Ongole Assembly constituency

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Ongole
Constituency No. 108 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Ongole Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
LS constituency	Ongole
Established	1951
Total electors	229,317
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Damacharla Janardhana Rao
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

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

Damacharla Janardhana Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections from Telugu Desam Party with a vote majority of 34,206. As of 2019, there are a total of 229,317 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Ongole
Kothapatnam

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952	Kasukurthi Malakondiah	Communist Party of India
1955	Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu	Indian National Congress
1957	Bollineni Venkata Lakshmi Narayana	Independent
1962	Bollineni Venkata Lakshmi Narayana	Independent
1967	C. R. Reddy	Indian National Congress
1972	Srungarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu
1978	Srungarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu
1983	Pongupati Koteswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Pongupati Koteswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Bachala Balaiah	Indian National Congress
1994	Edara Hari Babu	Telugu Desam Party
1999	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	Indian National Congress
2004
2009
2012		YSR Congress Party
2014	Damacharla Janardhana Rao	Telugu Desam Party
2019	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	YSR Congress Party
2024	Damacharla Janardhana Rao	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Kasukurthi Malakondiah	37,716	22.49%
	CPI	Madala Narayannaswami	33,718	20.11%
	Independent	Dhara Gopalasastri	16,455	9.81%
	KLP	Bachina Subha Rao	16,284	9.71%
	KLP	Kakuman Kotaiah	10,588	6.31%
	KMPP	Dunmpa Ramakrishna Reddi	10,525	6.28%
	INC	Sagi Vijayaramaraju	9,809	5.85%	5.85%
	Independent	Kommuri Raghavaiah	8,024	4.78%
	KMPP	Dhara Ramaswami	7,890	4.70%
	INC	Talluri Jiyyardoss	7,562	4.51%	4.51%
	Independent	Bollapalli Ramadasu	2,535	1.51%
Margin of victory			3,998	2.38%
Turnout			1,67,706	103.34%
Registered electors			1,62,288
	CPI win (new seat)

1957 (By-poll)

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1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	B.V.L. Narayana	40,911
	INC	T.A. Devi	30,820
	Independent	Smt.T.A. Devi	2,376
Margin of victory			10,091
Turnout
	Independent gain from CPI		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bollineni Venkatalakshmi Narayana	24,506	55.02%
	INC	Ronda Narapa Reddy	18,419	41.35%
Margin of victory			6,087	13.67%
Turnout			46,629	63.93%
Registered electors			72,941
	Independent hold		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	C.R.Reddy	27,503	48.48%
	Independent	Bollineni Venkatalakshmi Narayana	19,491	34.35%
Margin of victory			8,012	14.12%
Turnout			59,660	77.01%
Registered electors			77,467
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Srungavarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu	32,154	57.42%
	CPI	Nalluri Anjaiah	20,921	37.36%
Margin of victory			11,233	20.06%
Turnout			57,159	60.70%
Registered electors			94,167
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Srungavarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu	32,574	44.97%
	JP	Balineni Venkateswara Reddy	27,494	37.96%
Margin of victory			5,080	7.01%
Turnout			73,705	69.47%
Registered electors			106,100
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Ponugupati Koteswara Rao	50,394	56.92%
	INC	Thatiparti Subba Reddy	20,546	23.21%
Margin of victory			29,848	33.71%
Turnout			89,776	67.99%
Registered electors			132,046
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Ponugupati Koteswara Rao	53,654	53.82%
	INC	Pasupuleti Malakondaiah Naidu	44,630	44.77%
Margin of victory			9,024	9.05%
Turnout			100,765	68.79%
Registered electors			146,479
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Bachala Balaiah	68,704	57.93%
	TDP	Kamepalli Venkata Ramana Rao	49,214	41.49%
Margin of victory			19,490	16.43%
Turnout			120,586	65.25%
Registered electors			185,229
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Edara Hari Babu	53,487	50.16%
	INC	Venkateswarlu Yedlapudi	33,608	31.52%
Margin of victory			19,879	18.64%
Turnout			107,742	65.27%
Registered electors			165,061
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	44,707	39.27%
	TDP	Yakkala Tulasi Rao	38,485	33.80%
Margin of victory			6,222	5.46%
Turnout			118144	59.65%
Registered electors			198,048
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	72,380	58.50	+19.23
	TDP	Sidda Raghava Rao	48,209	38.96	−5.16
Majority			24,171	19.54
Turnout			123,733	69.64	+12.15
	INC hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	67,214	42.94	−15.56
	TDP	Edara Hari Babu	44,300	28.26	−10.70
	PRP	Anand Parvathareddy	33,716	21.54
Majority			22,986	14.68
Turnout			156,523	66.81	−2.83
	INC hold		Swing

2012

2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	77,222	48.80
	TDP	Damacharla Janardhana Rao	49,819	31.48
Majority
Turnout			1,58,238
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Damacharla Janardhana Rao	93,025	51.29
	YSRCP	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	80,597	44.44
Majority			12,428	6.85
Turnout			181,376	77.58	+10.77
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	101,022	52.08	+7.64
	TDP	Damacharla Janardhana Rao	78,777	40.61	−10.69
	JSP	Sk. Reyaz	10,304	5.31	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,333	0.69	N/A
Majority			22,245	11.47	+0.70
Turnout			1,93,971	TBA	TBA
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Damacharla Janardhana Rao	118,800	56.76
	YSRCP	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	84,774	40.5
	INC	Turakapalli Naga Lakshmi	2,067	0.99
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,310	0.63
Majority			34,026	16.25
Turnout			2,09,303
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

References

"Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
"Ongole Loksabha".
"Election results". Election Commission of India.
"Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
"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.
"Bye-election results 1952-95". www.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original (XLS) on 11 January 2012.
"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.
"Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

v t e Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh
Current	A Achanta Addanki Adoni Allagadda Alur Amadalavalasa Amalapuram Anakapalli Anantapur Urban Anaparthy Araku Valley Atmakur Avanigadda B Badvel Banaganapalle Bapatla Bheemili Bhimavaram Bobbili C Chandragiri Cheepurupalli Chilakaluripet Chintalapudi Chirala Chittoor Chodavaram D Darsi Denduluru Dharmavaram Dhone E Elamanchili Eluru Etcherla G Gajapathinagaram Gajuwaka Gangadhara Nellore Gannavaram (Konaseema) Gannavaram (Krishna) Giddalur Gopalapuram Gudivada Gudur Guntakal Guntur East Guntur West Gurazala H Hindupur I Ichchapuram J Jaggampeta Jaggayyapeta Jammalamadugu K Kadapa Kadiri Kaikalur Kakinada City Kakinada Rural Kalyandurg Kamalapuram Kandukur Kanigiri Kavali Kodumur Kodur Kondapi Kothapeta Kovur Kovvur Kuppam Kurnool Kurupam M Macherla Machilipatnam Madakasira Madanapalle Madugula Mandapeta Mangalagiri Mantralayam Markapuram Mummidivaram Mydukur Mylavaram N Nagari Nandigama Nandikotkur Nandyal Narasannapeta Narasapuram Narasaraopet Narsipatnam Nellimarla Nellore City Nellore Rural Nidadavole Nuzvid O Ongole P Paderu Palakollu Palakonda Palamaner Palasa Pamarru Panyam Parchur Parvathipuram Pathapatnam Pattikonda Payakaraopet Pedakurapadu Pedana Peddapuram Penamaluru Pendurthi Penukonda Pileru Pithapuram Polavaram Ponnur Prathipadu (Kakinada) Prathipadu (Guntur) Proddatur Pulivendla Punganur Puthalapattu Puttaparthi R Rajahmundry City Rajahmundry Rural Rajam Rajampet Rajanagaram Ramachandrapuram Rampachodavaram Raptadu Rayachoti Rayadurg Razole Repalle S Salur Santhanuthalapadu Sarvepalli Sattenapalle Satyavedu Singanamala Srikakulam Srikalahasti Srisailam Srungavarapukota Sullurpeta T Tadepalligudem Tadikonda Tadpatri Tanuku Tekkali Tenali Thamballapalle Tirupati Tiruvuru Tuni U Udayagiri Undi Unguturu Uravakonda V Vemuru Venkatagiri Vijayawada Central Vijayawada East Vijayawada West Vinukonda Visakhapatnam East Visakhapatnam North Visakhapatnam South Visakhapatnam West Vizianagaram Y Yemmiganur Yerragondapalem
Defunct	A Allur Anantapur Attili B Bandar Bheemunipatnam Bhogapuram C Chintapalle Cumbum D Duggirala G Guntur Guntur-I Guntur-II H Harishchandrapuram K Kakinada Kankipadu Kothuru Kuchinapudi M Martur N Naguru Nellore P Parawada Puttur R Rajahmundry Rapur S Sathivada Sompeta T Therlam U Uttarapalli V Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam-I Visakhapatnam-II Vunukuru

Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh

Current

A: Achanta; Addanki; Adoni; Allagadda; Alur; Amadalavalasa; Amalapuram; Anakapalli; Anantapur Urban; Anaparthy; Araku Valley; Atmakur; Avanigadda
B: Badvel; Banaganapalle; Bapatla; Bheemili; Bhimavaram; Bobbili
C: Chandragiri; Cheepurupalli; Chilakaluripet; Chintalapudi; Chirala; Chittoor; Chodavaram
D: Darsi; Denduluru; Dharmavaram; Dhone
E: Elamanchili; Eluru; Etcherla
G: Gajapathinagaram; Gajuwaka; Gangadhara Nellore; Gannavaram (Konaseema); Gannavaram (Krishna); Giddalur; Gopalapuram; Gudivada; Gudur; Guntakal; Guntur East; Guntur West; Gurazala
H: Hindupur
I: Ichchapuram
J: Jaggampeta; Jaggayyapeta; Jammalamadugu
K: Kadapa; Kadiri; Kaikalur; Kakinada City; Kakinada Rural; Kalyandurg; Kamalapuram; Kandukur; Kanigiri; Kavali; Kodumur; Kodur; Kondapi; Kothapeta; Kovur; Kovvur; Kuppam; Kurnool; Kurupam
M: Macherla; Machilipatnam; Madakasira; Madanapalle; Madugula; Mandapeta; Mangalagiri; Mantralayam; Markapuram; Mummidivaram; Mydukur; Mylavaram
N: Nagari; Nandigama; Nandikotkur; Nandyal; Narasannapeta; Narasapuram; Narasaraopet; Narsipatnam; Nellimarla; Nellore City; Nellore Rural; Nidadavole; Nuzvid
O: Ongole
P: Paderu; Palakollu; Palakonda; Palamaner; Palasa; Pamarru; Panyam; Parchur; Parvathipuram; Pathapatnam; Pattikonda; Payakaraopet; Pedakurapadu; Pedana; Peddapuram; Penamaluru; Pendurthi; Penukonda; Pileru; Pithapuram; Polavaram; Ponnur; Prathipadu (Kakinada); Prathipadu (Guntur); Proddatur; Pulivendla; Punganur; Puthalapattu; Puttaparthi
R: Rajahmundry City; Rajahmundry Rural; Rajam; Rajampet; Rajanagaram; Ramachandrapuram; Rampachodavaram; Raptadu; Rayachoti; Rayadurg; Razole; Repalle
S: Salur; Santhanuthalapadu; Sarvepalli; Sattenapalle; Satyavedu; Singanamala; Srikakulam; Srikalahasti; Srisailam; Srungavarapukota; Sullurpeta
T: Tadepalligudem; Tadikonda; Tadpatri; Tanuku; Tekkali; Tenali; Thamballapalle; Tirupati; Tiruvuru; Tuni
U: Udayagiri; Undi; Unguturu; Uravakonda
V: Vemuru; Venkatagiri; Vijayawada Central; Vijayawada East; Vijayawada West; Vinukonda; Visakhapatnam East; Visakhapatnam North; Visakhapatnam South; Visakhapatnam West; Vizianagaram
Y: Yemmiganur; Yerragondapalem

Defunct

A: Allur; Anantapur; Attili
B: Bandar; Bheemunipatnam; Bhogapuram
C: Chintapalle; Cumbum
D: Duggirala
G: Guntur; Guntur-I; Guntur-II
H: Harishchandrapuram
K: Kakinada; Kankipadu; Kothuru; Kuchinapudi
M: Martur
N: Naguru; Nellore
P: Parawada; Puttur
R: Rajahmundry; Rapur
S: Sathivada; Sompeta
T: Therlam
U: Uttarapalli
V: Visakhapatnam; Visakhapatnam-I; Visakhapatnam-II; Vunukuru

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