Kandukur (Assembly constituency)

Kandukur
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
District	Prakasam
State	Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Reservation	No

Kandukur Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of twelve constituencies in the Prakasham district.

It is part of the Nellore Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments: Kavali, Atmakur, Kovuru, Nellore City, Nellore Rural and Udayagiri in the Nellore district.

The constituency covers 5 Mandals including Municipality(Town) Gudluru, Lingasamudram, Kandukur, Ulavapadu, Voletivaripalem and Kandukur Municipality.

Town

Kandukur Municipality

Kandukur Municipality. The Kandukur city is divided into 22 wards, total administration over 13,934 houses for which elections are held every 5 years. The Kandukur Municipality has population of 57,246 of which 28,644 are males while 28,602 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Mandals

The five mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:

Mandal
Lingasamudram
Voletivaripalem
Kandukur
Gudluru
Ulavapadu

Members of Legislative Assembly

Duration	Name of M.L.A.	Political party
1952-1955	Nalamothu Chenchurama Naidu		Indian National Congress
1952-1955	Kamatham Shanmugham		Indian National Congress
1955-1962	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary		Indian National Congress
1962-1967	Nalamothu Chenchurama Naidu		Indian National Congress
1967-1972	Nalamothu Chenchurama Naidu		Indian National Congress
1972-1978	M. Audinarayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1978-1983	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary		Indian National Congress
1983-1985	M. Audinarayana Reddy		Independent politician
1985-1989	M. Audinarayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1989-1994	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994-1999	Divi Sivaram		Telugu Desam Party
1999-2004	Divi Sivaram		Telugu Desam Party
2004-2009	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy		Indian National Congress
2009-2014	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy		Indian National Congress
2014-2019	Potula Ramarao		YSR Congress Party
2019-	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy		YSR Congress Party

Members of Legislative Council from Kandukur

Political party		MLC	Span
	YSR Congress Party	Tumati Madhava Rao	(2021-2027)

Election results

Assembly Elections 1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary	21,506
	CPI	Ravi Pati Vankaiah	14,409
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

Assembly Elections 1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Chenchu Rama Naidu	23,905
	[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]]	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary	22,233
	INC gain from Swatantra Party		Swing

Assembly Elections 1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Chenchu Rama Naidu	34,927
	[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]]	V.Y.K.Reddy	29,015
	INC gain from Swatantra Party		Swing

Assembly Elections 1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Audinarayana Reddy	36892
	INC	N. Chenchu Rama Naidu	31,459
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Elections 1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary	35,361
	JP	Audinarayana Reddy Manugunta	23,056
	Independent	BATTARUSETTY KONDAIAH	9,571	12.64%
	INC	ANGIREKULA VENKATESWARA RAO	5862	7.74%
	INC gain from JP		Swing

Assembly Elections 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Adinarayana Reddy Manugunta	29,134	37.29%
	TDP	Venkatasubbaiah Gutha	26,293	33.65%
	INC	KONDAIAH CHOWDARY DIVI	22,704	29.06%
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly Elections 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Audinarayanareddy Manugunta	45,765
	TDP	Venkatasubbaiah Gutta	44,480
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly Elections 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy	56,626
	TDP	Moruboyina Malakondaiah	46,428
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly Elections 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Divi Sivaram	52,376	48.54%
	Independent	Maheedhar reddy	46,351	42.95%
	INC	BHATTARUSETTY KONDAIAH	5916	5.48
	BSP	MATLE VENKATASUBBAIAH	2151	1.99
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Elections 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Divi Sivaram	63,964	50.47%
	INC	Maheedhar reddy	62,439	49.26%
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy	67,207	52.56	+3.30
	TDP	Divi Sivaram	59,328	46.40	-4.07
Majority			7,879	6.16
Turnout			127,870	83.36	+11.66
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy	74,553	48.22	-4.34
	TDP	Divi Sivaram	70,310	45.47	-0.93
	Praja Rajyam	Vallepu Raghavulu	5,885	3.81
Majority			4,243	2.75
Turnout			154,613	83.52	+0.16
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Pothula Ramarao	84,538	48.83
	TDP	Divi Sivaram	80,732	46.64
	BSP	EKULA VENKATESWARLU	4572	2.64
Majority			3,806	2.19
Turnout			173,113	88.95	+15.43
	YSR Congress gain from INC

Assembly Elections 2019

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2019: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	POTHULA RAMARAO	86339	44.07%
	YSRCP	MANUGUNTA MAHEEDHAR REDDY	101275	51.69%
	Jana Sena	Puli Mallikarjuna Rao	2322	1.19%
Majority			14936
Turnout
	YSRCP hold		Swing

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