Kovvur Assembly constituency

Kovvur is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in East Godavari 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 Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Kovvur
Constituency No. 54 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Kovvur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictEast Godavari
LS constituencyRajahmundry
Established1951
Total electors176,409
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTelugu Desam Party
Elected year2024

Muppidi Venkateswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] [needs update] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

History

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It is considered a stronghold of TDP, which won all the election battles here since its inception in 1983 except in 1999 when congress won with sufficient majority. Currently, Taneti Vanita (YSR Congress) is the present Kovvur constituency's MLA, who won 2019 Assembly elections against Vangalapudi Anitha (TDP) with a majority of 25,248 votes.[4]

Mandals

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

Mandal
Kovvur
Chagallu
Tallapudi

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Political party
1952[5] P. Sreeramachandra Rao Communist Party of India
1955 Alluri Bapineedu Indian National Congress
1962
1967 K. B. Rayudu Independent
1972 Alla Hanumantha Rao
1978 Munshi Abdul Aziz Indian National Congress
1983 Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989
1994
1999 G. S. Rao Indian National Congress
2004 Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao Telugu Desam Party
2009 T. V. Rama Rao
2014 K. S. Jawahar
2019 Taneti Vanitha YSR Congress Party
2024 Muppidi Venkateswara Rao Telugu Desam Party

Election results

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1952

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1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kovvur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Pinnamaneeni Sreeramachandra Rao 32,655 17.73%
INC Alluri Bapineedu 25,930 14.08% 14.08%
KMPP Mallapudi Rajeswara Rao 22,664 12.30%
Independent Kalaputi Adeyya 22,459 12.19%
KMPP Pendyala Sree Ramachandra Venkatakrishna Ranga Rao 21,440 11.64%
INC N. Sreenivasa Rao 18,091 9.82% 9.82%
Independent Kaigala Suryachandra Rao 13,744 7.46%
RPI Erlapati Venkanna 12,570 6.82%
Independent Jeedigunta Suryanarayana Rao 5,698 3.09%
Independent Jonnalagadda Sreenivasa Sastry 4,950 2.69%
Independent Venpala Venkateswara Rao 3,994 2.17%
Margin of victory 6,725 3.65%
Turnout 1,84,195 136.86%
Registered electors 1,34,587
CPI win (new seat)

2004

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2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kovvur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao 65,329 48.26 +2.47
INC G S Rao 63,998 47.27 −3.76
Majority 1,331 28.89
Turnout 135,378 79.52 +5.33
TDP gain from INC Swing

2009

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2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kovvur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP T V Rama Rao 55,669 41.80 −6.46
INC Koyye Moshenu Raju 40,191 30.18 −17.09
PRP Bunga Saradhi 29,285 21.99
Majority 15,478 11.62
Turnout 133,179 83.78 +4.26
TDP hold Swing

2014

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2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kovvur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Kothapalli Samuel Jawahar 74,661 51.88
YSRCP Taneti Vanitha 61,916 43.02
Majority 12,745 8.86
Turnout 143,910 85.30 +1.52
TDP hold Swing

2019

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2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kovvur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Taneti Vanitha 79,892 52.35
TDP Vangalapudi Anitha 54,644 35.80
BSP Ravi Kumar Murthy Tamballapalli 11,677 7.65
Majority 25,248 16.54
Turnout 1,52,611 86.41 0.1
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2024

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2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kovvur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Muppidi Venkateswara Rao 92,743 58.29
YSRCP Talari Venkat Rao 58,797 36.95
INC Arigela Aruna Kumari 1,897 1.19
NOTA None Of The Above 2,465 1.55
Majority 33,946 21.34
Turnout 1,59,111
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 19, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Kovvur Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  4. ^ "View Previous Years Question Papers". www.indiastudychannel.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Kovvur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
  6. ^ "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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