Rajahmundry Rural (Assembly Constituency)
Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency is a constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.
Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary 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 254,339 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
The mandals and wards that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Kadiam |
| Rajahmundry Rural |
| Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation (Ward No.1 to 6, 36 to 41 and 90) |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Chandana Ramesh | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2014 | Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary | ||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | |||
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary | 129,060 | 63.87 | ||
| YSRCP | Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopalakrishna | 64,970 | 32.15 | ||
| INC | Balepalli Muralidhar | 2,728 | 1.35 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,699 | 1.34 | ||
| Majority | 64,090 | 32.17 | |||
| Turnout | 1,99,219 | ||||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary | 74,166 | 39.28 | ||
| YSRCP | Akula Veerraju | 63,762 | 33.77 | ||
| JSP | Kandula Durgesh | 42,685 | 22.61 | ||
| Majority | 10,404 | 5.51 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary | 87,540 | 52.22 | ||
| YSRCP | Akula Veerraju | 69481 | 41.45 | ||
| Majority | 18,058 | 10.77 | |||
| Turnout | 167,626 | 73.85 | {{{change}}} | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Chandana Ramesh | 44,617 | 32.39 | ||
| PRP | Ravanam Swami Naidu | 43,070 | 31.27 | ||
| INC | J. Vijaya Lakshmi | 38,340 | 27.83 | ||
| Majority | 1,547 | 1.12 | |||
| Turnout | 137,742 | 72.70 | |||
| TDP win (new seat) | |||||
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. 19, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "General Election to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.