Kandukur (Assembly constituency)
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Kandukur Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of twelve constituencies in the Prakasham district.[1]
Kandukur | |
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Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
District | Prakasam |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
Current constituency | |
Reservation | No |
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.
TownEdit
Kandukur MunicipalityEdit
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.
MandalsEdit
The five mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:[citation needed]
Mandal |
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Lingasamudram |
Voletivaripalem |
Kandukur |
Gudluru |
Ulavapadu |
Members of Legislative AssemblyEdit
Duration | Name of M.L.A. | Political party | |
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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 KandukurEdit
Political party | MLC | Span | |
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YSR Congress Party | Tumati Madhava Rao | (2021-2027) |
Election resultsEdit
Assembly Elections 1955Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Divi Kondaiah Chowdary | 21,506 | |||
CPI | Ravi Pati Vankaiah | 14,409 | |||
INC gain from CPI | Swing |
Assembly Elections 1962Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 1967Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 1972Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Audinarayana Reddy | 36892 | |||
INC | N. Chenchu Rama Naidu | 31,459 | |||
Independent gain from INC | Swing |
Assembly Elections 1978Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 1983Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 1985Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Audinarayanareddy Manugunta | 45,765 | |||
TDP | Venkatasubbaiah Gutta | 44,480 | |||
INC gain from TDP | Swing |
Assembly Elections 1989Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy | 56,626 | |||
TDP | Moruboyina Malakondaiah | 46,428 | |||
INC gain from TDP | Swing |
Assembly Elections 1994Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 1999Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Divi Sivaram | 63,964 | 50.47% | ||
INC | Maheedhar reddy | 62,439 | 49.26% | ||
TDP gain from INC | Swing |
Assembly Elections 2004Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 2009Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 2014Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 2019Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |