| Anantapur Urban | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 153 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Anantapur Urban Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Anantapur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Anantapur |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 255,682 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | TDP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Anantapur Urban Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anantapur Lok Sabha constituency.
Daggupati Venkateswara Prasad is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[1] As of 2019, there are a total of 255,682 electors in the constituency.[needs update] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2012 | YSR Congress Party | ||
| 2014 | V. Prabhakar Chowdary | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Anantha Venkatarami Reddy | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Daggupati Venkateswara Prasad | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results[edit | edit source]
2009[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | B Gurunatha Reddy | 45,275 | 39.03 | ||
| TDP | Mahalakshmi Sreenivasulu | 32,033 | 27.61 | ||
| PRP | T J Prakash | 28,489 | 24.56 | ||
| Majority | 13,242 | 13.42 | |||
| Turnout | 116,008 | 50.47 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy | 65,711 | 52.90 | ||
| TDP | M. Sreenivasulu | 40,980 | 32.98 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2014[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | V. Prabhakar Chowdary | 74,704 | 48.07 | ||
| YSRCP | B Gurunatha Reddy | 65,370 | 42.06 | ||
| Majority | 9,334 | 6.01 | |||
| Turnout | 155,417 | 61.50 | +11.03 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Anantha Venkatarami Reddy | 88,704 | 53.71% | ||
| TDP | V Prabhakar Chowdary | 60,006 | 36% | ||
| Janasena Party | T. C. Varun | 10,920 | 7% | ||
| Majority | 28,698 | 17.37% | |||
| Turnout | 1,65,141 | +3.08% | |||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Daggupati Venkateswara Prasad | 103,334 | 54.51 | ||
| YSRCP | Anantha Venkatarami Reddy | 80,311 | 42.36 | ||
| CPI | C. Jaffer | 2,838 | 1.50 | ||
| JAI BHARATH NATIONAL PARTY | AKULA RAGHAVENDRA | 1,309 | 0.71 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,379 | 0.73 | ||
| Majority | 23,023 | 12.14 | |||
| Turnout | 1,89,575 | ||||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.