Srikakulam Assembly constituency
Srikakulam | |
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Constituency No. 5 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Location of Srikakulam Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Srikakulam |
LS constituency | Srikakulam |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 255,177 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | TDP |
Elected year | 2024 |
Srikakulam Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam 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 Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Gondu Shankar Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 255,177 electors in the constituency.[4][needs update] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
[edit]The two mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
Mandals |
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Srikakulam |
Gara |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Year | Member | Political party | |
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1952 | Killi Appala Naidu | Krishikar Lok Party | |
1955 | Pasagada Suryanarayana | Independent politician | |
1962 | Andhavarapu Thavitiah | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | Tangi Satyanarayana | Swatantra Party | |
1972 | Challa Lakshminarayana | Independent | |
1978 | Janata Party | ||
1983 | Tangi Satyanarayana | Telugu Desam Party | |
1985 | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | ||
1989 | |||
1994 | |||
1999 | |||
2004 | Dharmana Prasada Rao | Indian National Congress | |
2009 | |||
2014 | Gunda Lakshmi Devi | Telugu Desam Party | |
2019 | Dharmana Prasada Rao | YSR Congress Party | |
2024 | Gondu Shankar | Telugu Desam Party |
Election results
[edit]1952
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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KLP | Killi Appala Naidu | 17,668 | 15.55% | ||
KLP | Kavali Narayana | 16,244 | 14.30% | ||
INC | Kottapalli Narasayya | 16,222 | 14.28% | 14.28% | |
INC | Thammineni Paparao | 15,028 | 13.23% | 13.23% | |
Independent | Gundu Surya Naidu | 12,210 | 10.75% | ||
Independent | Nadimpalli Lingaraju | 10,960 | 9.65% | ||
Socialist | Lolugu Sreeramulu Naiudu | 9,453 | 8.32% | ||
Independent | Muddada Gurayya | 6,524 | 5.74% | ||
Independent | S. P. S. Appalacharyulu | 4,781 | 4.21% | ||
Independent | Ruppa Appalaswamy | 4,542 | 4.00% | ||
Margin of victory | 1,424 | 1.25% | |||
Turnout | 1,13,632 | 80.72% | |||
Registered electors | 1,40,781 | ||||
win (new seat) |
2004
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 69,168 | 52.8 | ![]() | |
TDP | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | 61,941 | 47.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 7,227 | 5.5 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,30,763 | 71.1 | ![]() | ||
INC gain from TDP | Swing | ![]() |
2009
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 56,457 | 38.8 | ![]() | |
TDP | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | 51,987 | 35.8 | ![]() | |
PRP | Kornu Nagarjun | 28,553 | 19.6 | New | |
Majority | 4,470 | 3.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,45,380 | 74.4 | ![]() | ||
INC hold | Swing | ![]() |
2014
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Gunda Lakshmi Devi | 88,814 | 54.3 | ![]() | |
YSRCP | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 64,683 | 39.5 | New | |
INC | Chowdari Satish | 3,683 | 2.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 24,131 | 14.7 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,64,523 | 72.2 | ![]() | ||
TDP gain from INC | Swing | ![]() |
2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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YSRCP | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 84,084 | 48.3 | ![]() | |
TDP | Gunda Lakshmi Devi | 78,307 | 45.0 | ![]() | |
JSP | Korada Sarveswara Rao | 7,557 | 4.3 | New | |
INC | Chowdari Satish | 1,827 | 1.1 | ![]() | |
BJP | Challa Venkateswara Rao | 1,340 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 5,777 | 3.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,74,215 | 69.2 | ![]() | ||
YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ![]() |
2024
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Gondu Shankar | 117,091 | 60.93 | ||
YSRCP | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 64,570 | 33.6 | ||
INC | Ambati Krishna Rao | 4,353 | 2.27 | ||
NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,373 | 1.76 | ||
Majority | 52,521 | 27.33 | |||
Turnout | 1,92,168 | ||||
TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: TDP's Gondu Shankar with 117091 defeats YSRCP's Dharmana Prasada Rao". India Today. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "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.