Udayagiri (Assembly constituency)

Udayagiri Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. Mekapati Chandra Sekhar Reddy of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party is currently representing the constituency in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. This constituency was also represented by the incumbent Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu from 1978 to 1988.

Udayagiri
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
District	Nellore
State	Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Party	Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party
MLA	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy
Reservation	No

Overview

It is part of the Nellore Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Kandukur in Prakasam district, Kavali, Kovuru, Nellore City, Nellore Rural and Atmakur in Nellore district.

Mandal

Jaladanki, Seetharamapuram, Udayagiri, Varikuntapadu, Vinjamur, Duttalur, Kaligiri and Kondapuram Mandals.

Members of Legislative assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Kovi Ramayya Chowdary		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1955	Sheik Moula Saheb		Indian National Congress
1962	P Venkat Reddy		Indian National Congress
1967	N. Dhanenkula		Swatantra Party
1972	Ponneboyina chenchuramaiah		Indian National Congress
1978	Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu		Janata Party
1983	Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy		Indian National Congress
1989	Madala Janakiram		Indian National Congress
1994	Kambam Vijaya Rami Reddy		Independent
1999	Kambam Vijaya Rami Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Mekapati Chandrashekhar Reddy		Indian National Congress
2009	Mekapati Chandrashekhar Reddy		Indian National Congress
2012 (By Poll)	Mekapati Chandrashekhar Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2014	Bollineni Venkata Ramarao		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Mekapati Chandrashekhar Reddy		YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy	71,116	71.83	+14.15
	TDP	Kambham Vijayarami Reddy	32,061	28.66	-17.10
Majority			39,055	15.83
Turnout			89,319	74.31	+9.54
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Udayagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy	69,352	46.92	-14.74
	TDP	Kambham Vijayarami Reddy	55,870	37.80	+1.97
	Praja Rajyam	Sunkara Anjanadri	14,512	9.82
Majority			13,482	9.12
Turnout			147,807	72.53	-1.78
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Udayagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bollineni Venkata Rama Rao	85,873	48.93
	YSRCP	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy	82,251	46.87
Majority			3,622	2.06
Turnout			175,505	77.64	+5.11
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy	1,06,487	57.31
	TDP	Bollineni Venkata Rama Rao	69,959	37.65
	BJP	Gundlapalli Bharat Kumar	3,102	1.67
Majority			36,528	19.66
Turnout
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha