Palakonda
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Palakonda Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictParvathipuram Manyam
LS constituencyAraku
Established1951
Total electors184,414
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Palakonda is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam 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 Araku.[2]

Viswasarayi Kalavathi 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 184,414 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Palakonda
Seethampeta
Veeraghattam
Bhamini

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
1952 Palavasa Sangam Naiudu Indian National Congress
1955 Pydi Narasimhapparao Independent
1962 Kemburu Suryanarayana Naidu Swatantra Party
1967 J. Joji
1972 Kottapalli Narasayya Indian National Congress
1978 Kambala Rajaratnam Janata Party
1983 Syama Rao Gonipati Telugu Desam Party
1985 Tale Bhadrayya
1989 Amruta Kumari P.J. Indian National Congress
1994 Tale Bhadrayya Telugu Desam Party
1999 Amruta Kumari P.J. Independent
2004 Kambala Jogulu Telugu Desam Party
2009 Nimmaka Sugreevulu Indian National Congress
2014 Viswasarayi Kalavathi YSR Congress Party
2019

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Palavasa Sangam Naiudu 15,942 42.22% 42.22%
KLP Moosala Rajaratnam Naiudu 14,296 37.86%
Independent Kodinarayananaswami 5,265 13.94%
Socialist Vavilapalli Satyanarayanana Naiudu 2,256 5.97%
Margin of victory 1,646 4.36%
Turnout 37,759 56.20%
Registered electors 67,182
INC win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Kambala Jogulu 42,327 53.3 Increase21.8
INC T. Rajababu 30,703 38.7 Increase7.3
Majority 11,624 14.7 Increase13.3
Turnout 79,347 72.5 Increase8.1
TDP gain from Independent Swing Increase10.9

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nimmaka Sugreevulu 45,909 42.4 Increase3.7
TDP Gopalarao Nimmaka 29,759 27.5 Decrease25.8
PRP Viswasarayi Kalavathi 21,725 20.1 New
Majority 16,150 14.9 Increase0.2
Turnout 1,08,295 69.8 Decrease2.7
INC gain from TDP Swing Increase14.75

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Viswasarayi Kalavathi 55,337 46.1 New
TDP Jaya Krishna Nimmaka 53,717 44.8 Increase17.3
CPI(M) Pattika Kumar 3,165 2.6 New
INC Nimmaka Sugreevulu 3,162 2.6 Decrease39.8
CPI Kurangi Manmadha Rao 2,483 2.1 New
Majority 1,620 1.3 Decrease13.6
Turnout 1,21,428 72.2 Increase2.4
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Viswasarayi Kalavathi 72,054 54.1 Increase8.0
TDP Jaya Krishna Nimmaka 54,074 40.6 Decrease4.2
CPI Dvg Sankara Rao 3,343 2.5 Increase0.4
BJP Suneetha Thadangi 1,169 0.9 New
INC H. Prasad Rao 1,001 0.8 Decrease1.8
Majority 17,980 13.5 Increase12.2
Turnout 1,33,164 73.9 Increase1.7
YSRCP hold Swing Increase6.1

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. 16, 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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