Tuni (Assembly constituency)

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Tuni
Constituency
for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
DistrictEast Godavari
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate212,900
Current constituency
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLADadisetti Raja
ReservationGeneral

Tuni Assembly constituency is a constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Prathipadu (SC), Pithapuram, Kakinada Rural, Peddapuram, Kakinada City and Jaggampeta.[2] Dadisetti Raja is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 212,900 electors in the constituency.[4]

Mandals[edit | edit source]

The three mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

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Mandal
Thondangi
Kotananduru
Tuni

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Member Political party
1952 Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnam Raju Bahadur Indian National Congress
1955 Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnam Raju Bahadur Indian National Congress
1962 Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnam Raju Bahadur Indian National Congress
1967 Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnam Raju Bahadur Indian National Congress
1972 N Vijayalakshmi Indian National Congress
1978 N Vijayalakshmi Indian National Congress
1983 Yanamala Rama Krishnudu Telugu Desam Party
1985 Yanamala Rama Krishnudu Telugu Desam Party
1989 Yanamala Rama Krishnudu Telugu Desam Party
1994 Yanamala Rama Krishnudu Telugu Desam Party
1999 Yanamala Rama Krishnudu Telugu Desam Party
2004 Yanamala Rama Krishnudu Telugu Desam Party
2009 Venkata Krishnam Raju Sriraja Vatsavayi Indian National Congress
2014 Dadisetti Raja YSR Congress Party
2019 Dadisetti Raja YSR Congress Party

Members of Legislative Council from Tuni[edit | edit source]

Political party MLC Span
Telugu Desam Party Yanamala Rama Krishnudu (2013-2019)
Telugu Desam Party Yanamala Rama Krishnudu (2019-2025)
Indian National Congress Laxmi Siva Kumari Angoori

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Elections 1955[edit | edit source]

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnamuraj Bahadur 22088
CPI Inuganti Narayanarao 12366
INC gain from CPI Swing

Assembly Elections 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Raja V. V. Krishnamraju Bahadur 23832
[[Praja Socialist Party|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]] Katha Radhakrishnamurty 15668
INC gain from Praja Socialist Party Swing

Assembly Elections 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC V. V. Krishnamraju 32920
[[Praja Socialist Party|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]] K. Janardhanarao 23776
INC gain from Praja Socialist Party Swing

Assembly Elections 1972[edit | edit source]

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC N Vijayalakshmi 40521
Independent Bandaru Kannaiah Dora 17713
INC gain from Independent Swing

Assembly Elections 1983[edit | edit source]

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Yanamala Ramakrishnudu 48738
INC Vijayalakashmidevi Mirza Nallaparaju 27058
Independent gain from INC Swing

Assembly Elections 1985[edit | edit source]

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Yanamala Ramakrishnudu 50292
INC M. N. Vijayalakshmi Devi 33988
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Elections 1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ramakrishnudu Yanamala 51139
INC Sri Raju Vatsavayi Krishnam Raju Bahadur 48512
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Elections 1994[edit | edit source]

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Yanamala Rama Krishnudu 59250
INC Maddala Venkata Chalapathi Rao 41457
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Elections 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Yanamala Ramakrishnudu 52921
Independent Sri Raja Vatsavayi Venkata Krishnam Raju 48747
TDP gain from Independent Swing

Assembly Elections 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Yanamala Rama Krishnudu 61,794 49.78 +5.10
INC S.R.V.V. Krishnam Raju 58,059 46.77 +5.61
Majority 3,735 3.01
Turnout 124,144 76.25 +3.60
TDP hold Swing

Assembly Elections 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Venkata Krishnam Raju Sriraja Vatsavayi 55,386 39.17 -7.60
TDP Yanamala Rama Krishnudu 46,876 33.15 -16.63
Praja Rajyam Rongali Lakshmi 30,079 21.27
Majority 8,510 6.02
Turnout 141,416 78.59 +2.34
INC gain from TDP Swing

Assembly elections 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Dadisetti Raja 84,755 52.98
TDP Yanamala Krishnudu 66,182 41.37
Majority 18,573 11.61
Turnout 159,970 80.95 +2.36
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Dadisetti Raja 92459 52.13%
TDP Yanamala Krishnudu 68443 38.59%
Jana Sena Venkata Krishnamraju Srirajavatsavayi (Ashokbabu) 6413 3.62%
Majority 24016 13.54
Turnout 177375 83.3%
YSRCP hold Swing

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 18, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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