Palakonda Assembly constituency

Palakonda (ST)
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Srikakulam

Palakonda Assembly constituency is a ST reserved constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 10 constituencies in the Srikakulam district.

Overview

It is part of the Araku Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Kurupam, Parvathipuram, Salur, Araku Valley, Paderu and Rampachodavaram.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Duration	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1989-94	Amruta Kumari	INC
1994-99	Bhyadrayya Tale	TDP
1999-2004	Amruta Kumari	IND
2004-09	Kambala Jogulu	TDP
2009-14	Nimmakka Sugreevulu	INC
2014-Incumbent	V Kalavathi	YSRCP

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2004: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kambala Jogulu	42,327	53.34	+21.89
	INC	T Rajababu	30,703	38.69	+7.29
Majority			11,624	14.65
Turnout			79,347	72.52	+9.08
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections, 2009: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nimmaka Sugreevulu	45,909	42.43	+3.74
	TDP	Gopalarao Nimmaka	29,759	27.50	−25.84
	PRP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	21,725	20.08
Majority			16,150	14.93
Turnout			108,295	69.75	−2.77
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	55,337	45.57
	TDP	Jaya Krishna Nimmaka	53,717	44.24
Majority			1,620	1.33
Turnout			121.428	72.22	+2.47
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly