Palakonda Assembly constituency
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| Palakonda | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 10 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Palakonda Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Parvathipuram Manyam |
| LS constituency | Araku |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 184,414 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | YSR Congress Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Palakonda is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam 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 the Araku.[2]
Viswasarayi Kalavathi is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 184,414 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Palakonda |
| Seethampeta |
| Veeraghattam |
| Bhamini |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Palavasa Sangam Naiudu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1955 | Pydi Narasimhapparao | Independent | |
| 1962 | Kemburu Suryanarayana Naidu | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | J. Joji | ||
| 1972 | Kottapalli Narasayya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Kambala Rajaratnam | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Syama Rao Gonipati | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Tale Bhadrayya | ||
| 1989 | P. J. Amruta Kumari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Tale Bhadrayya | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | P. J. Amruta Kumari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2004 | Kambala Jogulu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2009 | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | |||
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Palavasa Sangam Naiudu | 15,942 | 42.22% | 42.22% | |
| KLP | Moosala Rajaratnam Naiudu | 14,296 | 37.86% | ||
| Independent | Kodinarayananaswami | 5,265 | 13.94% | ||
| Socialist | Vavilapalli Satyanarayanana Naiudu | 2,256 | 5.97% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,646 | 4.36% | |||
| Turnout | 37,759 | 56.20% | |||
| Registered electors | 67,182 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kambala Jogulu | 42,327 | 53.3 |  21.8
| |
| INC | T. Rajababu | 30,703 | 38.7 | 7.3
| |
| Majority | 11,624 | 14.7 | 13.3
| ||
| Turnout | 79,347 | 72.5 | 8.1
| ||
| TDP gain from BJP | Swing | 10.9
|
|||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | 45,909 | 42.4 | 3.7
| |
| TDP | Gopalarao Nimmaka | 29,759 | 27.5 |  25.8
| |
| PRP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 21,725 | 20.1 | New | |
| Majority | 16,150 | 14.9 | 0.2
| ||
| Turnout | 1,08,295 | 69.8 | 2.7
| ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | 14.75
|
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2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 55,337 | 46.1 | New | |
| TDP | Nimmaka Jaya Krishna | 53,717 | 44.8 | 17.3
| |
| CPI(M) | Pattika Kumar | 3,165 | 2.6 | New | |
| INC | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | 3,162 | 2.6 | 39.8
| |
| CPI | Kurangi Manmadha Rao | 2,483 | 2.1 | New | |
| Majority | 1,620 | 1.3 | 13.6
| ||
| Turnout | 1,21,428 | 72.2 | 2.4
| ||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | ||||
| JSP | Nimmaka Jayakrishna | ||||
| INC | Sarava Chanti Babu | ||||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| 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. 16, 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.