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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 = Salur
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 13
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (13-Salur highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Salur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| district = [[Parvathipuram Manyam district|Parvathipuram Manyam]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Araku Lok Sabha constituency|Araku]]
| reservation = ST
| incumbent_image = Gummadi Sandhya Rani.jpg
| established = 1951
| mla = [[Gummadi Sandhya Rani]]
| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 190,619<ref name="electors"/>{{update after|2024|6}}
}}
'''Salur''' is a [[Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribe]] reserved constituency in [[Parvathipuram Manyam 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 [[Araku 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=17, 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>

[[Gummadi Sandhya Rani]] 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 2019 |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> As of 2019, there are a total of 190,619 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|6}} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the ''Delimitation Orders (1951)''.

== Mandals ==
The four [[Tehsil|mandals]] that form the assembly constituency are:<ref name="constituencies" />
{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal
|-
| [[Salur mandal|Salur]]
|-
| [[Pachipenta mandal|Pachipenta]]
|-
| [[Mentada mandal|Mentada]]
|-
| [[Makkuva mandal|Makkuva]]
|}

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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| [[1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora
| {{Full party name with color|Krishikar Lok Party}}
|-
| [[1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election|1955]]
| [[A. Yerukunaidu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
| [[1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| B. Rajayya
|-
| [[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| Mutyallu Janni
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1978]]
| S. R. T. P. S. Veerapa Raju
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| [[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1983]]
| rowspan=2 |B. Rajaiah
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|-
| [[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
| Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]]
| rowspan=3 |Rajendra Prathap Bhanj Deo
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
|-
| [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|-
| [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
| rowspan=3 |[[Rajanna Dora Peedika]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|-
| [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| |[[Gummadi Sandhya Rani]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|}

== Election results ==

=== 2024 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Gummidi Sandhyarani
|votes = 80,211
|percentage = 39.15
|change = {{Increase}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Rajanna Dora Peedika
|votes = 66,478
|percentage = 32.45
|change = {{Decrease}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Muvvala Puspharao
|votes = 2,239
|percentage = 1.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Remaining
|candidate = "4" Candidates
|votes = 3,684
|percentage = 1.8
|change = {{Decrease}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 5,743
|percentage = 2.8
|change = {{Decrease}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,58,355
|percentage = 77.29
|change = {{Increase}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors
| reg. electors = 2,04874
| change = {{Increase}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,733
|percentage = 6.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain 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]]: Salur
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = PEEDIKA. RAJANNA DORA
|votes = 78,430
|percentage =
|change = {{Decrease}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = R. P. BHANJ DEO
|votes = 58,401
|percentage =
|change = {{Increase}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janasena Party
|candidate = BONELA. GOVINDAMMA
|votes = 3,308
|percentage =
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Remaining
|candidate = "5" Candidates
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = {{Decrease}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 4,874
|percentage =
|change = {{Increase}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,51,713
|percentage = 79.46
|change = {{Increase}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors
| reg. electors = 1,90,936
| change = {{Increase}}
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
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{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
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=== 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Rajanna Dora Peedika]]|votes=49,517|percentage=40.94|change=-7.74}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Gummadi Sandhya Rani]]|votes=47,861|percentage=39.57|change=-11.75}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Hanumantha Rao T.V.|votes=13,479|percentage=11.14|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,656|percentage=1.37|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=121,002|percentage=71.57|change=-3.07}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

===1952===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur<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>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Kunichetti Dora|party=Krishikar Lok Party |votes=19,408 |percentage=53.40% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[A. Yerukunaidu]]|party=Indian National Congress |votes=6,760 |percentage=18.60% |change=18.60% }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Alaganji Ramamurthy |party=Socialist Party (India) |votes=6,231 |percentage=17.14% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kottakki Chiranjividas |party=Independent politician |votes=3,944 |percentage=10.85% |change= }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=12,648 |percentage=34.80% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=36,343 |percentage=46.85% |change= }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 77,570 |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Krishikar Lok Party |loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1955 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Socialist Party
|candidate = [[A. Yerukunaidu]]
|votes = 19,204
|percentage = 22.56
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Kunichetti Dora
|votes = 14,674
|percentage = 17.24
|change = {{decrease}}1.36
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Boina Rajayya
|votes = 13,473
|percentage = 15.83
|change = {{decrease}}2.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Socialist Party
|candidate = Dippala Dora
|votes = 8,774
|percentage = 10.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Andrarama Bahadur
|votes = 6,168
|percentage = 7.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Raja Dugaraja
|votes = 5,198
|percentage = 6.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Balaga Narayana
|votes = 5,179
|percentage = 6.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sankaravamsam Deo
|votes = 4,287
|percentage = 5.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Gadipalli Parayya
|votes = 4,286
|percentage = 5.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Kota Naidu
|votes = 1,987
|percentage = 2.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Marpina Naidu
|votes = 1,896
|percentage = 2.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 18,003
|percentage = 21.15
|change = {{decrease}}13.65
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 85,126
|percentage = 83.31
|change = {{increase}}36.46
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Praja Socialist Party & Indian National Congress
|loser = Krishikar Lok Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1962 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Lakshmi Raju|votes=18,857|percentage=66.99|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[A. Yerukunaidu]]|votes=9,288|percentage=33.0|change={{decrease}}0.07}}
{{Election box majority||votes=9,569|percentage=33.99|change={{decrease}}4.4}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=28,145|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent
|loser = Praja Socialist Party & Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1967 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = B. Rajayya
|votes = 17,679
|percentage = 43.11
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Swatantra Party
|candidate = J. Mutyalu
|votes = 10,323
|percentage = 25.17
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = D. Suridora
|votes = 7,692
|percentage = 18.76
|change = {{decrease}}14.24
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = P.V. Swamy
|votes = 5,318
|percentage = 12.97
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,356
|percentage = 17.94
|change = {{decrease}}16.05
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 41,012
|percentage = 57.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1972 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Mutyallu Janni|votes=24,787|percentage=67.14|change={{increase}}48.38}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh|candidate=S. R. T. P. S. Raju|votes=12,132|percentage=32.86|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=12,655|percentage=34.28|change={{increase}}16.34}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=36,919|percentage=42.48|change={{decrease}}14.97}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Independent
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1978 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India|candidate=S. R. T. P. S. Veerapa Raju|votes=29,126|percentage=54.3|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Party|candidate=Lakshmi Raju|votes=24,477|percentage=45.7|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,649|percentage=8.3|change={{decrease}}25.98}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=56,227|percentage=72.0|change={{increase}}29.52}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1983 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Boniya Rajaiah|votes=32,684|percentage=61.2|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Dukka Appanna|votes=16,560|percentage=31.0|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India|candidate=Vadigala Pentayya|votes=4,209|percentage=7.9|change={{decrease}}46.4}}
{{Election box majority||votes=16,124|percentage=29.4|change={{increase}}21.1}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=54,835|percentage=63.7|change={{decrease}}8.3}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1985 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Boina Rajayya|votes=33,348|percentage=56.5|change={{decrease}}4.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=L.N. Raju|votes=25,712|percentage=43.5|change={{increase}}12.5}}
{{Election box majority||votes=7,636|percentage=12.6|change={{decrease}}16.8}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=60,576|percentage=68.2|change={{increase}}4.5}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1989 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Lakshmi Raju|votes=35,823|percentage=49.6|change={{increase}}6.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=R. P. Bhanj Deo|votes=35,182|percentage=48.7|change={{decrease}}7.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Janni Mutyalu|votes=1,199|percentage=1.7|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=641|percentage=0.8|change={{decrease}}11.8}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=76,484|percentage=72.4|change={{increase}}4.2}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1994 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = R. P. Bhanj Deo
|votes = 54,702
|percentage = 66.1
|change = {{increase}}17.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Vikrama Raju
|votes = 25,332
|percentage = 30.6
|change = {{decrease}}19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janta Party
|candidate = Pakki Usharani
|votes = 1,943
|percentage = 2.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Appanna Dukka
|votes = 286
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Kolaka George
|votes = 259
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Kumari Jayalaxmi
|votes = 200
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 29,370
|percentage = 34.5
|change = {{increase}}33.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 85,101
|percentage = 72.9
|change = {{increase}}0.5
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1999 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=R. P. Bhanj Deo|votes=48,517|percentage=58.2|change=-7.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Gummadi Sandhya Rani]]|votes=33,547|percentage=40.2|change=+9.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Mutyala Uooyaka|votes=1,334|percentage=1.6|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=14,970|percentage=17.3|change=-17.2}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=86,427|percentage=72.1|change=-0.8}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2004 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Salur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=R. P. Bhanj Deo|votes=48,580|percentage=51.32|change=-6.86}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Rajanna Dora Peedika|votes=46,087|percentage=48.68|change=+8.45}}
{{Election box majority||votes=2,493|percentage=2.64|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=94,667|percentage=74.64|change=+2.52}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

== References ==
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Parvathipuram Manyam district]]
[[Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Madras State]]

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