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 the 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 |
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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-poll)
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 |
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 gain from INC | 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 YSRCP | 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 | ||||
YSRCP | Pinipe Viswarup | ||||
INC | Aithabathula Subhashini | ||||
Independent | |||||
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Turnout | |||||
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