Ongole (Assembly constituency)
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Ongole | |
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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 |
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.
Balineni Srinivasa Reddy of YSR Congress Party is currently representing the constituency.
Overview[edit]
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[edit]
Mandal |
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Ongole |
Kothapatnam |
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]
Year | Member | Political party | |
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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[edit]
Assembly Elections 2004[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[edit]
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