Araku Valley Assembly constituency
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Araku Valley is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju 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 Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Araku Valley | |
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Constituency No. 28 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Location of Araku Valley Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Alluri Sitharama Raju |
LS constituency | Araku |
Established | 2008 |
Total electors | 220,773 |
Reservation | ST |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | YSRCP |
Elected year | 2024 |
Regam Matyalingam is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 220,773 electors in the constituency.[1][needs update] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
editThe six mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
Mandal |
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Munchingi Puttu |
Peda Bayalu |
Dumbriguda |
Araku Valley |
Hukumpeta |
Ananthagiri |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
editYear | Member | Political party | |
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2009 | Siveri Soma | Telugu Desam Party | |
2014 | Kidari Sarveswara Rao | YSR Congress Party | |
2019 | Chetti Palguna | ||
2024 | Regam Matyalingam |
Election results
edit2024
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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YSRCP | Regam Matyalingam | 65,658 | 36.71 | ||
BJP | Pangi Raja Rao | 33,781 | 18.89 | ||
Independent | Vanthala Ramanna | 13,555 | 7.58 | ||
BSP | Lake Rajarao | 13,506 | 7.55 | ||
INC | Gangadharaswami Setty | 12,503 | 6.99 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 3,593 | 2.01 | ||
Majority | 31,877 | 17.82 | |||
Turnout | 1,78,852 | ||||
YSRCP hold | Swing |
2019
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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YSRCP | Chetti Palguna | 53,101 | 33.70 | ||
AIFB | Donnu Dora Siyyari | 27,660 | 17.55 | ||
TDP | Kidari Sravan Kumar | 19,929 | 12.65 | ||
Majority | 25,441 | 16.15 | |||
Turnout | 157,575 | 71.34 | +1.22 | ||
YSRCP hold | Swing |
2014
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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YSRCP | Kidari Sarveswara Rao | 63,700 | 43.88 | ||
TDP | Siveri Soma | 29,647 | 20.42 | ||
Independent | Ravibabu Kumbha | 25,789 | 17.76 | ||
Majority | 34,053 | 23.46 | |||
Turnout | 150,109 | 70.12 | +8.93 | ||
YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing |
2009
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Siveri Soma | 34,959 | 29.04 | ||
INC | Vanjangi Kanthamma | 34,557 | 28.71 | ||
Independent | Gangadhara Swamy Setti | 19,165 | 15.92 | ||
BSP | Pangi Raja Rao | 13,302 | 11.05 | ||
PRP | Mandi Jayavathi | 8,101 | 6.73 | ||
Majority | 402 | 0.33 | |||
Turnout | 120,459 | 61.19 | |||
TDP win (new seat) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "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. 18, 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.