Palakonda (ST)(Assembly Constituency)
Palakonda is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam 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.
Nimmaka Jaya Krishna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 184,414 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Palakonda |
| Seethampeta |
| Veeraghattam |
| Bhamini |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Palavasa Sangam Naiudu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1955 | Pydi Narasimhapparao | Independent | |
| 1962 | Kemburu Suryanarayana Naidu | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | J. Joji | ||
| 1972 | Kottapalli Narasayya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Kambala Rajaratnam | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Syama Rao Gonipati | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Tale Bhadrayya | ||
| 1989 | P. J. Amruta Kumari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Tale Bhadrayya | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | P. J. Amruta Kumari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2004 | Kambala Jogulu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2009 | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Nimmaka Jaya Krishna | Janasena Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Palavasa Sangam Naiudu | 15,942 | 42.22% | 42.22% | |
| KLP | Meesala Rajaratnam Naidu | 14,296 | 37.86% | ||
| Independent | Kodinarayananaswami | 5,265 | 13.94% | ||
| Socialist | Vavilapalli Satyanarayanana Naiudu | 2,256 | 5.97% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,646 | 4.36% | |||
| Turnout | 37,759 | 56.20% | |||
| Registered electors | 67,182 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kambala Jogulu | 42,327 | 53.3 |  21.8
| |
| INC | T. Rajababu | 30,703 | 38.7 | 7.3
| |
| Majority | 11,624 | 14.7 | 13.3
| ||
| Turnout | 79,347 | 72.5 | 8.1
| ||
| TDP gain from BJP | Swing | 10.9
|
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2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | 45,909 | 42.4 | 3.7
| |
| TDP | Gopalarao Nimmaka | 29,759 | 27.5 |  25.8
| |
| PRP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 21,725 | 20.1 | New | |
| Majority | 16,150 | 14.9 | 0.2
| ||
| Turnout | 1,08,295 | 69.8 | 2.7
| ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | 14.75
|
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2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 55,337 | 46.1 | New | |
| TDP | Nimmaka Jayakrishna | 53,717 | 44.8 | 17.3
| |
| CPI(M) | Pattika Kumar | 3,165 | 2.6 | New | |
| INC | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | 3,162 | 2.6 | 39.8
| |
| CPI | Kurangi Manmadha Rao | 2,483 | 2.1 | New | |
| Majority | 1,620 | 1.3 | 13.6
| ||
| Turnout | 1,21,428 | 72.2 | 2.4
| ||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 72,054 | 52.7 | New | |
| TDP | Nimmaka Jayakrishna | 54,074 | 39.55 | 7.13
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3548 | 2.6 | ||
| BJP | Suneetha Thadangi | 1169 | 0.86 | New | |
| INC | H Prasad Rao | 1001 | 0.73 | ||
| Majority | 17,980 | 1.3 | 13.6
| ||
| Turnout | 1,36,712 | 73.91 | 2.4
| ||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Nimmaka Jaya Krishna | 75,208 | 50.69 | ||
| YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 61,917 | 41.73 | ||
| INC | Chanti Babu Savara | 2,041 | 1.38 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,260 | 2.87 | ||
| Majority | 13,291 | 8.96 | |||
| Turnout | 1,48,375 | 74.03 | |||
| JSP 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.
- ^ "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.