| Ponnur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| District | Guntur |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| Electorate | 227,727 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1989 |
| Reservation | General |
Ponnur Assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.[1] It is one of the assembly segments of Guntur Lok Sabha constituency.[2] Kilari Venkata Roshaiah of the YSR Congress Party is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[3][4] As of 25 March 2019[update], there were 227,727 electors in the constituency.[1]
Mandals[edit | edit source]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Ponnur |
| Chebrolu |
| Pedakakani |
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Govada Paramdhamaiah | Krishikar Lok Party | |
| 1962 | Nannapaneni Venkatrao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Pamulapati Ankineedu Prasada Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Doppalapudi Rangarao | Independent | |
| 1978 | Nageswara Rao Gogineni | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1983 | Veeraiah Chowdary Dhulipalla | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Veeraiah Chowdary Dhulipalla | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1989 | Veeraiah Chowdary Dhulipalla | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1994 | Narendrakumar Dhulipalla | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Narendrakumar Dhulipalla | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2004 | Narendrakumar Dhulipalla | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2009 | Narendrakumar Dhulipalla | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2014 | Narendrakumar Dhulipalla | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Kilari Venkata Roshaiah | YSR Congress Party | |
Election results[edit | edit source]
Assembly Elections 2004[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Narendrakumar Dhulipalla | 51,288 | 54.21 | −3.57 | |
| INC | Mannava Raja Kishore | 42,243 | 44.65 | −3.23 | |
| Majority | 9,025 | 9.56 | |||
| Turnout | 94,606 | 76.60 | +10.82 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly Elections 2009[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Narendrakumar Dhulipalla | 61,008 | 38.51 | −15.70 | |
| INC | Marupudi Leeladhara Rao | 58,840 | 37.14 | −7.51 | |
| PRP | Tella Venkateswara Rao | 30,317 | 19.14 | ||
| Majority | 2,168 | 1.37 | |||
| Turnout | 158,425 | 81.05 | +4.45 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly elections 2014[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Narendrakumar Dhulipalla | 88,386 | 50.15 | ||
| YSRCP | Ravi Venkata Ramana | 80,625 | 45.74 | ||
| Majority | 7,761 | 4.41 | |||
| Turnout | 176,251 | 84.93 | +3.88 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly elections 2019[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Kilari Venkata Rosaiah | 87,570 | 45.88 | ||
| TDP | Narendrakumar Dullipalla | 86,458 | 45.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,112 | 0.58 | |||
| Turnout | 190849 | 83.62 | +0.58 | ||
| Swing to YSRCP from TDP | Swing | ||||
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 22, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ↑ "Statistical Report of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ↑ "Nine lost polls by narrow margin as Jana Sena front, BJP play spoilsport". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 31 May 2019.