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{{short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Rajahmundry Rural
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (51-Rajahmundry Rural highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| mla = [[Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary]]
| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| district = [[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency|Rajahmundry]]
| reservation = None
| electors = 254,339
| established = 2008
| constituency_no = 51
| type = SLA
}}

'''Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[East Godavari 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 [[Rajahmundry 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=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}}</ref>

[[Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary]] 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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Assembly Election 2024 |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> As of 2024, there are a total of 254,339 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|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the ''Delimitation Orders (2008)''.

== Mandals ==

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

{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal
|-
| [[Kadiam]]
|-
| [[Rajahmundry Rural]]
|-
| [[Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation]] (Ward No.1 to 6, 36 to 41 and 90)
|-
|}

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
| [[Chandana Ramesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=4}}
|-
| [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
| rowspan=3 |[[Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary]]
|-
| [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|-
| [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
|}

== Election results ==
=== 2024 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajahmundry Rural<ref name="Election Commission of India">{{cite news |title=General Election to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 |publisher=Election Commission of India |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0151.htm |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-date=}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary]]
|votes = 129,060
|percentage = 63.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Chelluboyina Venugopala Krishna]]
|votes = 64,970
|percentage = 32.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Balepalli Muralidhar
|votes = 2,728
|percentage = 1.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None Of The Above
|votes = 2,699
|percentage = 1.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 64,090
|percentage = 32.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,99,219
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajahmundry Rural}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary]]
|votes = 74,166
|percentage = 39.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Akula Veerraju
|votes = 63,762
|percentage = 33.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janasena Party
|candidate = [[Kandula Lakshmi Durgesh Prasad|Kandula Durgesh]]
|votes = 42,685
|percentage = 22.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,404
|percentage = 5.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajahmundry Rural}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary]]
|votes = 87,540
|percentage = 52.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Akula Veerraju]]
|votes = 69481
|percentage = 41.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 18,058
|percentage = 10.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 167,626
|percentage = 73.85
|chance = +1.15
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajahmundry Rural}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Chandana Ramesh]]
|votes = 44,617
|percentage = 32.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = [[Ravanam Swami Naidu]]
|votes = 43,070
|percentage = 31.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[J. Vijaya Lakshmi]]
|votes = 38,340
|percentage = 27.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,547
|percentage = 1.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 137,742
|percentage = 72.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:East Godavari district]]
[[Category:Rajahmundry]]
[[Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2008]]

Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency - Revision history

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