Etcherla Assembly Constituency
Etcherla Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam 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.
Nadukuditi Eswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatiya Janta Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 231,279 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Etcherla |
| Laveru |
| Ranasthalam |
| G.Sigadam |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | N. A. Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Balllada Hariappala Reddy | Independent | |
| 1978 | Kothapalli Narasayya | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | K. Pratibha Bharati | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Kondru Murali Mohan | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Meesala Neelakantam | ||
| 2014 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Gorle Kiran Kumar | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Nadukuditi Eswara Rao | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 58,676 | 52.6 |  8.5
| |
| TDP | Kavalipratibha Bharathi | 52,987 | 47.5 |  7.6
| |
| Majority | 5,689 | 5.1 | 5.4
| ||
| Turnout | 1,11,640 | 76.7 | 6.3
| ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | 8.05
|
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2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Meesala Neelakantam | 59,365 | 39.1 | 13.5
| |
| TDP | Nayana Suryanarayana Reddy | 44,350 | 29.2 | 18.3
| |
| PRP | Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao | 29,957 | 19.7 | New | |
| Independent | Gorle Haribabunaidu | 6,893 | 4.5 | New | |
| LSP | Appalanaidu Gurugubilli | 3,287 | 2.2 | New | |
| BJP | Paidi Venugopalam | 3,037 | 2.0 | New | |
| RJD | Appararao Dabbada | 2,612 | 1.7 | New | |
| BSP | Gudivada Kuppayya | 2,300 | 1.5 | New | |
| Majority | 15,015 | 9.9 | 4.8
| ||
| Turnout | 1,51,801 | 80.8 | 4.1
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 2.4
|
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2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao | 85,769 | 49.5 | 20.3
| |
| YSRCP | Gorle Kiran Kumar | 81,028 | 46.8 | New | |
| INC | Ravikiran Kilari | 2,148 | 1.2 | 37.9
| |
| LSP | Amminaidu Paidi | 1,344 | 0.8 | 1.4
| |
| BSP | Gudivada Kuppayya | 1,023 | 0.6 | 0.9
| |
| AAP | Dhanalakoti Ramanah | 849 | 0.5 | New | |
| JSP | Venkatarao Vandana | 517 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 4,741 | 2.7 | 7.2
| ||
| Turnout | 1,74,001 | 82.8 | 2.0
| ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | 29.1
|
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2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Gorle Kiran kumar | 106,672 | 52.3 | 5.5
| |
| TDP | Kimidi Kala Venkata Rao | 80,961 | 42.4 | 7.1
| |
| JSP | Badana Venkata Janardhan Rao | 5,068 | 2.7 | New | |
| INC | Kottakotla Simhadri Naidu | 2,135 | 1.1 | 0.1
| |
| BJP | Surya Prakash Rokkam | 1,022 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 18,711 | 9.8 | 7.1
| ||
| Turnout | 1,90,744 | 84.2 | 1.4
| ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | 6.3
|
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2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nadukuditi Eswara Rao | 112,770 | 54.59 | 54.09
| |
| YSRCP | Gorle Kiran kumar | 83,681 | 40.51 | 11.79
| |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,952 | 1.91 | ||
| INC | K. Malleswara Rao | 2,452 | 1.19 | 0.09
| |
| Majority | 29,089 | 14.08 | |||
| Turnout | 2,06,562 | ||||
| BJP 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. 16, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Etcherla Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (4 June 2024). "BJP opens its account in Srikakulam district". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.