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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=September 2018}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Pedana<br />
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (74-Pedana highlighted).png<br />
| map_caption = Location of Pedana Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh<br />
| mla = [[Kagitha Krishna Prasad]]<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 = [[Krishna district|Krishna]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency|Machilipatnam]]<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| constituency_no = 74<br />
| electors = 1,65,987<br />
| established = 2008<br />
| type = SLA<br />
}}<br />
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'''Pedana Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[Krishna 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|format=PDF|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> It is one of the seven assembly segments of [[Machilipatnam 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=21, 31|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> <br />
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[[Kagitha Krishna Prasad]] is the current [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency, having won the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] election from [[Telugu Desam Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pedana Assembly Election Results 2024: Pedana Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/andhra-pradesh/pedana-constituency-result-1074 |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> As of 2019, there are a total of 1,65,987 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>{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the ''Delimitation Orders (2008)''.<br />
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== Mandals ==<br />
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The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:<ref name="constituencies" />{{srn}}<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"<br />
!Mandal<br />
|-<br />
| Gudur<br />
|-<br />
| [[Pedana mandal|Pedana]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bantumilli mandal|Bantumilli]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Kruthivennu mandal|Kruthivennu]]<br />
|}<br />
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== 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 />
| [[Jogi Ramesh]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br />
| Kagitha Venkata Rao<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<br />
| [[Jogi Ramesh]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
| [[Kagitha Krishna Prasad]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
<section begin="Assembly Election 2024"/><br />
=== 2024 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Pedana}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = [[Kagitha Krishna Prasad]]<br />
|votes =91,394 <br />
|percentage =60.95 <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Uppala Ramesh (Ramu)|votes=53,271|percentage=35.52|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Sonti Nagaraju|votes=1394|percentage=0.9|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None Of The Above|votes=1349|percentage=0.9|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=38,123|percentage=25.43|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,49,961|percentage=90.34|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner =Telugu Desam Party<br />
|loser =YSRCP <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<section begin="Assembly Election 2024"/><br />
<br />
=== 2019 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Pedana}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = YSR Congress Party<br />
|candidate = [[Jogi Ramesh]]<br />
|votes = 61,920<br />
|percentage = 42.46%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = Kagitha Krishnaprasad<br />
|votes = 54,081<br />
|percentage = 37.08%<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Janasena Party<br />
|candidate = Ankem Lakshmi Srinivas<br />
|votes = 25,733<br />
|percentage = 17.64%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 7,839<br />
|percentage = 5.38%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 145848<br />
|percentage = 87.76<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 />
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=== 2014 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Pedana}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = Kagitha Venkata Rao<br />
|votes = 71,779<br />
|percentage = 53.00<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = YSR Congress Party<br />
|candidate = Buragadda Vedavyas<br />
|votes = 58,085<br />
|percentage = 42.89<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 13,694<br />
|percentage = 10.11<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 135,442<br />
|percentage = 88.50<br />
|change = +2.52<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 />
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=== 2009 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Pedana}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Jogi Ramesh]]<br />
|votes = 44,480<br />
|percentage = 35.17<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = Kagitha Venkata Rao<br />
|votes = 43,045<br />
|percentage = 34.22<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Praja Rajyam Party<br />
|candidate = Myla Veeraju<br />
|votes = 29,172<br />
|percentage = 23.06<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 1,192<br />
|percentage = 0.95<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 126,484<br />
|percentage = 85.98<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box new seat win|<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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== 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:Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Krishna district]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2008]]</div>
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