Anakapalle Assembly constituency
| Anakapalle | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 30 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Location of Anakapalli Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Anakapalli |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Anakapalle |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 204,699 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JSP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Anakapalle Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anakapalli 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 Anakapalle Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Konathala Ramakrishna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 204,699 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The two mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Koduganti Govinda Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | Beesetti Appa Rao | Krishikar Lok Party | |
| 1962 | Koduganti Govinda Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | Pentakota Venkata Ramana | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Koduganti Govinda Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1983 | Raja Kanna Babu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Konathala Ramakrishna | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | Praja Rajyam Party | |
| 2014 | Peela Govinda Satyanarayana | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Gudivada Amarnath | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Konathala Ramakrishna | Janasena Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Koduganti Govinda Rao | 18,505 | 41.42% | ||
| KLP | Villuri Venkataramana | 11,886 | 26.61% | ||
| INC | Boddeda Atchannaiudu | 9,797 | 21.93% | 21.93% | |
| Independent | Talupala Venkatarao Nauyudu | 4,485 | 10.04% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,619 | 14.82% | |||
| Turnout | 44,673 | 59.84% | |||
| Registered electors | 74,650 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
1955
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLP | Beesetti Appa Rao | 19,957 | 49.96 | 23.35 | |
| CPI | Koduganti Govinda Rao (Incumbent) | 19,304 | 48.33 | 6.91 | |
| Independent | Pentakota Adinarayana Naidu | 684 | 1.71 | ||
| Majority | 653 | 1.63 | 13.19 | ||
| Turnout | 39,945 | 66.11 | 6.27 | ||
| KLP gain from Communist Party Of India | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Koduganti Govindarao | 23,523 | 66.62 | 18.29 | |
| INC | Budha Apparao Naidu | 11,786 | 33.37 | ||
| Majority | 11,737 | 33.25 1.63 | 31.62 | ||
| Turnout | 35,309 | ||||
| Communist Party Of India gain from KLP | Swing | ||||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Koduganti Govindarao | 20,539 | 39.59 | 27.03 | |
| SWA | B. V. Naidu | 12,249 | 23.61 | ||
| Independent | M. R. Raju | 7,456 | 14.37 | ||
| INC | A. Beesetti | 5,541 | 10.68 | 22.69 | |
| ABJS | J. C. Guruvulu | 1,271 | 1.9 | ||
| CPI(M) | K. R. Rao | 2,430 | 4.68 | ||
| Majority | 8,290 | 15.98 | 17.27 | ||
| Turnout | 51,881 | 73.39 | |||
| Communist Party Of India hold | Swing | ||||
1972
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pentakota Venkata Ramana | 29,053 | 51.33 | 40.65 | |
| CPI | Koduganti Govindarao | 22,160 | 39.15 | 0.44 | |
| ABJS | P. V. Chalaprahi Rao | 4,058 | 7.17 | 0.1 | |
| Independent | Peela Appla Naidu | 1,331 | 2.35 | ||
| Majority | 6,893 | 12.18 | 0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 56,602 | 66.03 | 7.36 | ||
| INC gain from Communist Party Of India | Swing | ||||
1978
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Koduganti Govindarao | 28,382 | 41.7 | 2.55 | |
| JP | P. V. Chalapitarao | 19,945 | 29.3 | ||
| Independent | Majji Prasadrao | 15,149 | 22.3 | ||
| Independent | Duvvda Venkatrao | 3,285 | 4.8 | ||
| RPI(K) | J. C. Guruvulu | 1,271 | 1.9 | ||
| Majority | 8,437 | 12.1 | 0.08 | ||
| Turnout | 70,006 | 75.1 | 9.07 | ||
| Communist Party Of India gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1983
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Raja Kanna Babu | 40,767 | 61.0 | ||
| INC | Malla Lakshminaravana | 15,383 | 23.0 | ||
| CPI | Koduganti Govindarao (incumbent) | 6,203 | 9.3 | 32.4 | |
| BJP | Yarramsetti Satyarao | 4,029 | 6.0 | ||
| Independent | Kotni Kannayya Dora | 414 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 25,384 | 37.1 | 25 | ||
| Turnout | 68,366 | 69.6 | 5.5 | ||
| TDP gain from Communist Party Of India | Swing | ||||
1985
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 51,083 | 70.3% | 9.3 | |
| INC | Nimmadala Satyanarayana | 21,542 | 29.7 | 6.7 | |
| Majority | 29,541 | 39.8 | 2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 74,306 | 68.7 | 0.9 | ||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 46,287 | 50.8 | 19.5 | |
| INC | Dantuluri Dileep Kumar | 44,029 | 48.3 | 18.6 | |
| BSP | Kandregula Sarveswara Rao | 876 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 2,258 | 2.4 | 37.4 | ||
| Turnout | 94,240 | 75.7 | 7 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1994
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 45,577 | 45.0 | 5.8 | |
| Independent | Dantuluri Dilip Kumar | 43,966 | 43.4 | 4.9 | |
| INC | Venkata Jaggarao Peela | 9,883 | 9.8 | 38.5 | |
| BJP | Elugula Venkatarao | 1,093 | 1.1 | ||
| BSP | Karri Venkunaidu | 302 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
| Jharkhand Party | Gonthina Satyarao | 288 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Buddha Varaha Satyanarayana | 86 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Valisetty Sankararao | 82 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,611 | 1.6 | 0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 102,823 | 75.9 | 0.2 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 52,570 | 50.04% | 5.04% | |
| INC | Konathala Ramakrishna | 49039 | 46.52% | 46.42% | |
| Majority | 3711 | 3.72% | |||
| Turnout | 105417 | 72.19% | |||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Konathala Ramakrishna | 63,277 | 56.97 | +10.45 | |
| TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 46,244 | 41.64 | −8.40 | |
| Majority | 17,033 | 15.33 | |||
| Turnout | 111,061 | 74.80 | +4.29 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRP | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | 58,568 | 40.79 | ||
| INC | Konathala Ramakrishna | 47,702 | 33.22 | −23.75 | |
| TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 28,528 | 19.87 | −21.77 | |
| Majority | 10,866 | 7.57 | |||
| Turnout | 143,588 | 78.54 | +3.74 | ||
| PRP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Peela Govinda Satyanarayana | 79,911 | 53.33 | ||
| YSRCP | Raghunath Konathala | 57,570 | 38.42 | ||
| Majority | 22,341 | 14.91 | |||
| Turnout | 149,837 | 78.91 | +0.37 | ||
| TDP gain from PRP | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Gudivada Amarnath | 73,207 | 45.97 | ||
| TDP | Peela Govinda Satyanarayana | 65,038 | 40.84 | ||
| JSP | Paruchuri Bhaskara Rao | 12,988 | 7.53 | ||
| Majority | 8,169 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Konathala Ramakrishna | 115,126 | 66.63 | ||
| YSRCP | Malasala Bharath Kumar | 49,362 | 28.57 | ||
| INC | Illa Rama Gangadhara Rao | 1895 | 1.1 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1853 | 1.07 | ||
| Majority | 65,764 | ||||
| Turnout | 172,778 | ||||
| JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e "Anakapalli Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh". Elections in India. Retrieved 9 August 2023.