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Gannavaram, Krishna Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 16°32′N 80°48′E / 16.54°N 80.80°E / 16.54; 80.80
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Gannavaram
Constituency No. 71 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gannavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictKrishna(Partial) & NTR(Partial)
LS constituencyMachilipatnam
Established1955
Total electors258,031
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  TDP

Gannavaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna(Partial) & NTR(Partial) of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Yarlagadda Venkata Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 258,031 electors in the constituency.[4][needs update] The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

Mandals

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The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]

Mandal
Bapulapadu
Gannavaram
Unguturu
Vijayawada Rural (Part)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Political party
1955 Puchalapalli Sundarayya Communist Party of India
1962
1967 V. Seetha Ramayya Indian National Congress
1968 K. Venkata Rathnam
1972 T. S. Anand Babu
1978 Puchalapalli Sundarayya Communist Party of India
1983 M. Rathna Bose Telugu Desam Party
1985 M. Balakrishna Rao
1989 M. Rathna Bose Indian National Congress
1994 Gadde Rama Mohan Independent
1999 D. V. BalavardhanaRao Telugu Desam Party
2004 M. Venkateswara Rao Independent
2009 D. V. Balavardhana Rao Telugu Desam Party
2014 Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan
2019
2024 Yarlagadda Venkata Rao

Election results

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2009

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2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Dasari Venkata Bala Vardhana Rao 82,218 47.02
INC Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao 66,923 38.28
PRP Bathina Rama Mohana Rao 19,806 11.33
Majority 15,295 8.74
Turnout 174,847 86.74 2.63

2014

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2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan 99,163 49.74
YSRCP Dutta Ramachandrarao 89,615 44.95
Majority 9,548 4.79
TDP hold Swing

2019

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2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan 103,881 47.07
YSRCP Yarlagadda Venkata Rao 1,03,043 46.69
CPI Afsar Syed 6,675 03.02
Majority 838
Turnout 220,718
TDP hold Swing

2024

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2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Yarlagadda Venkata Rao 135,552 56.59
YSRCP Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan 97924 40.88
CPI(M) Kallam Venkateswara Rao 1,219 0.51
NOTA None Of The Above 1,731 0.72
Majority 37,628 15.95
Turnout 2,39,525
TDP hold Swing

See also

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References

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  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. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

16°32′N 80°48′E / 16.54°N 80.80°E / 16.54; 80.80