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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "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
- "AP Past Election Statistics". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 January 2020.