Tuni (Assembly Constituency)
Tuni Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.
Yanamala Divya is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 212,900 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Thondangi |
| Kotananduru |
| Tuni |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnam Raju Bahadur | Indian National Congress | |
| 1955 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | N. Vijayalakshmi | ||
| 1978 | |||
| 1983 | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnam Raju Bahadur (Ashok Babu) | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Dadisetti Raja | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Yanamala Divya | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Raju Vatsereya Venkata Krishna Raju Bahadur | 20,498 | 44.45% | 44.45% | |
| KMPP | Yenumula Venkanna Dora | 12,917 | 28.01% | ||
| RPI | Gare Appa Rao | 6,351 | 13.77% | ||
| Independent | Somasethu Venkam Dore | 3,614 | 7.84% | ||
| SP | Venkata Rao, Eranki | 2,738 | 5.94% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,581 | 16.44% | |||
| Turnout | 46,118 | 60.54% | |||
| Registered electors | 76,175 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
1955
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnamuraj Bahadur | 22,088 | |||
| CPI | Inuganti Narayanarao | 12,366 | |||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Raja V. V. Krishnamraju Bahadur | 23,832 | |||
| PSP | Katha Radhakrishnamurty | 15668 | |||
| INC gain from PSP | Swing | ||||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. V. Krishnamraju | 32,920 | |||
| PSP | K. Janardhanarao | 23776 | |||
| INC gain from PSP | Swing | ||||
1972
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N Vijayalakshmi | 40,521 | |||
| Independent | Bandaru Kannaiah Dora | 17713 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1983
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu | 48,738 | |||
| INC | Vijayalakashmidevi Mirza Nallaparaju | 27058 | |||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1985
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu | 50,292 | |||
| INC | M. N. Vijayalakshmi Devi | 33988 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu | 51,139 | |||
| INC | Sri Raju Vatsavayi Krishnam Raju Bahadur | 48512 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1994
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu | 59,250 | |||
| INC | Maddala Venkata Chalapathi Rao | 41457 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Yanamala Ramakrishnudu | 52,921 | |||
| Independent | Sri Raja Vatsavayi Venkata Krishnam Raju | 48747 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu | 61,794 | 49.78 | +5.10 | |
| INC | S.R.V.V. Krishnam Raju | 58,059 | 46.77 | +5.61 | |
| Majority | 3,735 | 3.01 | |||
| Turnout | 124,144 | 76.25 | +3.60 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Venkata Krishnam Raju Sriraja Vatsavayi | 55,386 | 39.17 | −7.60 | |
| TDP | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu | 46,876 | 33.15 | −16.63 | |
| PRP | Rongali Lakshmi | 30,079 | 21.27 | ||
| Majority | 8,510 | 6.02 | |||
| Turnout | 141,416 | 78.59 | +2.34 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Dadisetti Raja | 84,755 | 52.98 | ||
| TDP | Yanamala Krishnudu | 66,182 | 41.37 | ||
| Majority | 18,573 | 11.61 | |||
| Turnout | 159,970 | 80.95 | +2.36 | ||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Dadisetti Raja | 92,459 | 52.13% | ||
| TDP | Yanamala Krishnudu | 68,443 | 38.59% | ||
| JSP | Venkata Krishnamraju Srirajavatsavayi (Ashokbabu) | 6,413 | 3.62% | ||
| Majority | 24,016 | 13.54 | |||
| Turnout | 177,375 | 83.3% | |||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Yanamala Divya | 97,206 | 51.31 % | +51.31 | |
| YSRCP | Dadisetti Raja | 82029 | 43.3 % | −7.52 | |
| INC | Gelam Srinivasa Rao | 1923 | 1.02 % | +1.2 | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3434 | 1.81 % | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 15177 | 8.28 % | +8.28 | ||
| Turnout | 184592 | 97.5% | |||
| TDP 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. 18, 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.