Pithapuram Assembly constituency

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Pithapuram
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictEast Godavari
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Dorababu Pendem
PartyYSR Congress Party

Pithapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Tuni, Prathipadu (SC), Kakinada Rural, Peddapuram, Kakinada City and Jaggampeta.[2] Dorababu Pendem is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 229,591 electors in the constituency.[4]

Mandals

The three mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

No Mandal Name
1 Gollaprolu
2 Pithapuram
3 Kothapalle

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political Party
style="background-color: Template:Praja Party/meta/color" | 1955 Vadrevu Gopalkrishna Praja Party
style="background-color: Template:Praja Party/meta/color" | 1960 (By-Polls) Peketi Thammiraju Praja Party
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | 1962 Rao Bhavanna Indian National Congress
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | 1967 Yalla Suryanarayanamurty Indian National Congress
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | 1972 Yalla Suryanarayanamurty Indian National Congress
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress (I)/meta/color" | 1978 Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao Indian National Congress (I)
style="background-color: Template:Telugu Desam Party/meta/color" | 1983 Venna Nageswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
style="background-color: Template:Telugu Desam Party/meta/color" | 1985 Venna Nageswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | 1989 Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao Indian National Congress
style="background-color: Template:Telugu Desam Party/meta/color" | 1994 Venna Nageswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | 1999 Veera Bhadra Rao Sangisetti Independent
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | 2004 Pendem Dorababu Bharatiya Janata Party
style="background-color: Template:Praja Rajyam Party/meta/color" | 2009 Vanga Geetha Praja Rajyam Party
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | 2014 SVSN Varma Independent
style="background-color: Template:YSR Congress Party/meta/color" | 2019 Pendem Dorababu YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dorababu Pendem 46,527 50.47
INC Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao 28,628 31.06
Majority 17,899 19.41
Turnout 92,182 71.73 +3.08
Independent gain from BJP Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Pithapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PRP Vanga Geetha Viswanadh 46,623 31.19
TDP SVSN Varma 45,587 30.50
INC Mudragada Padmanabham 43,431 29.05
Majority 1,036 0.69
Turnout 149,479 78.29 +6.56
PRP gain from BJP Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent SVSN Varma 97,511 57.59
YSRCP Dorababu Pendem 50,431 29.78
Majority 47,080 27.81
Turnout 169,330 79.45 +1.16
gain from YSR Congress party Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Dorababu Pendem 83459 44.71%
TDP SVSN Varma 68467 36.68%
JSP Makineedi Seshu Kumari 28011 15%
Majority 14,992 8.03%
Turnout 186682 83.31%
YSRCP gain from Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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