Razole (Assembly Constituency)
Razole is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency.
Deva Varaprasad 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 186,819 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 |
|---|
| Razole |
| Malikipuram |
| Sakhinetipalle |
| Mamidikuduru (Part) |
The villages of Mamidikuduru Mandal that are covered by the constituency are Mamidikuduru, Geddada, Edarada, Komarada, Magatapalle and Gogannamatham. The other part of this mandal is a part of Gannavaram Assembly constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Alluru Venkararamaraju | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | |||
| 1962 | Gaddem Mahalakshmi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | G. R. Nayinala | ||
| 1972 | Bikkina Gopalakrishnarao | Independent | |
| 1978 | Rudraraju Ramalingaraju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Mangena Gangaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Alluru Venkata Suryanarayana Raju | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Alluri Krishnam Raju | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | ||
| 2014 | Gollapalli Surya Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | Janasena Party | |
| 2024 | Deva Varaprasad | ||
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Alluri Venkataramaraju | 41,847 | 20.08% | ||
| KMPP | Akula Buliswami | 37,307 | 17.90% | ||
| CPI | Ganji Nagaswara Rao | 34,688 | 16.65% | ||
| KMPP | Pamula Venkataratnam | 27,386 | 13.14% | ||
| INC | Boyi Bhimanna | 27,311 | 13.11% | 13.11% | |
| INC | Mupparti Venkataratnam | 23,118 | 11.10% | 11.10% | |
| RPI | Pamula Prakass Rao | 12,653 | 6.07% | ||
| Independent | Kanteti Narasimharaju | 4,051 | 1.94% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,540 | 2.18% | |||
| Turnout | 2,08,361 | 128.80% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,61,776 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Alluri Krishnam Raju | 68,104 | 62.19 | +13.10 | |
| TDP | Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju | 40,086 | 36.60 | −13.07 | |
| Majority | 28,018 | 25.59 | |||
| Turnout | 109,517 | 83.95 | +6.76 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | 52,319 | 39.76 | −22.43 | |
| PRP | Nalli Venkata Krishna Mallik | 46,450 | 35.30 | ||
| TDP | Bathula Ramu | 25,286 | 19.21 | −17.39 | |
| Majority | 5,869 | 4.46 | |||
| Turnout | 131,598 | 79.50 | −4.45 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gollapalli Surya Rao | 66,960 | 49.52 | ||
| YSRCP | Bonthu Rajeswara Rao | 62,277 | 46.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 856 | 0.63 | ||
| Independent | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | 318 | 0.24 | ||
| Majority | 4,683 | 3.47 | |||
| Turnout | 135,230 | 77.71 | −1.79 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | 50,053 | 32.92 | +32.92 | |
| YSRCP | Bonthu Rajeswara Rao | 49,239 | 32.91 | −13.45 | |
| TDP | Gollapalli Surya Rao | 44,592 | 30.47 | −18.92 | |
| Majority | 814 | 0.56 | |||
| Turnout | 1,45,641 | ||||
| JSP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Deva Varaprasad | 95,514 | 60.13 |  27.21
| |
| YSRCP | Gollapalli Surya Rao | 56,503 | 35.57 | 2.66
| |
| INC | Sarella Prasanna Kumar | 1,435 | 0.90 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,628 | 1.02 | ||
| Majority | 39,011 | 24.56 | |||
| Turnout | 1,58,840 | ||||
| JSP hold | 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. 19, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. 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.