Penukonda (Assembly constituency)
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Penukonda | |
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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[edit]
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[edit]
Mandal |
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Parigi |
Penukonda |
Gorantla |
Somandepalle |
Roddam |
Members of Legislative Assembly Gorantla[edit]
Year | Member | Political party | |
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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[edit]
Election results[edit]
Assembly Elections 2004[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[edit]
References[edit]