Cheepurupalli (Assembly Constituency)
Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 198,832 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Cheepurupalli |
| Garividi |
| Gurla |
| Merakamudidam |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu | Independent | |
| 1955 | Modandi Satyanarayana Raju | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Kotla Sanyasi Appala Naidu | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | T. R. Rao | Independent | |
| 1972 | Pydapu Naidu routhu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Chigilipalli Syamalarao | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1983 | Tripurana Venkata Ratnam | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Kemburi Rama Mohan Rao | ||
| 1989 | Tankala Saraswatamma | ||
| 1994 | Gadde Babu Rao | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Botsa Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | Kimidi Mrunalini | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Botsa Satyanarayana | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu | 23,446 | 19.32% | ||
| Independent | Mudundi Satyanarayanaraju | 23,289 | 19.19% | ||
| INC | Peddinti Ramaswamy Naidu | 15,888 | 13.09% | 13.09% | |
| INC | Pothula Gunnayya | 14,953 | 12.32% | 12.32% | |
| Socialist | Tentu Lakshmanajudu | 14,790 | 12.19% | ||
| KLP | Mondata Parannaidu | 10,746 | 8.85% | ||
| KLP | Kothapalle Pannayya | 8,853 | 7.29% | ||
| Independent | Gollapalli Sambayya | 5,716 | 4.71% | ||
| Independent | Beri Geddayya | 3,693 | 3.04% | ||
| Margin of victory | 157 | 0.13% | |||
| Turnout | 1,21,374 | 80.16% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,51,407 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Botcha Satyanarayana | 58,008 | 52.62 | +18.98 | |
| TDP | Gaddae Babu Rao | 46,974 | 42.61 | +4.29 | |
| Majority | 11,034 | 10.01 | |||
| Turnout | 110,229 | 73.63 | +4.32 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Botcha Satyanarayana | 60,677 | 42.65 | −9.97 | |
| TDP | Gadde Babu Rao | 54,735 | 38.47 | −4.14 | |
| PRP | Sunitha Routhu | 16,418 | 11.54 | ||
| Majority | 5,942 | 4.18 | |||
| Turnout | 142,281 | 79.87 | +6.24 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kimidi Mrunalini | 63,787 | 41.61 | ||
| INC | Botcha Satyanarayana | 42,945 | 27.88 | ||
| YSRCP | Bellana Chandra Sekhar | 42,179 | 27.52 | ||
| Majority | 20,842 | 13.59 | |||
| Turnout | 154,054 | 81.38 | +1.51 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Botcha Satyanarayana | 89,262 | 53.81 | ||
| TDP | Kimidi Nagarjuna | 62,764 | 37.84 | ||
| JSP | Mylipalli Srinivasa Rao | 3,659 | 2.21 | ||
| Majority | 26,498 | 15.97 | |||
| Turnout | 154,054 | 81.38 | +1.51 | ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | 88,225 | 50.98 | ||
| YSRCP | Botcha Satyanarayana | 76254 | 44.06 | ||
| INC | Aadinarayana | 4,075 | 2.36 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,855 | 1.65 | ||
| Majority | 11,971 | 6.06 | |||
| Turnout | 1,73,055 | 82.52 | |||
| 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. 17, 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.
- ^ Staff Reporter (25 May 2019). "Many MLAs in the race for berths in Jagan's Cabinet". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 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.