Venkatagiri (Assembly constituency)

Venkatagiri
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
District	Nellore
State	Andhra Pradesh
Electorate	2,40,253
Current constituency
Party	Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party
MLA	Anam Ramanarayana Reddy
Reservation	No

Venkatagiri Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one among 10 constituencies in the Nellore district.

Anam Ramanarayana Reddy of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party is currently representing the constituency.

Overview

It is part of the Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Sarvepalli, Gudur, Sullurpeta in Nellore district and Tirupati, Srikalahasti, Satyavedu in Chittor district.

Mandals

Mandal
Kaluvoya
Rapur
Sydapuram
Dakkili
Vekatagiri
Balayapalle

Members of Legislative Assembly Rapur

Year	Member	Political party
1952	D. Dasaratharamiah Naidu		Indian National Congress
1962	Anamchenchu Subba Reddy		Indian National Congress
1967	Anam C.S.Reddy		Indian National Congress
1968	A.S.Reddy		Indian National Congress
1972	Navvula Venkataratnam Naidu		Independent politician
1978	Navvula Venkataratnam Naidu		Indian National Congress
1983	Malireddy Adinarayana Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Anam Ram Narayanareddy		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Navvula Venkataratnam Naidu		Indian National Congress
1994	Y. Sreenivasulureddy		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Anam Ram Narayanareddy		Indian National Congress
2004	Anam Ram Narayanareddy		Indian National Congress

Members of Legislative Assembly Venkatagiri

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Padileti Venkataswami Reddy		Indian National Congress
1956	Allam Krishnayya		Indian National Congress
1962	Allam Krishnayya		Indian National Congress
1967	Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah		Independent politician
1972	Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah		Indian National Congress
1978	Nallapareddy Sreenivasulu Reddy		Indian National Congress
1983	Nallareddy Chandrasekhara Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	V. Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Raja VVRK. Yachendra Velugoti		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi		Indian National Congress
2004	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi		Indian National Congress
2009	Kurugondla Ramakrishna		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Kurugondla Ramakrishna		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Anam Ramanarayana Reddy		YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi	57,830	49.66	+4.34
	TDP	Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra V	51,135	43.91	+8.53
Majority			6,695	5.75
Turnout			116,450	78.98	+5.12
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Venkatagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	69,731	43.62	−0.29
	INC	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi	62,965	39.39	−10.27
	PRP	Meraga Murali Yadav	19,970	12.49
Majority			6,766	4.23
Turnout			159,851	76.72	−2.26
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Venkatagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	83,669	47.43
	YSRCP	Kommi Lakshmi Naidu	78,034	44.23
Majority			5,635	3.20
Turnout			176,417	81.68	+4.96
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Anam Ramanarayana Reddy	109204	57.26
	TDP	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	70484	36.96
	BSP	Pallipati Raja	2253	1.18
	BJP	S.S.R.Naidu	1700	0.89
Majority			38720	20.3
Turnout			190714	79.39
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha