Kakinada Rural (Assembly constituency)

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Kakinada Rural
Constituency
for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
DistrictEast Godavari
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate249,011
Current constituency
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAKurasala Kannababu
ReservationGeneral

Kakinada Rural (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, Peddapuram, Kakinada City and Jaggampeta.[2]

Kurasala Kannababu 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 249,011 electors in the constituency.[4]

Mandals[edit]

The three mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

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Mandal
Karapa
Kakinada Rural
Kakinada Urban Mandal (Part) Kakinada Urban (M) (Part) Kakinada(M) Ward No. 66 to 70

Members of Legislative Assembly Karapa[edit]

Year Member Political party
1962 Remalla Thirupatirao Indian National Congress

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Political party
2009 Kurasala Kannababu Praja Rajyam Party
2014 Anantha Lakshmi Pilli Telugu Desam Party
2019 Kurasala Kannababu YSR Congress Party

Election results[edit]

Assembly elections 2009[edit]

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Praja Rajyam Kurasala Kannababu 53,494 38.25
INC Venkateswar Rao Nulukurthi 45,457 32.50
TDP Satyanarayana Murthy Pilli 28,691 20.59
Majority 8,037 5.05
Praja Rajyam gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2014[edit]

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Lakshmi Pilli 61,144 36.98
YSRCP Srinivasa Venu Gopala Krishna Chelluboyina 52,096 31.51
Majority 9,048 5.47
Turnout 184487 74.08 -0.5
TDP gain from Praja Rajyam Swing

Assembly elections 2019[edit]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Kurasala Kannababu 74068 40.14%
TDP Anantha Lakshmi Pilli 65279 35.38%
Jana Sena Pantam Venkateswara Rao(Nanaji) 40001 22.09%
Majority 8789 4.76%
Turnout 165,338 74.59 -0.75
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

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.