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Anantapur Urban Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 14°40′N 77°36′E / 14.67°N 77.60°E / 14.67; 77.60
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Anantapur Urban
Constituency No. 153 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Anantapur Urban Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictAnantapur
LS constituencyAnantapur
Established2008
Total electors255,682
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  TDP
Elected year2024

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

Daggupati Venkateswara Prasad is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[1] As of 2019, there are a total of 255,682 electors in the constituency.[needs update] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Political party
2009 Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy Indian National Congress
2012 YSR Congress Party
2014 V. Prabhakar Chowdary Telugu Desam Party
2019 Anantha Venkatarami Reddy YSR Congress Party
2024 Daggupati Venkateswara Prasad Telugu Desam Party

Election results

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2009

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2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC B Gurunatha Reddy 45,275 39.03
TDP Mahalakshmi Sreenivasulu 32,033 27.61
PRP T J Prakash 28,489 24.56
Majority 13,242 13.42
Turnout 116,008 50.47
INC win (new seat)

2012

2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Anantpur Urban
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy 65,711 52.90
TDP M. Sreenivasulu 40,980 32.98
Majority
Turnout
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

2014

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2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP V. Prabhakar Chowdary 74,704 48.07
YSRCP B Gurunatha Reddy 65,370 42.06
Majority 9,334 6.01
Turnout 155,417 61.50 +11.03
TDP gain from INC Swing

2019

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2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Anantha Venkatarami Reddy 88,704 53.71%
TDP V Prabhakar Chowdary 60,006 36%
JSP T. C. Varun 10,920 7%
Majority 28,698 17.37%
Turnout 1,65,141 +3.08%
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2024

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2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Daggupati Venkateswara Prasad 103,334 54.51
YSRCP Anantha Venkatarami Reddy 80,311 42.36
CPI C. Jaffer 2,838 1.50
JAI BHARATH NATIONAL PARTY AKULA RAGHAVENDRA 1,309 0.71
NOTA None Of The Above 1,379 0.73
Majority 23,023 12.14
Turnout 1,89,575
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

14°40′N 77°36′E / 14.67°N 77.60°E / 14.67; 77.60