Rajampet (Assembly Constituency)
Rajampet Assembly constituency is a constituency in Annamaya district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments in Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency.
Akepati Amarnath Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections from YSR Congress Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 222,274 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
| Mandal |
|---|
| Siddavatam |
| Vontimitta |
| Nandalur |
| Rajampet |
| Veeraballe |
| T Sundupalli |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Panjam Narasimha Reddy | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | Pothuraju Parthasarathi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Kondur Marareddi | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | Bandaru Ratnasabhapathi | Independent | |
| 1972 | Swatantra Party | ||
| 1978 | Konduru Prabhavathamma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | |||
| 1985 | Bandaru Ratnasabhapathi | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1989 | Kasireddi Madhan Mohan Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Brahmaiah Pasupuleti | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Konduru Prabhavathamma | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Akepati Amarnath Reddy | ||
| 2012 | Akepati Amarnath Reddy | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2014 | Meda Venkata Mallikarjuna Reddy | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | YSR Congress Party | ||
| 2024 | Akepati Amarnath Reddy | YSR Congress Party | |
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Akepati Amarnath Reddy | 92,609 | 50.17 |  7.62
| |
| TDP | Sugavasi Subrahmanyam | 85,593 | 46.38 |  9.99
| |
| CPI | Bhukya Viswanatha Naik | 1,009 | 0.54 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,617 | 0.87 | 0.00
| |
| Majority | 7,016 | 3.80 | |||
| Turnout | 184,557 | 76.05 | 1.94
| ||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Meda Venkata Mallikarjuna Reddy | 95,266 | 57.79 | 14.08
| |
| TDP | Bathyala Changal Rayudu | 59,994 | 36.39 | 14.35
| |
| INC | Poola Bhaskar | 3,081 | 1.87 | ||
| JSP | Pathipati Kusuma Kumari | 2,376 | 1.44 | new | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,448 | 0.87 | ||
| Majority | 35,272 | 15.93 | |||
| Turnout | 164,846 | 74.11 | 4.75
| ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Meda Venkata Mallikarjuna Reddy | 83,884 | 50.74 | ||
| YSRCP | Akepati Amarnath Reddy | 72,267 | 43.71 | ||
| Majority | 11,617 | 7.03 | |||
| Turnout | 209,909 | 78.76 | +4.19 | ||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Akepati Amarnath Reddy | 76,951 | 52.49 | ||
| INC | Meda Venkata Mallikarjuna Reddy | 38,732 | 26.42 | ||
| TDP | Pasupuleti Brahmaiah | 21,417 | 14.61 | ||
| Majority | 38,219 | 26.17 | |||
| Turnout | 146,615 | ||||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Akepati Amarnath Reddy | 60,397 | 43.67 | 17.15
| |
| TDP | Kasireddy Madan Mohan Reddy | 48,055 | 34.74 | 0.09
| |
| PRP | Gunipati Ramaiah | 21,499 | 15.54 | new | |
| Majority | 12,342 | 8.93 | |||
| Turnout | 138,314 | 74.57 | 4.31
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Konduru Prabhavathamma | 54,246 | 61.82 | 26.69
| |
| TDP | Brahmaiah Pasupuleti | 30,579 | 34.85 | 1.16
| |
| Majority | 23,667 | 26.97 | |||
| Turnout | 87,747 | 70.26 | 3.16
| ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Brahmaiah Pasupuleti | 28,184 | 36.00 | 25.31
| |
| INC | Konduru Prabhavathamma | 27,495 | 35.12 | 0.11
| |
| Independent | Kasireddy Madan Mohan Reddy | 21,461 | 27.41 | ||
| Majority | 689 | 0.88 | |||
| Turnout | 78,277 | 67.1 | 2.2
| ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1994
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Brahmaiah Pasupuleti | 54,438 | 61.31 | 17.49
| |
| INC | Kasireddy Madan Mohan Reddy | 31,085 | 35.01 | 20.19
| |
| Majority | 23,353 | 26.30 | |||
| Turnout | 88,791 | 69.3 | 0.8
| ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kasireddy Madan Mohan Reddy | 50,969 | 55.20 | 8.99
| |
| TDP | Konduru Prabhavathamma | 40,459 | 43.82 | 8.37
| |
| Majority | 10,510 | 11.4 | |||
| Turnout | 92,322 | 68.5 | 5.1
| ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
1985
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Bandaru Ratnasabhapathi | 46,568 | 52.19 | 3.77
| |
| INC | Kasireddy Madan Mohan Reddy | 41,234 | 46.21 | 2.78
| |
| Majority | 5,331 | 6.0 | |||
| Turnout | 89,226 | 73.6 | 2.5
| ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1983
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Konduru Prabhavathamma | 41,466 | 48.99 | 4.71
| |
| TDP | Bandaru Ratnasabhapathi | 40,963 | 48.42 | new | |
| Majority | 503 | 0.62 | |||
| Turnout | 84,590 | 76.1 | 2.9
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1978
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Konduru Prabhavathamma | 36,854 | 44.28 | ||
| Independent | Bandaru Ratnasabhapathi | 27,032 | 32.48 | ||
| INC(I) | Sriram Venkata Subramanyan | 11,192 | 13.45 | ||
| JP | Syed Moosa | 7,573 | 9.1 | new | |
| Majority | 9,822 | 11.8 | |||
| Turnout | 83,211 | 79.0 | |||
| INC gain from SWA | Swing | ||||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Panjam Narasimha Reddy | 21,125 | 18.98% | ||
| Socialist | Bandam Ratnasabapathi Setti | 17,572 | 15.79% | ||
| INC | P. Parthasarathi | 16,519 | 14.84% | ||
| KLP | V. Hanumantha Naidu | 16,148 | 14.51% | ||
| INC | Pala Venkatasubbayya | 15,618 | 14.03% | ||
| Independent | Meda Ramachandra Reddy | 8,489 | 7.63% | ||
| Independent | Beri Pitchaiah | 7,256 | 6.52% | ||
| Independent | Venkatachala Gangi Reddy | 4,515 | 4.06% | ||
| RPI | Y. Penchaliah | 4,060 | 3.65% | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,553 | 3.19% | |||
| Turnout | 1,11,302 | 85.08% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,30,828 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "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.