Amalapuram (Assembly Constituency)
Amalapuram is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency.
Aithabathula Anandarao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Uppalaguptam |
| Allavaram |
| Amalapuram |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
As part of Madras Presidency (until 1953)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Kala Venkata Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1946 | Kala Venkata Rao | ||
| 1952 | Nadimpalli Ramabhadra Raju | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
As part of Andhra State (1953-1956)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Golkoti Narasimha Murty | Independent politician | |
As part of United Andhra Pradesh (1956-2014)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Kudupudi Satyanarayana | Independent politician | |
| 1965 | Nadimpalli Ramabhadra Raju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | Independent politician | |
| 1972 | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Venkata Sri Rama Rao Palacholla | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | Independent politician | |
| 1985 | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | ||
| 1994 | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | ||
| 2004 | Chittabbai Kudupudi | Independent politician | |
| 2009 | Pinipe Viswarup | Indian National Congress | |
As part of Andhra Pradesh (since 2014-)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aithabathula Anandarao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Pinipe Viswarup | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Aithabathula Anandarao | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMPP | Nadimpalli Ramabhadra Raju | 80,180 | 36.52% | {{{change}}} | |
| SCF | Bojja Appalaswami | 66,742 | 30.40% | ||
| INC | Kala Venkata Rao | 27,218 | 12.40% | ||
| INC | Pandu Lakshmanaswami | 23,847 | 10.86% | ||
| Socialist | Aramate Paideswara Rao | 21,592 | 9.83% | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,438 | 6.12% | {{{change}}} | ||
| Turnout | 2,19,579 | 133.71% | {{{change}}} | ||
| Registered electors | 1,64,215 | ||||
| KMPP win (new seat) | |||||
1955
(Two seats: One reserved for general and other one for SC.)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Golkoti Narasimha Murty | 30,858 | |||
| CPI(M) | Guttula Narayandas | 26,165 | |||
| KSP | Kudupudi Satyanarayana | 25,856 | |||
| Independent | Bojja Appala Swamy | 22,657 | |||
| CPI(M) | Sarella Rama Rao | 19,575 | |||
| Independent | Chikile Gangisetti | 17,266 | |||
| Independent gain from KMPP | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kudupudi Suryanarayana | 23,581 | |||
| INC | Nadimpalli Venkatapathi | 20,820 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1965 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N.R.Raju | 25,166 | |||
| Independent | K.Venkataratnam | 20,235 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | K. P. Rao | 25,383 | |||
| INC | N. R. Raju | 22,091 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1972
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 35,048 | |||
| Independent | Ravanam Ramachendra Rao | 25,398 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1978 Venkata Sri Rama Rao Palacholla
1983
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Satyanarayana Rao | 41,283 | |||
| INC | Prabhakarrao Kudupudi | 32,354 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1985
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 41,296 | |||
| TDP | Ravanam Ramachandra Rao | 33,826 | |||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 45,863 | |||
| TDP | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 41,590 | |||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
1994
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Dr. Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 52,926 | |||
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakararao | 36,112 | |||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 53,246 | |||
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 34,466 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Chittabbai Kudupudi | 31,858 | 33.35 | +11.00 | |
| TDP | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 27,818 | 29.12 | −28.98 | |
| INC | Tadi Tatarao | 24,777 | 25.93 | −11.68 | |
| Majority | 4,040 | 4.23 | |||
| Turnout | 95,535 | 77.54 | +3.62 | ||
| Independent gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pinipe Viswarup | 57,922 | 41.96 | +16.03 | |
| PRP | Chinta Krishnamurthy | 51,649 | 37.41 | ||
| TDP | Aithabathula Anandarao | 23,185 | 16.79 | −12.33 | |
| Majority | 6,273 | 4.55 | |||
| Turnout | 138,056 | 79.71 | +2.17 | ||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Aithabathula Anandarao | 76,444 | 50.99 | ||
| YSRCP | Babu Rao Golla | 64,031 | 42.71 | ||
| Majority | 12,413 | 8.28 | |||
| Turnout | 149,928 | 78.32 | −1.39 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Pinipe Viswarup | 72,003 | 42.51% | ||
| TDP | Aithabathula Anandarao | 46,349 | 27.36% | ||
| JSP | Shetty Battula Rajababu | 45,200 | 26.69% | ||
| Majority | 25,654 | 15.15% | |||
| Turnout | 169,382 | ||||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Aithabathula Anandarao | 104,022 | 58.56 | ||
| YSRCP | Pinipe Viswarup | 65,394 | 36.81 | ||
| INC | Aithabathula Subhashini | 1357 | 0.76 | ||
| Independent | Dantuluri | 11 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 38628 | 21.74 | |||
| Turnout | 177636 | ||||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ p. 289, The Who's who in Madras, Issue 9, Pearl Press, 1937.
- ^ Jaffrelot, Christophe; Kumar, Sanjay (2012). Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies. Routledge. p. 281. ISBN 9781136516610. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: East Godavari". books.google.com. Director of Print. and Stationery at the Government Secretariat Press. 1979. p. 423. Retrieved 13 August 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.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1955 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ANDHRA PRADESH" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
Notes
- ^ The members of the first assembly of Andhra Pradesh who were elected from the 1955 election in the Andhra state were allowed a seven-year term. That is to say in 1957, elections were conducted in the newly added region of Telangana alone and then in 1962 general elections were held for the state as a whole.
- ^ Contested on behalf of Telugu Desam Party