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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former constituency of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Sompeta<br />
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| district = [[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Srikakulam]]<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| established = 1951<br />
| abolished = 2008<br />
| type= SLA<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sompeta Assembly constituency''' was a constituency in [[Srikakulam district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] that elected representatives to the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in [[India]]. It was one of the six assembly segments in [[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name=delimitation1976>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3939-dpaco-1976/ |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |date=1 December 1976 |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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The constituency was established in 1951, as per the ''Delimitation Orders (1951)'' and abolished in 2008, as per the ''Delimitation Orders (2008)''.<br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" | Political party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br />
| rowspan="4" | [[Gouthu Latchanna]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Krishikar Lok Party|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election|1955]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
| Majji Thulasi Das <br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1978]]<br />
| Gouthu Latchanna<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1983]]<br />
| [[Majji Narayana Rao]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<ref name=election1985>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4049-andhra-pradesh-1985/ |title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1985 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 18 May 2022}}</ref><br />
| rowspan="5" | Gouthu Syam Sunder Sivaji<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=5}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]<ref name=election1999>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4052-andhra-pradesh-1999/ |title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1999 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 18 May 2022}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<ref name=election2004>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4053-andhra-pradesh-2004/ |title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2004 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 18 May 2022}}</ref><br />
|}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
===1952===<br />
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{{Election box begin|title= [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: Sompeta<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=[[Gouthu Latchanna]] |party=Krishikar Lok Party |votes=13,341 |percentage=33.89% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Pothuru Swamy Babu |party=Indian National Congress |votes=8,424 |percentage=21.40% |change=21.40% }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Jagannatharajamani Raji Deo |party=Independent politician |votes=8,071 |percentage=20.51% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Marpu Padmanabham |party=Communist Party of India |votes=6,221 |percentage=15.80% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sanapathi Krishnamurthy |party=Independent politician |votes=3,304 |percentage=8.39% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=4,917 |percentage=12.49% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=39,361 |percentage=58.17% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 67,670 |change = }}<br />
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Krishikar Lok Party}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of constituencies of 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:Former assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Srikakulam district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br />
[[Category:1951 establishments in Madras State]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]<br />
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]</div>
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