| Kurupam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| District | Vizianagaram |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| Electorate | 183,830 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Party | YSR Congress Party |
| MLA | Pushpasreevani Pamula |
| Reservation | ST |
Kurupam Assembly constituency is an ST reserved constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku (ST) (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Palakonda, Parvathipuram, Salur, Araku Valley (ST), Paderu (ST) and Rampachodavaram.[2]
Pushpasreevani Pamula is the current MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019[update], there a total of 183,830 electors in the constituency.[4]
Mandals[edit | edit source]
The five mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Kurupam |
| Gummalakshmipuram |
| Jiyyammavalasa |
| Komarada |
| Garugubilli |
Members of Legislative Assembly Naguru[edit | edit source]
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Addakula Lakshmu Naidu | Independent politician | |
| 1962 | Addakula Lakshmu Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Sri Satrucharla Prathap Rudra Raju | Swatantra Party | |
| 1972 | Vyricherla Chandra Chudamani Deo | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Satrucharla Chandrasekhara Raju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Nimmaka Jaya Raju | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | Kolaka Lakshmana Murthy | Communist Party of India | |
Members of Legislative Assembly Kurupam[edit | edit source]
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Veera Vara Todarmal Janardhan Thatraj | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Pushpasreevani Pamula | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | Pushpasreevani Pamula | YSR Congress Party | |
Election results[edit | edit source]
Assembly Elections 2009[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Janardhan Thatraj Veeravaratodramala | 48,493 | 41.4 | ||
| PRP | Nimmaka Jayaraju | 33,440 | 28.6 | ||
| CPI(M) | Kolaka Laxmana Murthy | 23,707 | 20.3 | ||
| Independent | Nimmaka Vasudeva Rao | 4,471 | 3.8 | ||
| BSP | Puvvala Saraswathi | 2,584 | 2.2 | ||
| Majority | 15,053 | 12.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,17,104 | 72.0 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
Assembly Elections 2014[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Pushpasreevani Pamula | 55,435 | 42.3 | New | |
| TDP | Janardhan Thatraj Veeravaratodramala | 36,532 | 27.7 | New | |
| Independent | Jayaraju Nimmaka | 26,044 | 19.9 | New | |
| CPI(M) | Kolaka Laxmana Murthy | 5,689 | 4.3 |  16.0
| |
| Independent | Palaka Ranjith Kumar | 2,626 | 2.0 | New | |
| INC | Erramilli Indrasena Vardhan | 2,594 | 2.0 | 39.4
| |
| Majority | 19,083 | 14.3 |  1.4
| ||
| Turnout | 1,33,254 | 75.7 | 3.7
| ||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Assembly Elections 2019[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Pushpasreevani Pamula | 74,527 | 53.7 | 11.4
| |
| TDP | Janardhan Thatraj Veeravaratodramala | 47,925 | 34.6 | 6.9
| |
| CPI(M) | Avinash Kumar Kolaka | 8,605 | 6.2 | 1.9
| |
| BJP | Nimmaka Jayaraju | 4,204 | 3.0 | New | |
| INC | Nimmaka Simhachalam | 2,204 | 1.6 | 0.4
| |
| Majority | 26,602 | 19.2 | 4.9
| ||
| Turnout | 1,38,723 | 77.8 | 2.1
| ||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | 2.25
|
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See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 16, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ↑ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.