Salur (Assembly constituency)

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Salur
Constituency
for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
DistrictVizianagaram
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate190,619[1]
Current constituency
Created2019
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAPeedika Rajanna Dora
ReservationST

Salur Assembly constituency is an ST reserved constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[2] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku (ST) (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Kurupam (ST), Palakonda, Araku Valley (ST), Paderu (ST) and Rampachodavaram.[3] Peedika Rajanna Dora is the current MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[4] There a total of 190,619 electors in the constituency.[1]

Mandals[edit]

The four mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:[3] Template:Srn

Mandal
Salur
Pachipenta
Mentada
Makkuva

Members of Legislative Assembly Pachipenta[edit]

Year Member Political party
1962 Dippala Suri Dhora Indian National Congress

Members of Legislative Assembly Salur[edit]

Year Member Political party
1955 Allu Yerukunaidu Praja Socialist Party
1962 Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju Independent
1967 B. Rajayya Independent
1972 Mutyallu Janni Indian National Congress
1978 S. R. T. P. S. Veerapa Raju Communist Party of India
1983 B. Rajaiah Telugu Desam Party
1985 B. Rajaiah Telugu Desam Party
1989 Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju Indian National Congress
1994 Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Deo Telugu Desam Party
1999 Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Deo Telugu Desam Party
2004 Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Deo Telugu Desam Party
2009 Rajanna Dora Peedika Indian National Congress
2014 Rajanna Dora Peedika YSR Congress Party
2019 Rajanna Dora Peedika YSR Congress Party

Election results[edit]

Assembly Elections 2004[edit]

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP R.P.Bhanj Deo 48,580 51.32 -6.86
INC Rajanna Dora Peedika 46,087 48.68 +8.45
Majority 2,493 2.64
Turnout 94,667 74.64 +2.52
TDP hold Swing

Assembly Elections 2009[edit]

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Salur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajanna Dora Peedika 49,517 40.94 -7.74
TDP Gummidi Sandhya Rani 47,861 39.57 -11.75
Praja Rajyam Hanumantha Rao T.V. 13,479 11.14
Majority 1,656 1.37
Turnout 121,002 71.57 -3.07
INC gain from TDP Swing

Assembly elections 2014[edit]

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Rajanna Dora Peedika 63,755 47.28
TDP Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Deo 58,758 43.57
Majority 4,997 3.71
Turnout 134,857 77.04 +5.47
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019[edit]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Rajanna Dora Peedika 78,430
TDP R.P. Bhanj Deo 58,401
Majority 20,029
Turnout
YSRCP hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.