Penukonda (Assembly constituency)

Penukonda
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
District	Anantapur
State	Andhra Pradesh
Electorate	2,20,383
Current constituency
Party	YSR Congress Party
MLA	Malagundla Sankaranarayana
Reservation	No

Penukonda Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one among 14 constituencies in the Anantapur district.

Malagundla Sankaranarayana of YSR Congress Party is currently representing the constituency.

Overview

It is part of the Hindupur Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Raptadu, Madakasira, Hindupur, Puttaparthi, Dharmavaram and Kadiri in Anantapur district.

Mandals

Mandal
Parigi
Penukonda
Gorantla
Somandepalle
Roddam

Members of Legislative Assembly Gorantla

Year	Member	Political party
1972	Pamudurthi Ravindra Reddy		Independent politician
1978	P. Bayapa Reddy		Indian National Congress
1983	Veluri Kesanna		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Veluri Kesanna		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Pamudurthi Ravindra Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Nimmala Kristappa		Telugu Desam Party
1995	Nimmala Kristappa		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Nimmala Kristappa		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Pamudurthi Ravindra Reddy		Indian National Congress

Members of Legislative Assembly Penukonda

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Lakshminarayana Reddy		Independent politician
1955	Chithambara Reddy		Indian National Congress
1962	Narasi Reddy		Independent politician
1967	Narasi Reddy		Indian National Congress
1972	Somandepalli Narayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1978	Somandepalli Narayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1983	S. Ramachandra Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	S. Ramachandra Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Sane Chenna Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Paritala Ravindra		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Paritala Ravindra		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Paritala Ravindra		Telugu Desam Party
2009	B K Parthasarathi		Telugu Desam Party
2014	B K Parthasarathi		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Malagundla Sankaranarayana		YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penukonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Paritala Ravindra	71,969	57.06	-13.76
	INC	Gangula Bhanumathi	49,758	39.45	+25.80
Majority			22,211	17.61
Turnout			126,126	75.34	+11.95
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Penukonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	B K Parthasarathi	68,400	44.89	-12.16
	INC	K T Sreedhar	54,015	35.45	-4.00
	Praja Rajyam	K Ramesh Babu	19,577	12.85
Majority			14,385	9.44
Turnout			152,382	75.26	-0.08
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penukonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	B K Parthasarathi	79,793	47.46
	YSRCP	Malagundla Sankaranarayana	62,378	37.11
Majority			17,415	10.35
Turnout			168,110	83.43	+8.17
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penukonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Malagundla Sankaranarayana	96,607	51.08%
	TDP	B K Parthasarathi	81,549	43.12%
Majority			15,058	7.96%
Turnout			1,89,114	85.81	+2.38
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly