Paderu (ST)(Assembly Constituency)
Paderu is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency.
Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju 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 227,042 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).
Mandals
The five mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Paderu |
| G.Madugula |
| Chintapalli |
| Gudem Kotha Veedhi |
| Koyyuru |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Tamarba Chittinaidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Giddi Appalanaidu | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Tammarba Chittinaidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Kottagulli Chittinaidu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1989 | Matsyarasa Balaraju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Kottagulli Chittinaidu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Matyarasa Manikumari | ||
| 2004 | Lake Rajarao | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2009 | Pasupuleti Balaraju | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Giddi Eswari | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | Kottagulli Bhagya Lakshmi | ||
| 2024 | Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju | ||
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju | 68,170 | 42.3 | ||
| TDP | Giddi Eswari | 48,832 | 30.3 | ||
| Independent | Vanthala Subba Rao | 15,935 | 9.89 | ||
| INC | Bulli Babu Sataka | 13,566 | 8.42 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,420 | 0.88 | ||
| Majority | 19,338 | 12 | |||
| Turnout | 1,61,160 | ||||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Kottagulli Bhagya Lakshmi | 71,153 | |||
| TDP | Giddi Eswari | 28,349 | |||
| Majority | 42,804 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Giddi Eswari | 52,384 | 40.97 | ||
| CPI | Demudu Goddeti | 26,243 | 20.53 | ||
| INC | Pasupuleti Balaraju | 21,086 | 16.49 | ||
| BJP | Lokula Gandhi | 17,029 | 13.32 | ||
| Majority | 26,141 | 20.44 | |||
| Turnout | 127,849 | 59.80 | +3.36 | ||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pasupuleti Balaraju | 35,653 | 32.40 | ||
| CPI | Demudu Goddeti | 35,066 | 31.87 | ||
| PRP | Krishnaveni Tamarbha | 16,894 | 15.35 | ||
| Majority | 587 | 0.53 | |||
| Turnout | 110,297 | 56.44 | −3.85 | ||
| INC gain from BSP | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Rajarao Lake | 33,890 | 31.43 | ||
| Independent | Ravi Sankar Samida | 26,335 | 24.43 | ||
| TDP | Manikumari Matyarasa | 23,523 | 21.82 | ||
| INC | Balaraju Matsyarasa | 20.052 | 18.60 | ||
| Majority | 7,555 | 7.00 | |||
| Turnout | 107,803 | 60.29 | −1.24 | ||
| BSP gain from TDP | 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. 18, 30. 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.