Kakinada City (Assembly constituency)

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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Kakinada City
| map =
| parl_name = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]
| electorate = 255,716
| year =
| reserved = General
| mla = [[Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy]]
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
}}

'''Kakinada City (Assembly constituency)''' is a constituency in [[East Godavari district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], representing the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|format=PDF|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> It is one of the seven assembly segments of [[Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency)]], along with [[Tuni (Assembly constituency)|Tuni]], [[Prathipadu (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Prathipadu (SC)]], [[Pithapuram (Assembly constituency)|Pithapuram]], [[Kakinada Rural (Assembly constituency)|Kakinada Rural]] and [[Peddapuram (Assembly constituency)|Peddapuram]].<ref name="constituencies">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|date=17 December 2018|website=The Election Commission of India|pages=18, 30|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> [[Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy]] is the present [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency, who won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[YSR Congress Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Assembly Election 2019 |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524074223/http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |archive-date=24 May 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{As of|2019|03|25}}, there a total of 255,716 electors in the constituency.<ref name="electors">{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|format=PDF|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>

== Mandals ==

The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:<ref name="constituencies" />

{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal
|-
| Kakinada Urban Mandal (Part) Kakinada Urban (M) (Part) [[Kakinada Municipal Corporation|Kakinada(M)]] Ward No. 1 to 65
|-
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==

{| class="wikitable" width=80%
|-
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" | Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" | Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| 2009
| [[Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2014
| Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2019
| Dcr
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
|}

== Election results ==
=== Assembly Elections 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections]]: Kakinada City}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Dwarampudi Chandrasekhara Reddy]]
|votes = 44,606
|percentage = 37.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = [[Bandana Hari]]
|votes = 35,327
|percentage = 29.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao]]
|votes = 25,636
|percentage = 21.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,279
|percentage = 7.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 119,664
|percentage = 72.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kakinada City}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao]]
|votes = 76,467
|percentage = 54.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Dwarampuidi Chandrasekhara Reddy]]
|votes = 52,467
|percentage = 37.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 24,000
|percentage = 17.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 140,523
|percentage = 67.87
|change = -4.67
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kakinada City}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Dwarampuidi Chandrasekhara Reddy]]
|votes = 73,890
|percentage = 43.06%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao]]
|votes = 59,779
|percentage = 34.84%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jana Sena Party
|candidate = [[Mutha Sasidhar]]
|votes = 30,188
|percentage = 17.59%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[peddireddi Ravi kiran]]
|votes = 1581
|percentage = 0.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,111
|percentage = 8.22%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 171,604
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing = 5.72%
}}
{{Election box end}}

== See also ==
* [[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of East Godavari district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh]]

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