Ongole (Assembly constituency)

Ongole Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one among 12 constituencies in the Prakasham district. Balineni Srinivasa Reddy (YSR Congress Party) won the seat in 2019 elections. Indian National Congress won 7 times, Telugu Desam Party won 4 times, independents won 7 times, YSR Congress Party won 2 times.

Ongole
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
District	Prakasam
State	Andhra Pradesh
Electorate	2,29,317
Current constituency
Party	YSR Congress Party
MLA	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy
Reservation	General

Balineni Srinivasa Reddy of YSR Congress Party is currently representing the constituency.

Overview

It is part of the Ongole Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments: Yerragondapalem, Darsi, Kondapi, Markapuram, Giddalur and Kanigiri in Prakasam district.

Mandals

Mandal
Ongole
Kothapatnam

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy		Indian National Congress
2012 (By Poll)	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2014	Damacharla Janardhana Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy		YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	72,380	58.50	+19.23
	TDP	Sidda Raghava Rao	48,209	38.96	-5.16
Majority			24,171	19.54
Turnout			123,733	69.64	+12.15
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Ongole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	67,214	42.94	-15.56
	TDP	Edara Hari Babu	44,300	28.26	-10.70
	Praja Rajyam	Anand Parvathareddy	33,716	21.54
Majority			22,986	14.68
Turnout			156,523	66.81	-2.83
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Damacharla Janardhana Rao	93,025	51.29
	YSRCP	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	80,597	44.44
Majority			12,428	6.85
Turnout			181,376	77.58	+10.77
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy	1,01,022	52.08	+7.64
	TDP	Damacharla Janardhana Rao	78,777	40.61	-10.69
	Jana Sena	Sk. Reyaz	10,304	5.31	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,333	0.69	N/A
Majority			22,245	11.47	+0.70
Turnout			1,93,971	TBA	TBA
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly