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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 Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Rajam
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| district = [[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]
| electorate = 219,313
| year = 2019
| reserved = [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]]
| mla = Kambala Jogulu
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
| parl_name = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
}}

'''Rajam (SC) Assembly constituency''' is an [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]] reserved constituency in [[Srikakulam district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<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 [[Vizianagaram (Lok Sabha constituency)]], along with [[Etcherla (Assembly constituency)|Etcherla]], [[Bobbili (Assembly constituency)|Bobbili]], [[Cheepurupalli (Assembly constituency)|Cheepurupalli]], [[Gajapathinagaram (Assembly constituency)|Gajapathinagaram]], [[Nellimarla (Assembly constituency)|Nellimarla]] and [[Vizianagaram (Assembly constituency)|Vizianagaram]].<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> {{As of|2019|03|25}}, there a total of 219,313 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> Kambala Jogulu is the present [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency, who won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[YSR Congress Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Assembly Election 2019 |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>

== Mandals ==
The four [[Tehsil|mandals]] that forms the assembly constituency are:<ref name="constituencies" />
{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal
|-
| [[Rajam, Andhra Pradesh|Rajam]]
|-
| [[Vangara, Srikakulam|Vangara]]
|-
| [[Santhakavati|Santhakaviti]]
|-
| [[Regidi Amadalavalasa]]
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly Vunukuru ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| 1955
| Chelikani Sreeranga Naikulu
| {{Full party name with color|Krishikar Lok Party}}
|-
| 1962
| Palavalasa Sangamnaidu
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1967
| M. B. Parankusam
| {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
| 1972
| Palavalasa Rukminamma
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1978
| Mudili Babu Parankusam
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| 1983
| [[Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1985
| [[Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1989
| [[Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1994
| Palavalasa Rajasekharam
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1999
| [[Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2004
| [[Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly Honjaram ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| 1952
| Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu
| {{Full party name with color|Krishikar Lok Party}}
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly Boddam ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| 1962
| Allu Dasavatharam
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly Rajam ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| 2009
| Kondru Murali Mohan
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2014
| Kambala Jogulu
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
|-
| 2019
| Kambala Jogulu
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
|}

== Members of Legislative Council from Rajam ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2" | Political party
! MLC !! Span
|-
|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|YSRCP}}
|Palavalasa Vikranth|| (2021-2027)
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|TDP}}
|K. Pratibha Bharati||
|}

== Election results ==
=== Assembly Elections 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections]]: Rajam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Kondru Murali Mohan
|votes = 61,771
|percentage = 46.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Kavali Pratibha Bharathi]]
|votes = 34,638
|percentage = 25.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = Kambala Jogulu
|votes = 27,923
|percentage = 20.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Paka Rajarao
|votes = 4,234
|percentage = 3.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Bosi Manmadharao
|votes = 1,741
|percentage = 1.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Lok Satta Party
|candidate = Adinarayana Dukka
|votes = 1,645
|percentage = 1.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Bhupathi Apparao
|votes = 1,271
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 27,133
|percentage = 20.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,34,396
|percentage = 72.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Elections 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Kambala Jogulu|votes=69,192|percentage=47.0|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Kavali Pratibha Bharathi]]|votes=68,680|percentage=46.7|change={{decrease}}20.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kondru Murali Mohan|votes=4,790|percentage=3.3|change={{decrease}}42.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=P.M.J. Babu|votes=1,205|percentage=0.8|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Lok Satta Party|candidate=Tunia Shankar Babu Rao|votes=1,141|percentage=0.8|change={{decrease}}0.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Mannena Chaitanya Kumar|votes=737|percentage=0.5|change={{decrease}}0.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Paila M.M.R.R. Suresh Kumar|votes=491|percentage=0.3|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jai Samaikyandhra Party|candidate=Savarapu Praveena|votes=480|percentage=0.3|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=512|percentage=0.3|change={{decrease}}19.9}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,47,887|percentage=74.2|change={{increase}}1.5}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Elections 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Kambala Jogulu|votes=83,561|percentage=52.6|change={{increase}}5.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Kondru Murali Mohan|votes=66,713|percentage=42.0|change={{decrease}}4.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jana Sena Party|candidate=Mucha Srinivasa Rao|votes=4,987|percentage=3.1|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kambala Rajvardhan|votes=2,214|percentage=1.4|change={{decrease}}1.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Chaitanya Kumar Mannema|votes=967|percentage=0.6|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=16,848|percentage=10.6|change={{increase}}10.3}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,58,947|percentage=73.9|change={{decrease}}0.3}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|swing = {{increase}}5.15
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Srikakulam district]]

Rajam (Assembly constituency) - Revision history

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