Venkatagiri Assembly constituency
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| Venkatagiri | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 122 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Venkatagiri Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Tirupati |
| LS constituency | Tirupati |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 240,253 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | TDP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Venkatagiri Assembly constituency is a constituency partially in Tirupati district and Nellore 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 Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency.
Kurugondla Ramakrishna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there a total of 240,253 electors in the constituency.[needs update] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
[edit]| Mandal | Districts |
|---|---|
| Rapur | Nellore district |
| Sydapuram | |
| Kaluvoya | |
| Balayapalli | Tirupati district |
| Venkatagiri | |
| Dakkili |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Padileti Venkataswami Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1955 | Padileti Venkataswami Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1956 by-election | Allam Krishnaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Allam Krishnaiah | ||
| 1967 | Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah | Independent | |
| 1972 | Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Nallapareddy Sreenivasulu Reddy | ||
| 1983 | Nallareddy Chandrasekhara Reddy | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | V. Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra[2] | ||
| 1989 | Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Raja VVRK. Yachendra Velugoti | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999[3] | Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2014 | Telugu Desam Party | ||
| 2019 | Anam Ramanarayana Reddy | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
[edit]1952
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Padileti Venkatasami Reddi | 23,557 | 48.19% | 48.19% | |
| KLP | Katikinani Kalyan Rao | 17,463 | 35.72% | ||
| KMPP | Aravadbhoomi Ramachandra Reddi | 6,724 | 13.75% | ||
| Independent | Yaganti Ramalingam | 1,141 | 2.33% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,094 | 12.47% | |||
| Turnout | 48,885 | 57.01% | |||
| Registered electors | 85,742 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
2004
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi | 57,830 | 49.66 | +4.34 | |
| TDP | Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra V | 51,135 | 43.91 | +8.53 | |
| Majority | 6,695 | 5.75 | |||
| Turnout | 116,450 | 78.98 | +5.12 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | 69,731 | 43.62 | −0.29 | |
| INC | Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi | 62,965 | 39.39 | −10.27 | |
| PRP | Meraga Murali Yadav | 19,970 | 12.49 | ||
| Majority | 6,766 | 4.23 | |||
| Turnout | 159,851 | 76.72 | −2.26 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | 83,669 | 47.43 | ||
| YSRCP | Kommi Lakshmi Naidu | 78,034 | 44.23 | ||
| Majority | 5,635 | 3.20 | |||
| Turnout | 176,417 | 81.68 | +4.96 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Anam Ramanarayana Reddy | 109,204 | 57.26 | ||
| TDP | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | 70,484 | 36.96 | ||
| BSP | Pallipati Raja | 2,253 | 1.18 | ||
| BJP | S. S. R. Naidu | 1,700 | 0.89 | ||
| Majority | 38,720 | 20.30 | |||
| Turnout | 1,90,714 | 79.39 | |||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | 104,398 | 52.31 | ||
| YSRCP | Nedurumalli Ramkumar Reddy | 88,104 | 44.15 | ||
| INC | Panta Srinivasulu | 1,935 | 0.97 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,037 | 1.52 | ||
| Majority | 16,294 | 8.16 | |||
| Turnout | 1,99,565 | ||||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1999". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.