Anakapalli (Assembly Constituency)
Anakapalle Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anakapalle Lok Sabha constituency.
Konathala Ramakrishna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 204,699 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The two mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Koduganti Govinda Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | Beesetti Appa Rao | Krishikar Lok Party | |
| 1962 | Koduganti Govinda Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | Pentakota Venkata Ramana | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Koduganti Govinda Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1983 | Raja Kanna Babu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Konathala Ramakrishna | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | Praja Rajyam Party | |
| 2014 | Peela Govinda Satyanarayana | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Gudivada Amarnath | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Konathala Ramakrishna | Janasena Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Koduganti Govinda Rao | 18,505 | 41.42% | ||
| KLP | Villuri Venkataramana | 11,886 | 26.61% | ||
| INC | Boddeda Atchannaiudu | 9,797 | 21.93% | 21.93% | |
| Independent | Talupala Venkatarao Nauyudu | 4,485 | 10.04% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,619 | 14.82% | |||
| Turnout | 44,673 | 59.84% | |||
| Registered electors | 74,650 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 52,570 | 50.04% | 5.04% | |
| INC | Konathala Ramakrishna | 49039 | 46.52% | 46.42% | |
| Majority | 3711 | 3.72% | |||
| Turnout | 105417 | 72.19% | |||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Konathala Ramakrishna | 63,277 | 56.97 | +10.45 | |
| TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 46,244 | 41.64 | −8.40 | |
| Majority | 17,033 | 15.33 | |||
| Turnout | 111,061 | 74.80 | +4.29 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRP | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | 58,568 | 40.79 | ||
| INC | Konathala Ramakrishna | 47,702 | 33.22 | −23.75 | |
| TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 28,528 | 19.87 | −21.77 | |
| Majority | 10,866 | 7.57 | |||
| Turnout | 143,588 | 78.54 | +3.74 | ||
| PRP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Peela Govinda Satyanarayana | 79,911 | 53.33 | ||
| YSRCP | Raghunath Konathala | 57,570 | 38.42 | ||
| Majority | 22,341 | 14.91 | |||
| Turnout | 149,837 | 78.91 | +0.37 | ||
| TDP gain from PRP | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Gudivada Amarnath | 73,207 | 45.97 | ||
| TDP | Peela Govinda Satyanarayana | 65,038 | 40.84 | ||
| JSP | Paruchuri Bhaskara Rao | 12,988 | 7.53 | ||
| Majority | 8,169 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Konathala Ramakrishna | 115,126 | 66.63 | ||
| YSRCP | Malasala Bharath Kumar | 49,362 | 28.57 | ||
| INC | Illa Rama Gangadhara Rao | 1895 | 1.1 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1853 | 1.07 | ||
| Majority | 65,764 | ||||
| Turnout | 172,778 | ||||
| JSP 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. 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Anakapalli Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh". Elections in India. Retrieved 9 August 2023.