Kakinada Rural
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Kakinada Rural Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictKakinada
LS constituencyKakinada
Established2008
Total electors249,011
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Kakinada Rural Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada 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 the Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Kurasala Kannababu is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 249,011 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

The three mandals that form the assembly constituency.[2]

Mandals
Kakinada (urban) mandal (Part) Kakinada(M) Ward No. 66 to 70
Kakinada Rural
Karapa

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
2009 Kurasala Kannababu Praja Rajyam Party
2014 Anantha Lakshmi Pilli Telugu Desam Party
2019 Kurasala Kannababu YSR Congress Party

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PRP Kurasala Kannababu 53,494 38.25
INC Venkateswar Rao Nulukurthi 45,457 32.50
TDP Satyanarayana Murthy Pilli 28,691 20.59
Majority 8,037 5.05
PRP win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Lakshmi Pilli 61,144 36.98
YSRCP Srinivasa Venu Gopala Krishna Chelluboyina 52,096 31.51
Independent Kurasala Kannababu 43,456 26.46
Majority 9,048 5.47
Turnout 184,487 74.08 -0.5
TDP gain from PRP Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Kurasala Kannababu 74,068 40.14%
TDP Anantha Lakshmi Pilli 65,279 35.38%
JSP Pantam Venkateswara Rao (Nanaji) 40,001 22.09%
Majority 8,789 4.76%
Turnout 165,338 74.59 -0.75
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

See also

References

  1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "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.

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