Gudivada (Assembly Constituency)
Gudivada Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.
Most successful political parties
INC (4 terms) (20%)
TDP (9 terms) (45%)
INC(I) (2 terms) (10%)
CPI (3 terms) (15%)
YSRCP (2 terms) (10%)
Venigandla Ramu 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 208,305 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Gudivada |
| Gudlavalleru |
| Nandivada |
Member of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Gungi Rama Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1953 | Katragadda Rajagopala Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | Vemula Kurmayya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Gungi Rama Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Musunuri Kasthuri Devi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Yerneni Subramanyam | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Katari Satyanarayana Rao | ||
| 1978 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1983 | Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1985 | Raavi Sobhanadri Chowdary | ||
| 1989 | Katari Eswar Kumar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Raavi Sobhanadri Chowdary | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Raavi Hari Gopal | ||
| 2000 | Raavi Venkateswara Rao | ||
| 2004 | Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani) | ||
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | YSR Congress Party | ||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Venigandla Ramu | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Gungi Rama Rao | 63,915 | 26.63% | ||
| CPI | Katragadda Rajagopala Rao | 59,382 | 24.74% | ||
| Independent | A. Gopalakrisahnayya | 25,555 | 10.65% | ||
| INC | Mangalagiri Ramadasu | 20,087 | 8.37% | 8.37% | |
| INC | V. Seethamahalakshamamma | 16,884 | 7.03% | 7.03% | |
| Independent | Pinnamaneni Lingayya | 13,161 | 5.48% | ||
| RPI | Tikambaram | 8,944 | 3.73% | ||
| Independent | Kakollu Raghavalu | 8,742 | 3.64% | ||
| Independent | M. Satgyanarayana Sastri | 8,445 | 3.52% | ||
| Independent | Done Tatayya | 5,406 | 2.25% | ||
| KMPP | D. Venkateswara Rao | 4,062 | 1.69% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,533 | 1.89% | |||
| Turnout | 2,40,040 | 149.34% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,60,730 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Raavi Hari Gopal | 43,126 | 41.8 | ||
| INC | Segu Venkateswarlu | 26,180 | 25.4 | ||
| Independent | Eswara Kumar Katari | 18,936 | 18.4 | ||
| ATDP | Nandamuri Harikrishna | 11,238 | 10.9 |  new
| |
| Majority | 16,946 | 15.6 | |||
| Turnout | 108,300 | 66.7 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani) | 57,845 | 52.59 |  10.79
| |
| INC | Eswar Kumar Katari | 48,981 | 44.53 | 19.13
| |
| Majority | 8,864 | 8.06 | |||
| Turnout | 109,988 | 69.61 | 6.10
| ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani) | 68,034 | 46.00 |  6.59
| |
| INC | Pinnamaneni Venkateswara Rao | 50,404 | 34.10 | 10.43
| |
| PRP | Raavi Venkateswara Rao | 28,328 | 19.85 | 19.85
| |
| Majority | 17,630 | 11.90 | |||
| Turnout | 147,866 | 81.89 | 12.28
| ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani) | 81,298 | 55.32 | 55.32%
| |
| TDP | Raavi Venkateswara Rao | 69,761 | 44.03 | 1.97%
| |
| Majority | 11,537 | 7.29 | |||
| Turnout | 158,428 | 80.29 | 1.60
| ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani) | 89,833 | 53.50 | 1.82
| |
| TDP | Devineni Avinash | 70,354 | 41.90 | 2.13
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,285 | 1.96 | new
| |
| Majority | 19,479 | 9.6 | |||
| Turnout | 167,902 | 80.6 | 0.31
| ||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Venigandla Ramu | 109,980 | 64.08 | 22.18
| |
| YSRCP | Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani) | 56,940 | 33.18 | 20.32
| |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 999 | 0.58 | ||
| Majority | 53,040 | 30.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,71,604 | ||||
| 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. 21, 31. 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Gudivada Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Gudivada Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. Retrieved 29 April 2023.