Venkatagiri (Assembly constituency)
| Venkatagiri | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 122 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
 Location of Venkatagiri Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Tirupati |
| LS constituency | Tirupati |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 240,253 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Vacant | |
Venkatagiri Assembly constituency is a constituency in Tirupati 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 Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency.
Anam Ramanarayana Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party and subsequently extended support to Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there a total of 240,253 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
| Mandal |
|---|
| Kaluvoya |
| Rapur |
| Sydapuram |
| Dakkili |
| Venkatagiri |
| Balayapalle |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Padileti Venkataswami Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1955 | Padileti Venkataswami Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1956 (By-poll) | Allam Krishnaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Allam Krishnaiah | ||
| 1967 | Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah | Independent | |
| 1972 | Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Nallapareddy Sreenivasulu Reddy | ||
| 1983 | Nallareddy Chandrasekhara Reddy | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | V. Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra[2] | ||
| 1989 | Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Raja VVRK. Yachendra Velugoti | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999[3] | Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2014 | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Anam Ramanarayana Reddy | YSR Congress Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Padileti Venkatasami Reddi | 23,557 | 48.19% | 48.19% | |
| KLP | Katikinani Kalyan Rao | 17,463 | 35.72% | ||
| KMPP | Aravadbhoomi Ramachandra Reddi | 6,724 | 13.75% | ||
| Independent | Yaganti Ramalingam | 1,141 | 2.33% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,094 | 12.47% | |||
| Turnout | 48,885 | 57.01% | |||
| Registered electors | 85,742 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi | 57,830 | 49.66 | +4.34 | |
| TDP | Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra V | 51,135 | 43.91 | +8.53 | |
| Majority | 6,695 | 5.75 | |||
| Turnout | 116,450 | 78.98 | +5.12 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | 69,731 | 43.62 | -0.29 | |
| INC | Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi | 62,965 | 39.39 | -10.27 | |
| PRP | Meraga Murali Yadav | 19,970 | 12.49 | ||
| Majority | 6,766 | 4.23 | |||
| Turnout | 159,851 | 76.72 | -2.26 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | 83,669 | 47.43 | ||
| YSRCP | Kommi Lakshmi Naidu | 78,034 | 44.23 | ||
| Majority | 5,635 | 3.20 | |||
| Turnout | 176,417 | 81.68 | +4.96 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Anam Ramanarayana Reddy | 109,204 | 57.26 | ||
| TDP | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | 70,484 | 36.96 | ||
| BSP | Pallipati Raja | 2,253 | 1.18 | ||
| BJP | S. S. R. Naidu | 1,700 | 0.89 | ||
| Majority | 38,720 | 20.30 | |||
| Turnout | 1,90,714 | 79.39 | |||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
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- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1999". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.