Payakaraopet Assembly constituency

Payakaraopet is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Payakaraopet
Constituency No. 33 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Payakaraopet Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictAnakapalli
LS constituencyAnakapalli
Established1951
Total electors240,285
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  TDP
Elected year2024

Vangalapudi Anitha is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 240,285 electors in the constituency.[4][needs update] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]

Mandal
Kotauratla
Nakkapalli
Payakaraopeta
S.Rayavaram
 
Mandals in Payakaraopet Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Political party
1952 Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju Independent
1962 Mande Pitchaiah Communist Party of India
1967 Gantlana Suryanarayana Indian National Congress
1972
1978 Maruthi Adeyya Indian National Congress
1983 Sumana Gantela Telugu Desam Party
1985 Kakara Nookaraju
1989
1994
1999 Chengala Venkatarao
2004
2009 Golla Baburao Indian National Congress
2012 YSR Congress Party
2014 Vangalapudi Anitha Telugu Desam Party
2019 Golla Baburao YSR Congress Party
2024 Vangalapudi Anitha Telugu Desam Party

Election results

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2024

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2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Vangalapudi Anitha 120,042 57.86
YSRCP Kambala Jogulu 76,315 36.78
INC Dr. Boni Tata Rao 2,087 1.01
NOTA None of the above 4,107 1.98
Majority 43,727 21.08
Turnout 2,07,486
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

2019

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2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Golla Baburao 98,745 50.45%
TDP B. Bangarayya 67,556 34.52%
JSP Nakka Raja Babu 15,921 8.13%
Majority 31,189 15.93%
Turnout 1,95,725 81.45%
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2014

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2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Vangalapudi Anitha 86,355 48.02
YSRCP Changala Venkata Rao 83,527 46.44
Majority 2,828 1.58
Turnout 179,843 80.69 +5.80
TDP gain from INC Swing

2009

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2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Golla Baburao 50,698 32.11 +6.44
TDP Chengala Venkata Rao 50,042 31.69 −11.46
PRP Gurindapalli Dhanaraju 49,264 31.20
Majority 656 0.42
Turnout 157,890 74.89 +4.08
INC gain from TDP Swing

2004

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2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Changala Venkata Rao 40,794 43.15 −8.73
Independent Sumana Gantela 27,105 28.67
INC Vijaya Kumari Ambati 24,171 25.57 −17.85
Majority 13,689 14.48
Turnout 94,544 70.81 +5.44
TDP hold Swing

1952

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1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopeta[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju 9,757 30.78%
INC Sunkari Appala Naiudu 5,730 18.08% 18.08%
KMPP Raparti Jagannatha Rao 5,723 18.06%
Socialist Katha Radhakrihnamurthy 5,462 17.23%
Independent Mohammed Galab 2,548 8.04%
Independent Kasturi Subha Rao 1,265 3.99%
Independent M. Madhuramruta Rao 1,210 3.82%
Margin of victory 4,027 12.71%
Turnout 31,695 50.19%
Registered electors 63,155
Independent win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ^ "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.

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