Darsi (Assembly constituency)


Darsi Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of 12 constituencies in the Prakasham district of Andhra Pradesh. As per the Delimitation Orders (2008), the constituency covers the Donakonda, Kurichedu, Mundlamuru, Darsi and Thallur mandals.[1]

Darsi
Constituency
for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
DistrictPrakasam
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate2,14,233
Current constituency
Created2019
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAMaddisetty Venugopal
ReservationNo

Maddisetty Venugopal of YSR Congress Party is currently representing the constituency.

OverviewEdit

It is part of the Ongole Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Yerragondapalem, Ongole, Kondapi, Markapuram, Giddalur and Kanigiri in Prakasam district.

MandalsEdit

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Mandal
Tallur
Kurichedu
Mundlamuru
Darsi
Donakonda

Members of Legislative AssemblyEdit

Year Member Political party
2009 Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy Indian National Congress
2014 Sidda Raghava Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Madishetty Venugopal YSR Congress Party

Election resultsEdit

Assembly Elections 2004Edit

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Buchepalli Subba Reddy 50,431 38.46
TDP Kadiri Babu Rao 48,021 36.62 -7.76
INC Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy Sanikommu 29,575 22.55 -20.41
Majority 2,410 1.84
Turnout 131,125 72.26 +5.65
Independent gain from TDP Swing

Assembly Elections 2009Edit

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy 66,418 42.96
TDP Mannam Venkata Ramana 53,028 34.30
Praja Rajyam Maddisetty Venugopal 27,221 17.61
Majority 13,390 8.66
Turnout 154,589 86.37 +14.11
INC gain from Independent Swing

Assembly elections 2014Edit

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Raghava Rao Sidda 88,821 49.00
YSRCP Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy 87,447 48.20
Majority 1,374 0.80
Turnout 182,010 91.52 +5.15
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

Assembly elections 2019Edit

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Maddisetty Venugoapal Rao + Buchepalli siva prasad reddy 1,11,914 57.29
TDP Kadiri Babu Rao 72,857 37.30
Jana Sena Botuku Ramesh 3,828 2.5
Majority 39,057 19.75
Turnout 1,95,348 91.52
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.