Rajam (Assembly Constituency)
Rajam is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
Kondru Murali Mohan is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
Mandal |
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Rajam |
Vangara |
Santhakaviti |
Regidi Amadalavalasa |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Vunukuru)
Year | Member | Political party | |
---|---|---|---|
1955 | Chelikani Sreeranga Naikulu | Krishikar Lok Party | |
1962 | Palavalasa Sangamnaidu | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | M. B. Parankusam | Independent politician | |
1972 | Palavalasa Rukminamma | Indian National Congress | |
1978 | Mudili Babu Parankusam | Janata Party | |
1983 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
1985 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | ||
1989 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | ||
1994 | Palavalasa Rajasekharam | Indian National Congress | |
1999 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
2004 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Honjaram)
Year | Member | Political party | |
---|---|---|---|
1952 | Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu | Krishikar Lok Party |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Boddam)
Year | Member | Political party | |
---|---|---|---|
1962 | Allu Dasavatharam | Indian National Congress |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Rajam)
Year | Member | Political party | |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | Kondru Murali Mohan | Indian National Congress | |
2014 | Kambala Jogulu | YSR Congress Party | |
2019 | |||
2024 | Kondru Murali Mohan | Telugu Desam Party |
Election results
Honjaram
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KLP | Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu | 16,731 | 36.67% | ||
Independent | Chelikami Sreeranganayakulu | 15,846 | 34.73% | ||
INC | Pydi Narasimha Appa Rao | 13,051 | 28.60% | 28.60% | |
Margin of victory | 885 | 1.94% | |||
Turnout | 45,628 | 55.61% | |||
Registered electors | 82,048 | ||||
win (new seat) |
2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 61,771 | 46.0 | ||
TDP | Kavali Pratibha Bharathi | 34,638 | 25.8 | ||
PRP | Kambala Jogulu | 27,923 | 20.8 | ||
BJP | Paka Rajarao | 4,234 | 3.2 | ||
Independent | Bosi Manmadharao | 1,741 | 1.3 | ||
LSP | Adinarayana Dukka | 1,645 | 1.2 | ||
BSP | Bhupathi Apparao | 1,271 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 27,133 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 133,223 | 74.2 | ![]() | ||
INC gain from TDP | Swing |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
YSRCP | Kambala Jogulu | 69,192 | 47.0 | New | |
TDP | Kavali Pratibha Bharathi | 68,680 | 46.7 | ![]() | |
INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 4,790 | 3.3 | ![]() | |
Independent | P.M.J. Babu | 1,205 | 0.8 | New | |
LSP | Tunia Shankar Babu Rao | 1,141 | 0.8 | ![]() | |
BSP | Mannena Chaitanya Kumar | 737 | 0.5 | ![]() | |
AAP | Paila M.M.R.R. Suresh Kumar | 491 | 0.3 | New | |
JSP | Savarapu Praveena | 480 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 512 | 0.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,47,887 | 74.2 | ![]() | ||
YSRCP gain from INC | Swing |
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
YSRCP | Kambala Jogulu | 83,561 | 52.6 | ![]() | |
TDP | Kondru Murali Mohan | 66,713 | 42.0 | ![]() | |
JSP | Mucha Srinivasa Rao | 4,987 | 3.1 | New | |
INC | Kambala Rajvardhan | 2,214 | 1.4 | ![]() | |
BJP | Chaitanya Kumar Mannema | 967 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 16,848 | 10.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,58,947 | 73.9 | ![]() | ||
YSRCP hold | Swing | ![]() |
2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TDP | Kondru Murali Mohan | 94,385 | 53.4 | ||
YSRCP | Dr.Tale Rajesh | 73663 | 41.7 | ||
INC | Kambala Rajavardhan | 3684 | 2 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2536 | 1.44 | ||
Majority | 20722 | ||||
Turnout | 176494 | ||||
Swing |