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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 = Punganur<br />
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (165-Punganur highlighted).png<br />
| map_caption = Location of Punganur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh<br />
| mla = [[Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy]]<br />
| party = {{Party index link|YSR Congress Party}}<br />
| alliance = None<br />
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
| district =<br />
*[[Annamayya district|Annamayya]]<br />
*[[Chittoor district|Chittoor]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency|Rajampet]]<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 229,261<br />
| established = 1951<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 165<br />
}}<br />
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'''Punganur Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[Annamayya district]] and [[Chittoor district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] that elects represtatives 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 seven assembly segments of [[Rajampet 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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[[Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy]] is the current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], having won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[YSR Congress Party]]. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 229,261 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per ''Delimination Orders (1951)''.<br />
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== Mandals ==<br />
{{srn}}<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"<br />
!Mandal<br />
!District<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sodam]] <br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Annamayya district|Annamayya]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Somala]] <br />
|-<br />
| [[Chowdepalle]] <br />
|-<br />
| [[Punganur]] <br />
|-<br />
| [[Pulicherla mandal, Chittoor district|Pulicherla]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Chittoor district|Chittoor]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rompicherla, Chittoor district|Rompicherla]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" | Political party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br />
| B. Krishnamurthy rao <br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election|1955]]<br />
| Y.B.V. Chikarayalu <br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
| rowspan=2 |V. Ramaswami Reddy <br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]] <br />
|-<br />
| 1970 by-election<br />
| rowspan=2 |B. Rani Sundarmani <br />
|-<br />
| [[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1978]]<br />
| K. V. Pati<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |<br />
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1983]]<br />
| Baggidi Gopal <br />
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=5}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
| rowspan=3 |[[Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1996 by-election<br />
| [[N. Amarnath Reddy]] <br />
|-<br />
| [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]<br />
| N. Sreedhar Reddy <br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<br />
| [[N. Amarnath Reddy]] <br />
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<br />
| rowspan=4 |[[Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
=== 1952 === <br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: Punganur<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}</ref>}} <br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=B. Krishnamoorthy Rao |party=Indian National Congress |votes=21,059 |percentage=45.19% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Varanasi Raghunatha Reddi |party=Independent politician |votes=19,737 |percentage=42.35% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Peddivari Vankata Reddi |party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes=5,807 |percentage=12.46% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,322 |percentage=2.84% |change= }} <br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=46,603 |percentage=62.41% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 74,675 |change = }} <br />
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2009 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Punganur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress <br />
|candidate = [[Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy]] <br />
|votes = 84,083<br />
|percentage = 51.64<br />
|change = -1.58<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = [[M Venkatramana Raju]] <br />
|votes = 43,356<br />
|percentage = 26.63<br />
|change = -7.73<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Praja Rajyam Party<br />
|candidate = Vantela Khadar Bhasha<br />
|votes = 25,891<br />
|percentage = 15.9<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 40,727<br />
|percentage = 25.01<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,61,127<br />
|percentage = 83.39<br />
|change = <br />
}}<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]]: Punganur}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = YSR Congress Party<br />
|candidate = [[Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy]] <br />
|votes = 1,04,587<br />
|percentage = 56.47<br />
|change = {{increase}}6.55<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = M. Venkataramana Raju<br />
|votes = 72,856<br />
|percentage = 39.34<br />
|change = {{decrease}}4.7<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 31,731<br />
|percentage = 17.13<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,85,213<br />
|percentage = 84.10<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = YSR Congress 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]]: Punganur}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = YSR Congress Party<br />
|candidate = [[Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy]] <br />
|votes = 107000<br />
|percentage = 54.85<br />
|change = {{decrease}}1.58<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|candidate = N. Anesha Reddy<br />
|votes = 63,876<br />
|percentage = 32.61<br />
|change = {{decrease}}7.73<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Janasena Party<br />
|candidate = [[Bode Ramachandra Yadav]]<br />
|votes = 16,452<br />
|percentage = 18.40<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 42,710<br />
|percentage = 22.24<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,95,868<br />
|percentage = 87<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = YSR Congress Party <br />
|loser = TDP<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2024 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Punganur}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = YSR Congress Party<br />
|candidate = [[Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy]]<br />
|votes = 99774<br />
|percentage = 48.07<br />
|change = {{decrease}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Challa Ramachandra Reddy (Babu)]]|votes=93,155|percentage=45.16|change={{increase}}}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharata Chaitanya Yuvajana Party|candidate=[[Bode Ramachandra Yadav]]|votes=4423|percentage=2.17|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Dr. G Murali Mohan Yadav|votes=3546|percentage=1.7|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None Of The Above|votes=2884|percentage=1.39|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=6619|percentage=3.19|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=206911|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = YSRCP<br />
|loser = TDP<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
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{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Chittoor district]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br />
[[Category:1951 establishments in Madras State]]</div>
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