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Chirala (Assembly Constituency)

Chirala Assembly constituency is a constituency in Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency.

Madduluri Malakondaiah Yadav is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 190,408 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Chirala
Vetapalem

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
1952 Pragada Kotaiah Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1955 Pragada Kotaiah Indian National Congress
1962 Jagarlamudi Lakshminarayana Chowdary Communist Party of India
1967 Pragada Kotaiah Indian National Congress
1972 Kotaiah Guddanti
1978 Mutte Venkateswarlu Indian National Congress (I)
1981 by-election Sajja Chandramouli Janata Party
1983 Chimata Sambu Telugu Desam Party
1985 Sajja Chandramouli
1989 Konijeti Rosaiah Indian National Congress
1994 Paleti Rama Rao Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004 Konijeti Rosaiah Indian National Congress
2009 Amanchi Krishna Mohan
2014 Independent
2019 Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy Telugu Desam Party
2024 Madduluri Malakondaiah Yadav

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KMPP Pragada Kotaiah 16,521 31.89%
Independent Uthukuri Upendra Gupta 8,290 16.00%
KLP Doggapati Raghavaiah 8,247 15.92%
Independent Sabhanam Ramasubba Rao 6,149 11.87%
Independent Nukalapati Joseph 5,437 10.49%
INC Salagala Benjamin 5,123 9.89% 9.89%
Independent Bavanam Kotireddi 1,365 2.63%
Independent S. A. Basid 678 1.31%
Margin of victory 8,231 15.89%
Turnout 51,810 70.28%
Registered electors 73,719
KMPP win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pragada Kotaiah 24,598 57.04
CPI Jagarlamudi Lakshmi Narayana Chowdary 18,525 42.96
Margin of victory 6,073 14.08%
Turnout 43,123 69.32%
Registered electors 62,205
INC gain from KMPP Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Jagarlamudi Lakshmi Narayana Chowdary 25,164 45.05
INC Pragada Kotaiah 20,136 36.05
Margin of victory 5,028 9.00%
Turnout 57,252 80.81%
Registered electors 70,851
CPI gain from INC Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pragada Kotaiah 25,704 46.67
Independent Konijeti Rosaiah 23,138 42.01
Margin of victory 2,566 4.66
Registered electors 74,697
Turnout 57,298 76.71
INC gain from CPI Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kotaiah Guddanti 29,476 49.01
Independent Sajja Chandramouli 28,878 48.02
Margin of victory 598 0.99
Registered electors 82,908
Turnout 61,065 73.65
INC hold Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Mutte Venkateswarlu 36,114 43.47
JP Sajja Chandramouli 34,257 41.23
Margin of victory 1,857 2.24
Registered electors 111,408
Turnout 84,384 75.74
INC gain from INC Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Chimata Sambu 50,205 60.33
INC Bandla Bala Venkateswarlu 16,518 19.85
Margin of victory 33,687 40.48
Registered electors 133,603
Turnout 84,276 63.08
TDP gain from INC(I) Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Sajja Chandramouli 44,156 51.57
INC Ande Narasimha Rao 35,384 41.32
Margin of victory 8,772 10.24
Registered electors 131,597
Turnout 86,830 65.98
TDP hold Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Konijeti Rosaiah 64,235 60.08
TDP Chimata Sambu 40,902 38.26
Margin of victory 23,333 21.83
Registered electors 159,095
Turnout 109,772 69.00
INC gain from TDP Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Paleti Rama Rao 54,039 49.38
INC Konijeti Rosaiah 50,433 46.08
Margin of victory 3,606 3.29
Registered electors 152,178
Turnout 110,809,394 72.82
TDP gain from INC Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Paleti Rama Rao 60,806 54.77
INC Anjalee Devi Goli 47,298 42.60
Margin of victory 13,508 12.17
Registered electors 180,481
Turnout 113,394 62.83
TDP hold Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Konijeti Rosaiah 73,497 61.93 +19.33
TDP Paleti Rama Rao 43,420 36.59 −18.18
Majority 30,077 25.34
Turnout 118,670 75.26 +13.74
INC gain from TDP Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amanchi Krishna Mohan 56,600 43.63 −18.30
TDP Janjanam Srinivasarao 45,314 34.93 −1.66
PRP Paleti Rama Rao 21,482 16.56
Majority 11,286 9.70
Turnout 129,737 79.20 +3.94
INC hold Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Amanchi Krishna Mohan 57,544 37.30
TDP Pothula Suneetha 47,209 30.60
YSRCP Balaji Yadam 40,955 26.47
Majority 10,335 6.70
Turnout 154,700 81.56 +2.36
Independent gain from INC Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy 83,901 53.27 +22.67
YSRCP Amanchi Krishna Mohan 66,482 42.21 +15.74
Majority 17,419 26.20
Turnout 157,511 na na
TDP gain from Independent Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Madduluri Malakondaiah Yadav 72,700 42.68
YSRCP Karanam Venkatesh 51,716 30.36
INC Amanchi Krishna Mohan 41,859 24.58
NOTA None Of The Above 1,255 0.74
Majority 20,984 12.31
Turnout 1,70,328
TDP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 22, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

Further reading

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