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<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 = Palasa<br />
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (2-Palasa highlighted).png<br />
| map_caption = Location of Palasa Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh<br />
| mla = [[Gouthu Sireesha]]<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 = [[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Srikakulam]]<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| constituency_no = 2<br />
| electors = 204,109<br />
| established = 2008<br />
| type = SLA<br />
}}<br />
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'''Palasa Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[Srikakulam district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] that elects representatives to the [[Andhra Pradesh 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|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> It is one of the seven assembly segments of [[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency]].<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=16, 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}}</ref><br />
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{{Pie chart<br />
|value1=50<br />
|value2=25<br />
|value3=25<br />
|label1=[[Telugu Desam Party|'''TDP'''(2 Times)]]<br />
|label2=[[Indian National Congress|'''INC''' (1 Time)]]<br />
|label3=[[YSR Congress Party|'''YSRCP''' (1 time)]]<br />
|color1={{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br />
|color2={{party color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|color3={{party color|YSR Congress Party}}<br />
|caption=Most Successful parties from Palasa Assembly}}<br />
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[[Gouthu Sireesha]] is the current [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], having won the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Telugu Desam Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm|title=Assembly Election 2019|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, there are a total of 204,109 electors in the constituency.<ref name="electors">{{cite web |title=Electors Summary |url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf |website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh |access-date=24 May 2019 |date=25 May 2019}}</ref>{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the ''Delimitation Orders (2008)''.<ref name="pa ref1">{{cite news |title=Palasa Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Palasa Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News. |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2019/andhra-pradesh/palasa-election-result-s01a002/ |access-date=2 December 2021 |publisher=News18}}</ref><br />
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== Mandals ==<br />
The three [[Tehsil|mandals]] that form the assembly constituency.<ref name="constituencies" /><br />
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{{srn}}<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"<br />
!Mandals<br />
|-<br />
| [[Palasa]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mandasa]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Vajrapu Kotturu]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
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<mapframe text="Mandals in Palasa Assembly Constituency" width=300 height=300 align=center >{ "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q59834186,Q13001772,Q3428070"}</mapframe><br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" | Political party<br />
|-<br />
| [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<br />
| Juttu Jagannaikulu<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br />
| Gouthu Syam Sunder Sivaji<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<br />
| [[Seediri Appalaraju]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
| [[Gouthu Sireesha]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
=== 2024 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Palasa (2,22,378)}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = [[Gouthu Sireesha]]<br />
|votes = 1,01,560<br />
|percentage = 45.67<br />
|change = {{Increase}}16.48<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = YSR Congress Party<br />
|candidate = [[Seediri Appalaraju]]<br />
|votes = 61,210<br />
|percentage = 27.53<br />
|change = {{Decrease}}9.51<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = <br />
|candidate = Remaining<br />
|votes = 2,503<br />
|percentage = 1.12<br />
|change = {{Decrease}}1.08<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = NOTA<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above]] <br />
|votes = 2,762<br />
|percentage = 1.24<br />
|change = {{Decrease}}0.23<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,68,035<br />
|percentage = 75.56<br />
|change = {{Increase}}2.69<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors<br />
| reg. electors =2,22,378<br />
| change = <br />
}} <br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 40,350<br />
|percentage = 18.14<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 />
=== 2019 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
| title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Palasa (2,06,799) }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party=Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = [[Gouthu Sireesha]]<br />
|votes = 60,356<br />
|percentage = 29.19<br />
|change= {{Decrease}}7.29<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party =YSR Congress Party<br />
|candidate = [[Seediri Appalaraju]]<br />
|votes = 76,603<br />
|percentage = 37.04<br />
|change= {{Increase}}9.73<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Janasena Party<br />
|candidate = Kotha Purnachandra Rao<br />
|votes = 6,133<br />
|percentage = 2.97<br />
|change = ''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = <br />
|candidate = Remaining<br />
|votes = 4,555<br />
|percentage = 2.2<br />
|change = {{Decrease}}4.56<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = NOTA<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above]]<br />
|votes = 3,044<br />
|percentage = 1.47<br />
|change = {{Increase}}1.09<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes =1,50,691<br />
|percentage =72.87<br />
|change= {{Increase}}0.96<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors<br />
| reg. electors = 2,06,799<br />
| change = <br />
}} <br />
{{Election box majority| <br />
|votes =16,247<br />
|percentage =7.85<br />
|change=<br />
}}<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 />
=== 2014 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Palasa }}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party=Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate=Syam Sunder Sivaji Gouthu<br />
|votes=69,658<br />
|percentage=36.48<br />
|change=<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party=YSR Congress Party<br />
|candidate=Baburao Vajja<br />
|votes=52,133<br />
|percentage=27.31<br />
|change=''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party=Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate=Nageswara Rao Vanka<br />
|votes=1,863<br />
|percentage=0.98<br />
|change=<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party=<br />
|candidate=Remaining<br />
|votes=12,912<br />
|percentage=6.76<br />
|change=<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = NOTA<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above]]<br />
|votes = 728<br />
|percentage = 0.38<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes=1,37,294<br />
|percentage=71.91<br />
|change=<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors<br />
| reg. electors = 1,90,925<br />
| change = <br />
}} <br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes=17,525<br />
|percentage=9.17<br />
|change=<br />
}} <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 />
=== 2009 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Palasa}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Juttu Jagannaikulu<br />
|votes = 47,931<br />
|percentage = 40.5<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = Syam Sunder Sivaji Gouthu<br />
|votes = 41,117<br />
|percentage = 34.8<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Praja Rajyam Party<br />
|candidate = Nageswara Rao Vanka<br />
|votes = 22,213<br />
|percentage = 18.8<br />
|change = ''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 6,814<br />
|percentage = 5.8<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 118,288<br />
|percentage = 73.7<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box new seat win|<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Srikakulam district]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2008]]</div>
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