Kakinada City (Assembly constituency)

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Kakinada City
Constituency
for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
DistrictEast Godavari
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate255,716
Current constituency
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLADwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy
ReservationGeneral

Kakinada City (Assembly constituency) is a constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Tuni, Prathipadu (SC), Pithapuram, Kakinada Rural and Peddapuram.[2] Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 255,716 electors in the constituency.[4]

Mandals[edit]

The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

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Mandal
Kakinada Urban Mandal (Part) Kakinada Urban (M) (Part) Kakinada(M) Ward No. 1 to 65

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Political party
1952 Chittajallu Venkata Krishna Rao Communist Party of India
1952 Kanteti Mohana Rao Communist Party of India
1955 Mallipudi Pallam Raju Indian National Congress
1962 Dantu Bhaskara Rao Indian National Congress
1967 C. V. K. Rao Independent politician
1972 Akkineni Bhaskra Rao Indian National Congress
1978 Malladi Swamy Indian National Congress
1983 Mutha Gopala Krishna Murthy Telugu Desam Party
1985 Mutha Gopala Krishna Murthy Telugu Desam Party
1989 Malladi Swami Indian National Congress
1994 Mutha Gopala Krishna Murthy Telugu Desam Party
1999 Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
2004 Mutha Gopala Krishna Murthy Indian National Congress
2009 Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy Indian National Congress
2014 Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy YSR Congress Party

Election results[edit]

Assembly Elections 2009[edit]

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Kakinada City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy 44,606 37.28
Praja Rajyam Bandana Hari 35,327 29.52
TDP Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao 25,636 21.42
Majority 9,279 7.76
Turnout 119,664 72.54
INC win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014[edit]

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao 76,467 54.42
YSRCP Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy 52,467 37.34
Majority 24,000 17.08
Turnout 140,523 67.87 -4.67
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019[edit]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy 73,890 43.06%
TDP Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao 59,779 34.84%
Jana Sena Mutha Sasidhar 30,188 17.59%
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NOTA None of the above 1654 1 N/A
BJP peddireddi Ravi kiran 1581 0.92
Majority 14,111 8.22%
Turnout 171,604
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing 5.72%

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 18, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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