Santhanuthalapadu (Assembly constituency)

Santhanuthalapadu Assembly constituency is a scheduled caste reserved constituency in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India. As per the Delimitation Orders (2008), the constituency covers Santhanuthalapadu, Maddipadu, Naguluppalapadu and Chimakurthi mandals. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Vemuru Repalle, Bapatla, Parchur, Addanki, Chirala and Santhanuthalapadu.

Santhanuthalapadu
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
District	Prakasam
State	Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Party	YSR Congress Party
MLA	T. J. R. Sudhakar Babu
Reservation	Yes

Mandals

Mandal
Naguluppalapadu
Maddipadu
Santhanuthalapadu
Chimakurthi

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1962	Tavanam Chenchaiah		Communist Party of India
1967	V. C. K. Rao		Indian National Congress
1972	Aareti Kotaiah		Indian National Congress
1978	Yellaiah Vema		Telugu Desam Party
1983	Aareti Kotaiah		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Kasukurthi Adhenna		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Venkata Seshu Gurrala		Indian National Congress
1994	Chenchaiah Thavanam		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1999	David Raju Palaparthi		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Dara Sambaiah		Indian National Congress
2009	B.N. Vijay Kumar		Indian National Congress
2014	Audimulapu Suresh		YSR Congress Party
2019	Subhakar babu		YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dara Sambaiah	66,464	55.72	+15.24
	TDP	David Raju Palaparthi	50,829	42.61	-8.94
Majority			15,635	13.11
Turnout			119,290	74.57	+12.50
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Santhanuthalapadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B N Vijay Kumar	63,769	43.90	-11.82
	CPI (M)	Anjaiah Jala	54,238	37.40
	Praja Rajyam	Kommuri Kanaka Rao	19,129	13.20
Majority			9,531	6.50
Turnout			145,171	72.80	-1.77
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Audimulapu Suresh	80,954	48.22
	TDP	B N Vijay Kumar	79,678	47.46
Majority			1,276	0.76
Turnout			167,888	83.19	+10.39
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	TJR Sudhakar Babu	89,160	49.45%
	TDP	B N Vijay Kumar	80,082	44.42%
Majority			9,078	5.03%
Turnout			1,80,290	85.28	+2.1
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly