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Darsi (Assembly Constituency)

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

Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 214,233 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Talluru
Kurichedu
Mundlamuru
Darsi
Donakonda

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
1952 Sanikommu Kasi Reddy Communist Party of India
1955 Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Mahananda Ravipati Swatantra Party
1972 Dirisala Raja Gopala Reddy Indian National Congress
1978 Berre Gnana Prakasam Indian National Congress (I)
1983 Katuri Narayana Swamy Telugu Desam Party
1985 Narapusetty Sriramulu
1989 Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy Indian National Congress
1994 Narapusetty Sriramulu Telugu Desam Party
1997 Narapusetty Paparao
1999 Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy Indian National Congress
2004 Buchepalli Subba Reddy Independent
2009 Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy Indian National Congress
2014 Sidda Raghava Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Maddisetty Venugopal YSR Congress Party
2024 Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Sanekomma Kasireddi 18,703 58.16%
KLP Ravipathi Mohanada 7,317 22.75%
INC S. Kotireddi 6,139 19.09% 19.09%
Margin of victory 11,386 35.41%
Turnout 32,159 43.51%
Registered electors 73,909
CPI win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy 14,980 53.97%
CPI Singaraju Ramakrishnaiah 12,775 46.03%
Margin of victory 2,205 7.94%
Turnout 27,755 51.62%
Registered electors 53,769
INC gain from CPI Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy 14,411 35.55%
CPI Nusam Kasi Reddy 13,533 33.38%
Margin of victory 878 2.17%
Turnout 42,378 69.49%
Registered electors 60,980
INC hold Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SWA Mahananda Ravipati 32,931 56.96%
INC Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy]] 24,885 43.04%
Margin of victory 8,046 13.92%
Turnout 60,013 73.27%
Registered electors 81,904
Swantantra Party gain from INC Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC D Raja Gopala Reddy 31,125 52.44%
Independent Mahananda Ravipati 26,407 44.49%
Margin of victory 4,718 7.95%
Turnout 60,886 69.89%
Registered electors 87,117
INC gain from SWA Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Berre Gnana Prakasam 24,225 34.71%
JP Muvvala Srihari Rao 22,767 32.62%
Margin of victory 1,458 2.09%
Turnout 71,391 65.09%
Registered electors 109,673
INC(I) gain from INC Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Katuri Narayana Swamy 43,730 59.72%
INC Dirisala Raja Gopala Reddy 27,272 37.24%
Margin of victory 16,458 22.47%
Turnout 74,484 63.34%
Registered electors 117,585
TDP gain from INC(I) Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Narapusetty Sreeramulu 42,471 49.01%
INC Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy 42,193 48.69%
Margin of victory 278 0.32%
Turnout 87,885 65.19%
Registered electors 134,806
TDP hold Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy 56,165 49.51%
TDP Veginati Kotaiah 54,879 48.38%
Margin of victory 1,286 1.13%
Turnout 116,409 67.53%
Registered electors 172,389
INC gain from TDP Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Narapasetty Sriramulu 50,769 48.89%
INC Mohammed Ghouse Shaik 34,071 32.81%
Margin of victory 16,698 16.08%
Turnout 106,251 65.42%
Registered electors 162,407
TDP gain from INC Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy 70,387 54.61%
TDP Vema Venkata Subba Rao 57,209 44.38%
Margin of victory 13,178 10.22%
Turnout 132,436 68.54%
Registered electors 193,213
INC gain from TDP Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Buchepalli Subba Reddy 50,431 38.46
TDP Thoka Babu Rao 48,021 36.62 −7.76
INC Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy Sanikommu 29,575 22.55 −20.41
Majority 2,410 1.84
Turnout 131,125 72.26 +5.65
Independent gain from INC Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy 66,418 42.96
TDP Mannam Venkata Ramana 53,028 34.30
PRP Maddisetty Venugopal 27,221 17.61
Majority 13,390 8.66
Turnout 154,589 86.37 +14.11
INC gain from Independent Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Raghava Rao Sidda 88,821 49.00
YSRCP Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy 87,447 48.20
Majority 1,574 0.80
Turnout 182,010 91.52 +5.15
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Maddisetty Venugopal 111,914 57.29
TDP Thoka Babu Rao 72,857 37.30
JSP Botuku Ramesh Babu 3,828 2.5
Majority 39,057 19.75
Turnout 1,95,348 91.52
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy 101,889 49.2
TDP Gottipati Lakshmi 99,433 48.01
INC Putluri Kondareddy 1985 1.75
NOTA None Of The Above 2,107 1.07
Majority 2,456 1.18
Turnout 2,07,106
YSRCP 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). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  3. ^ "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.

Further reading

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