https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Achanta_Assembly_constituency Achanta Assembly constituency - Revision history 2026-10-21T21:56:18Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Achanta_Assembly_constituency&diff=484465&oldid=prev Nadeem Ahmed: Post 2026-04-15T23:19:35Z <p>Post</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox Indian constituency<br /> | name = Achanta<br /> | map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (56-Achanta highlighted).png<br /> | map_caption = Location of Achanta Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh<br /> | loksabha_cons = [[Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Narasapuram]]<br /> | mla = [[Pithani Satyanarayana]]<br /> | party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}<br /> | alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}<br /> | latest_election_year = [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br /> | state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> | district = [[West Godavari district|West Godavari]]<br /> | reservation = None<br /> | electors = 174,229<br /> | established = 1962<br /> | type = SLA<br /> | constituency_no = 56<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Achanta Assembly constituency&#039;&#039;&#039; is a constituency in [[West Godavari district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] that elects representatives to the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in [[India]].&lt;ref&gt;{{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|access-date=24 May 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is one of the seven assembly segments of [[Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency]].&lt;ref name=&quot;constituencies&quot;&gt;{{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=19, 30|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}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Pithani Satyanarayana]] is the current [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency, having won the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Telugu Desam Party]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Achanta Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/achanta-election-result-2024-live-updates-highlights-assembly-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8916583.html |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=News18 |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt; As of 2019, there are a total of 174,229 electors in the constituency.&lt;ref name=&quot;electors&quot;&gt;{{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|access-date=24 May 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 1962, as per the &#039;&#039;Delimitation Orders (1962)&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> == Mandals ==<br /> <br /> The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:&lt;ref name=&quot;constituencies&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{srn}}<br /> {|class=&quot;wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash&quot;<br /> !Mandal<br /> |-<br /> | [[Penugonda]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[Achanta]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[Penumantra]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[Poduru]] (Part)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Members of the Legislative Assembly==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot; <br /> |-<br /> ! Year<br /> ! Member<br /> ! colspan=2 |Political party<br /> |-<br /> | [[1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br /> | Paddala Syamasundra Rao<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br /> | D. Perumallu<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br /> | Gottimukkala Venkanna<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1978]]<br /> | Kota Dhana Raju<br /> | style=&quot;background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}&quot; |<br /> | [[Indian National Congress (I)]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1983]]<br /> | Kota Bhaskara Rao<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br /> | Chittaranjan Alugu<br /> | rowspan=3 style=&quot;background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}&quot; |<br /> | rowspan=3 |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br /> | rowspan=2 |Digupati Raja Gopal<br /> |-<br /> | [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]<br /> | Johar Mocharla<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<br /> | [[Peethala Sujatha]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<br /> |rowspan=2 |[[Pithani Satyanarayana]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<br /> | [[Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br /> |[[Pithani Satyanarayana]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Election results ==<br /> === 1962 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India|candidate=Paddala Rao|votes=25,306|percentage=|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Desari Perumallu|votes=22,772|percentage=|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=2,534|percentage=|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=48,078|percentage=|change=}}<br /> {{Election box new seat win|<br /> |winner = Communist Party of India<br /> |loser = <br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 1967 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Indian National Congress<br /> |candidate = D. Perumallu<br /> |votes = 31,630<br /> |percentage = 51.93<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |candidate = D.S. Raju<br /> |votes = 23,935<br /> |percentage = 39.29<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Communist Party of India<br /> |candidate = P.S. Rao<br /> |votes = 4,596<br /> |percentage = 7.55<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Independence<br /> |candidate = P.N. Murty <br /> |votes = 751<br /> |percentage = 1.23<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box majority|<br /> |votes = 7,695<br /> |percentage = 12.64<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box turnout|<br /> |votes = 60,912<br /> |percentage = 78.57<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link|<br /> |winner = Indian National Congress <br /> |loser = Communist Party of India<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 1972 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Gottimukkala Venkanna|votes=30,783|percentage=52.83|change={{increase}}0.90}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Digu Raju|votes=25,853|percentage=44.37|change=-{{decrease}}5.08}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party of India (Khobragade)|candidate=Arunakumar Ganta|votes=1,635|percentage=2.81|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=4,930|percentage=8.46|change={{decrease}}4.18}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=58,271|percentage=67.57|change={{decrease}}11}}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link|<br /> |winner = Indian National Congress<br /> |loser =<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 1978 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress (I)|candidate=Kota Dhana Raju|votes=39,504|percentage=54.4|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Didupatti Sundrara Raju|votes=30,227|percentage=33.9|change=-{{decrease}}10.47}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Dasari Perumallu|votes=11,531|percentage=15.9|change={{decrease}}36.93}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=17,882|percentage=24.2|change={{increase}}15.74}} <br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=74,025|percentage=77.1|change={{increase}}9.53}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link|<br /> |winner = Indian National Congress (I)<br /> |loser = Indian National Congress<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 1983===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Kota Bhaskara Rao|votes=45,631|percentage=64.3|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kota Dhanaraju|votes=17,264|percentage=24.3|change={{decrease}}30.1}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Edi Ramarao|votes=7,611|percentage=10.7|change={{decrease}}19.1}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Dundi Subbarao|votes=260|percentage=0.4|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian Congress (J)|candidate=Vipparthi Ramaswamy|votes=225|percentage=0.3|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=28,367|percentage=39.4|change={{increase}}15.2}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=71,978|percentage=72.6|change={{decrease}}4.5}}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link|<br /> |winner = Telugu Desam Party<br /> |loser = Indian National Congress (I)<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 1985 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Chittaranjan Alugu|votes=51,016|percentage=67.5|change={{increase}}56.8}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Ambuja Kamidi|votes=19,294|percentage=25.5|change={{increase}}1.2}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Babu Bhujangarao Mocherla|votes=4,523|percentage=6|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Bhaskara Rao Kotam|votes=396|percentage=0.5|change={{decrease}}63.8}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Narasimha Murthy|votes=290|percentage=0.4|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Venkanna Polamuri|votes=86|percentage=0.1|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=31,722|percentage=41.5|change={{increase}}2.1}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=76,444|percentage=71.4|change={{decrease}}1.2}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link|<br /> |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |loser = Telugu Desam Party<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 1994 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Digupati Raja Gopal|votes=53,510|percentage=60.1|change={{increase}}7}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Bunga Saradhi|votes=30,872|percentage=34.7|change={{decrease}}8.8}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Paka Satyanarayana|votes=3,216|percentage=3.6|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Karni Sundara Rao|votes=804|percentage=0.9|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Chikatla Surya Rao|votes=307|percentage=0.3|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Kota Rao|votes=290|percentage=0.3|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=22,638|percentage=25|change={{increase}}15.9}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=90,424 |percentage=72.1|change={{decrease}}2.5}}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link|<br /> |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |loser = <br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 1999 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party |candidate=Johar Mocharla|votes=52,954|percentage=59.5|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Bunga Saradhi|votes=30,227|percentage=33.9|change=-{{decrease}}9.1}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Digupati Raja Gopal (incumbent)|votes=5,866|percentage=6.6|change={{decrease}}53.5}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=22,727|percentage=24.6|change={{decrease}}0.4}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=92,317|percentage=69.9|change={{decrease}}2.2}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link|<br /> |winner = Telugu Desam Party<br /> |loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 2004 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Peethala Sujatha|votes=46,670|percentage=49.94|change=-9.53}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Anand Prakash Chellem|votes=41,029|percentage=43.91|change=+9.97}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=5,641|percentage=6.03|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=93,448|percentage=74.98|change=+7.57}}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link|<br /> |winner = Telugu Desam Party<br /> |loser = <br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 2009 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Satyanarayana Pithani]]|votes=54,903|percentage=46.24|change=+2.33}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Karri Radha Krishna Reddy|votes=39,148|percentage=32.97|change=-16.07}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Kudupudi Srinivasa Rao|votes=16,770|percentage=14.12|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=15,755|percentage=13.27|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=118,745|percentage=83.40|change=+8.42}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link|<br /> |winner = Indian National Congress<br /> |loser = Telugu Desam Party<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 2014 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Satyanarayana Pithani]]|votes=63,549|percentage=48.66|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Mudnuri Prasad Raju|votes=59,629|percentage=45.66|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=3,920|percentage=3.00|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=130,599|percentage=81.82|change=-1.58}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link|<br /> |winner = Telugu Desam Party<br /> |loser = Indian National Congress<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 2019 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate= [[Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju]]|votes=66,494|percentage=47.92|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Satyanarayana Pithani]]|votes=53,608|percentage=38.64|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janasena Party|candidate=Javvadhi Venkata Vijayaram|votes=13,993|percentage=10.09|change=}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box majority||votes=12,886|percentage=9.29|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=138,747|percentage=79.63|change=-2.19}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link|<br /> |winner = YSR Congress Party<br /> |loser = Telugu Desam Party<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> === 2024 ===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Achanta}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Telugu Desam Party<br /> |candidate =[[Pithani Satyanarayana]]<br /> |votes = 85,402 <br /> |percentage = 56.73<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = YSR Congress Party<br /> |candidate = [[Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju]]<br /> |votes = 58,848 <br /> |percentage = 39.09<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Indian National Congress <br /> |candidate = Nekkanti Venkata Satyanarayana <br /> |votes = 1,872 <br /> |percentage = 1.24<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = NOTA<br /> |candidate = None Of The Above <br /> |votes = 1,673 <br /> |percentage = 1.11<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box majority|<br /> |votes = 26,554<br /> |percentage = 17.63<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box turnout|<br /> |votes = 1,50,541<br /> |percentage = <br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link|<br /> |winner = Telugu Desam Party <br /> |loser = YSR Congress Party <br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> {{Coord|16.60|81.80|display=title}}<br /> {{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}<br /> [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:West Godavari district]]<br /> [[Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]]<br /> [[Category:1962 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]</div> Nadeem Ahmed