Pithapuram Assembly constituency

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Pithapuram
Constituency No. 37 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Kakinada
LS constituency	Kakinada
Established	1951
Total electors	229,591
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Incumbent Pawan Kalyan Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Party	JSP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Pendem Dorababu

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

Pawan Kalyan is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 230,188 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:

Mandal
Gollaprolu
Pithapuram
Kothapalle

Mandals in Pithapuram Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952	R. V. Jagga Rao	Communist Party of India
1955	Vadrevu Gopalkrishna	Praja Party
1960 by-election	Peketi Thammiraju	Praja Party
1962	Rao Bhavanna	Indian National Congress
1967	Yalla Suryanarayanamurty
1972	Yalla Suryanarayanamurty
1978	Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao	Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Venna Nageswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Venna Nageswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao	Indian National Congress
1994	Venna Nageswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1999	Veera Bhadra Rao Sangisetti	Independent
2004	Pendem Dorababu	Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Vanga Geetha	Praja Rajyam Party
2014	S. V. S. N. Varma	Independent
2019	Pendem Dorababu	YSR Congress Party
2024	Pawan Kalyan	Janasena Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JSP	Pawan Kalyan	134,394	64.87
	YSRCP	Vanga Geetha Viswanath	64,115	30.95
	NOTA	None of the above	2,027	0.98
	INC	Madepalli Satyananda Rao	1,231	0.59
Majority			70,279	33.92
Turnout			207,169	86.63
	JSP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Pendem Dorababu	83,459	44.71
	TDP	S. V. S. N. Varma	68,467	36.68
	JSP	Makineedi Seshu Kumari	28,011	15.00
Majority			14,992	8.03
Turnout			186,682	83.31
	YSRCP gain from Independent		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. V. S. N. Varma	97,511	57.59
	YSRCP	Pendem Dorababu	50,431	29.78
	TDP	P. V. Viswam	15,187	8.90
Majority			47,080	27.81
Turnout			169,330	79.45	+1.16
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	Vanga Geetha	46,623	31.19
	TDP	S. V. S. N. Varma	45,587	30.50
	INC	Mudragada Padmanabham	43,431	29.05
Majority			1,036	0.69
Turnout			149,479	78.29	+6.56
	PRP gain from BJP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pendem Dorababu	46,518	50.47
	INC	K. V. Chandra Mohana Rao	28,628	31.06
Majority			17,899	19.41
Turnout			92,182	71.73	+3.08
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	R. V. Jagga Rao	18,920	38.55
	INC	R. Atachayya Rao	12,438	25.35	25.35
	KMPP	V. G. Krishna	10,357	21.10
	Independent	K. Rajalingeswara Rao	3,373	6.87
	Socialist	C. Bhavanarao	1,445	2.94%
	KLP	Triupathi Rao	1,375	2.80
	Independent	C. Sathiraju	1,166	2.38%
Margin of victory			6,482	13.21
Turnout			49,074	66.92
Registered electors			73,335
	CPI win (new seat)

References

"Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 18, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
"Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
generator, metatags. "JanaSena Party Official Website". JanaSena Party Official Website. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
"Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
"Assembly Constituency 37 - Pithapuram (Andhra Pradesh)". Election Commission of India. eci.gov.in. 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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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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