Ongole (Assembly constituency)

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Ongole
Constituency
for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
DistrictPrakasam
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate2,29,317
Current constituency
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLABalineni Srinivasa Reddy
ReservationGeneral

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]

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Mandal
Ongole
Kothapatnam

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

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[edit]

Assembly Elections 2004[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]