Chodavaram
Constituency No. 26 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Chodavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictAnakapalli
LS constituencyAnakapalli
Established1951
Total electors210,313
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Karanam Dharmasri
Party  YSRCP
Elected year2019

Chodavaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anakapalle 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 Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Karanam Dharmasri 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 210,313 electors in the constituency.[1] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]

Mandal
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

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram[4]
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

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram
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

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram
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

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP KSN 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

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Karanam Dharmasri 94,215 53.92 +5.84
TDP KSN Raju 66,578 38.10 -10.53
JSP P. V. S. N. Raju 5,300 3.03
Majority 27,637
Turnout
Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "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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