Salur
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Salur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictParvathipuram Manyam
LS constituencyAraku
Established1951
Total electors190,619[1]
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Salur is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[2] It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Araku Lok Sabha constituency.[3]

Rajanna Dora Peedika is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[4] As of 2019, there are a total of 190,619 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:[3]

Mandal
Salur
Pachipenta
Mentada
Makkuva

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
1952 Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora Krishikar Lok Party
1955 Allu Yerukunaidu Praja Socialist Party
1962 Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju Independent
1967 B. Rajayya
1972 Mutyallu Janni Indian National Congress
1978 S. R. T. P. S. Veerapa Raju Communist Party of India
1983 B. Rajaiah Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989 Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju Indian National Congress
1994 Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Deo Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004
2009 Rajanna Dora Peedika Indian National Congress
2014 YSR Congress Party
2019

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KLP Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora 19,408 53.40%
INC Alur Yorukumaiudu 6,760 18.60% 18.60%
Socialist Alaganji Ramamurthy 6,231 17.14%
Independent Kottakki Chiranjividas 3,944 10.85%
Margin of victory 12,648 34.80%
Turnout 36,343 46.85%
Registered electors 77,570
win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP R. P. Bhanj Deo 48,580 51.32 -6.86
INC Rajanna Dora Peedika 46,087 48.68 +8.45
Majority 2,493 2.64
Turnout 94,667 74.64 +2.52
TDP hold Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajanna Dora Peedika 49,517 40.94 -7.74
TDP Gummidi Sandhya Rani 47,861 39.57 -11.75
PRP Hanumantha Rao T.V. 13,479 11.14
Majority 1,656 1.37
Turnout 121,002 71.57 -3.07
INC gain from TDP Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Rajanna Dora Peedika 63,755 47.28
TDP Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Deo 58,758 43.57
Majority 4,997 3.71
Turnout 134,857 77.04 +5.47
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Rajanna Dora Peedika 78,430
TDP R.P. Bhanj Deo 58,401
Majority 20,029
Turnout
YSRCP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. "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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