| Chodavaram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 26 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Chodavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Anakapalli |
| LS constituency | Anakapalli |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 210,313 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju | |
| Party | TDP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Chodavaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anakapalle district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency.
Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 210,313 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
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| Chodavaram |
| Butchayyapeta |
| Ravikamatham |
| Rolugunta |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Kandarpa Venkataramesam | Krishikar Lok Party | |
| 1955 | Reddi Jagannadham | Independent | |
| 1962 | Ilapakuthi Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Palavelli Vechalapu | Swatantra Party | |
| 1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1978 | Seetharama Sastri Emani | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Gunuru Yerrunaidu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Balireddy Satya Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Gunuru Yerrunaidu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Balireddy Satya Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2009 | Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju | ||
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | Karanam Dharmasri | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLP | Kandarpa Venkataramesam | 16,168 | 46.99% | ||
| INC | Bhupathiraju Satyanarayana Raju | 8,849 | 25.72% | 25.72% | |
| KMPP | Mandhambhotla Narasimhamorthy | 6,473 | 18.81% | ||
| Independent | Pilla Puradesi Najudu | 2,918 | 8.48% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,319 | 21.27% | |||
| Turnout | 34,408 | 51.08% | |||
| Registered electors | 67,363 | ||||
| win (new seat) | |||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | 63,250 | 52.62 | +6.56 | |
| INC | Balireddy Satya Rao | 53,649 | 44.63 | −6.30 | |
| Majority | 9,601 | 7.99 | |||
| Turnout | 120,212 | 78.27 | +5.01 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju | 55,641 | 36.13 | −16.49 | |
| INC | Karanam Dharmasri | 54,256 | 35.23 | −9.40 | |
| PRP | Pinapolu Venkateswaralu | 35,185 | 22.85 | ||
| Majority | 1,385 | 0.90 | |||
| Turnout | 153,994 | 81.15 | +2.88 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | KSNS Raju | 80,560 | 48.63 | +12.50 | |
| YSRCP | Karanam Dharmasri | 79,948 | 48.08 | ||
| Majority | 612 | 0.31 | |||
| Turnout | 166,583 | 84.81 | +3.66 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Karanam Dharmasri | 94,215 | 53.92 | +5.84 | |
| TDP | KSNS Raju | 66,578 | 38.10 | −10.53 | |
| JSP | P. V. S. N. Raju | 5,300 | 3.03 | ||
| Majority | 27,637 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju | 109,651 | 59.03 | +20.93 | |
| YSRCP | Karanam Dharmasri | 67462 | 36.32 | −17.60 | |
| INC | Jagath Srinivas | 2527 | |||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3849 | |||
| Majority | 42189 | ||||
| Turnout | 185741 | ||||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- "Assembly Election 2024". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- "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.
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