao | 42,201 | 26.05% | ||
| INC | K. Dayananda Raja | 22,483 | 13.88% | 13.88% | |
| INC | Pamu Ramanamurthy | 19,968 | 12.33% | 12.33% | |
| RPI | B. Vadapalli | 6,854 | 4.23% | ||
| Socialist | Parapudi Rama Mohana Rao | 3,442 | 2.12% | ||
| RPI | P. Naayarnamoorthy | 3,199 | 1.97% | ||
| KMPP | Pitta Venkatesu | 3,187 | 1.97% | ||
| Independent | Chandramandri Venkataratnam | 3,112 | 1.92% | ||
| KMPP | Palavarty Bhommalingamurthy | 3,102 | 1.91% | ||
| Independent | Goli Venkatarayudu | 2,960 | 1.83% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,170 | 3.81% | |||
| Turnout | 1,61,997 | 113.83% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,42,309 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | 44,606 | 37.28 | ||
| PRP | Bandana Hari | 35,327 | 29.52 | ||
| TDP | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao | 25,636 | 21.42 | ||
| Majority | 9,279 | 7.76 | |||
| Turnout | 119,664 | 72.54 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao | 76,467 | 54.42 | ||
| YSRCP | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | 52,467 | 37.34 | ||
| Majority | 24,000 | 17.08 | |||
| Turnout | 140,523 | 67.87 | −4.67 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | 73,890 | 43.06% | ||
| TDP | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao | 59,779 | 34.84% | ||
| JSP | Mutha Sasidhar | 30,188 | 17.59% | ||
| INC | Kola Vara Prasad Varma | 3252 | 2 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1654 | 1 | N/A | |
| BJP | Peddireddi Ravi Kiran | 1581 | 0.92 | ||
| Majority | 14,111 | 8.22% | |||
| Turnout | 171,604 | ||||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | 5.72% | |||
See also
References
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 18, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "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.