Jaggampeta Assembly Constituency
Jaggampeta Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.
Jyothula Nehru 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 231,894 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Gokavaram |
| Jaggampeta |
| Gandepalle |
| Kirlampudi |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Duriseti Gopalrao | Independent | |
| 1962 | Vaddi Mutyala Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | K. Pantam | Independent | |
| 1972 | Pantham Padmanabham | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1983 | Thota Subbarao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1991 (By-poll) | Thota Venkata Chalam | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Jyothula Nehru | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Thota Narasimham | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | Jyothula Nehru | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | Jyothula Chantibabu | ||
| 2024 | Jyothula Nehru | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Jyothula Nehru | 113593 | 58.56 | ||
| YSRCP | Thota Narasimham | 60,917 | 31.4% | ||
| Independent | Patamsetti Surya Chandra | 12531 | 6.4% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1928 | 0.01% | ||
| Majority | 52676 | 27.15% | |||
| Turnout | 193979 | 83.65% | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Jyothula Chanti Babu | 93,496 | 51.62% | ||
| TDP | Jyothula Nehru | 70,131 | 38.72% | ||
| JSP | Patamsetti Suryachandra | 10,649 | 5.88% | ||
| Majority | 23,365 | 12.9% | |||
| Turnout | 1,81,127 | 85.86% | |||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Jyothula Nehru | 86,146 | 55.05 | ||
| TDP | Jyothula Chanti Babu | 72,214 | 43.45 | ||
| Majority | 15,932 | 9.58 | |||
| Turnout | 166,213 | 83.59 | +4.77 | ||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Thota Narasimham | 51,184 | 34.84 | ||
| PRP | Jyothula Nehru | 50,395 | 34.31 | ||
| TDP | Jyothula Chanti Babu | 33,277 | 22.65 | ||
| Majority | 789 | 0.53 | |||
| Turnout | 146,893 | 78.82 | -1.27 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||