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 Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
| Srikakulam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 5 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) 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 |
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
editThe two mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandals |
|---|
| Srikakulam |
| Gara |
Mandals in Srikakulam Assembly constituency
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit1952
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 69,168 | 52.8 |  9.3
| |
| TDP | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | 61,941 | 47.2 |  6.4
| |
| Majority | 7,227 | 5.5 | 4.4
| ||
| Turnout | 1,30,763 | 71.1 | 4.5
| ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | 7.84
|
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2009
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 56,457 | 38.8 | 14.0
| |
| TDP | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | 51,987 | 35.8 | 11.4
| |
| PRP | Kornu Nagarjun | 28,553 | 19.6 | New | |
| Majority | 4,470 | 3.1 | 2.4
| ||
| Turnout | 1,45,380 | 74.4 | 3.3
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 1.3
|
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2014
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gunda Lakshmi Devi | 88,814 | 54.3 | 18.5
| |
| YSRCP | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 64,683 | 39.5 | New | |
| INC | Chowdari Satish | 3,683 | 2.3 | 36.5
| |
| Majority | 24,131 | 14.7 | 11.6
| ||
| Turnout | 1,64,523 | 72.2 | 2.2
| ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | 27.5
|
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2019
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 84,084 | 48.3 | 8.8
| |
| TDP | Gunda Lakshmi Devi | 78,307 | 45.0 | 9.3
| |
| JSP | Korada Sarveswara Rao | 7,557 | 4.3 | New | |
| INC | Chowdari Satish | 1,827 | 1.1 | 1.2
| |
| BJP | Challa Venkateswara Rao | 1,340 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 5,777 | 3.3 | 11.4
| ||
| Turnout | 1,74,215 | 69.2 | 3.0
| ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | 9.05
|
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2024
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editReferences
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.