Chodavaram Assembly constituency

Chodavaram
Chodavaram
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Chodavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Anakapalle
Total electors	210,313
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Karanam Dharmasri
Party	YSR Congress Party
Elected year	2019

Chodavaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anakapalle district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anakapalle (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Chodavaram, Madugula, Anakapalle, Yelamanchili, Pendurthi, and Payakaraopet.[2] Karanam Dharmasri is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 210,313 electors in the constituency.[1]

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]

Year	Member
1952	Kandarpa Venkataramesam	Krishikar Lok Party
1955	Reddi Jagannadham	Independent politician
1962	Ilapakuthi Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
1967	Palavelli Vechalapu	Swatantra Party
1972	Palavelli Vechalapu	Indian National Congress
1978	Seetharama Sastri Emani	Janata Party
1983	Gunuru Yerrunaidu	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Gunuru Yerrunaidu	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Balireddy Satya Rao	Indian National Congress
1994	Gunuru Yerrunaidu	Telugu Desam Party
1999	Balireddy Satya Rao	Indian National Congress
2004	Ganta Srinivasa Rao	Telugu Desam Party
2009	Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju	Telugu Desam Party
2014	Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju	Telugu Desam Party
2019	Karanam Dharmasri	YSR Congress Party

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chodavaram[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	Kandarpa Venkataramesam	16,168	46.99%
	INC	Bhupathiraju Satyanarayana Raju	8,849	25.72%	25.72%
	KMPP	Mandhambhotla Narasimhamorthy	6,473	18.81%
	Independent	Pilla Puradesi Najudu	2,918	8.48%
Margin of victory			7,319	21.27%
Turnout			34,408	51.08%
Registered electors			67,363
	win (new seat)

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ganta Srinivasa Rao	63,250	52.62	+6.56
	INC	Balireddy Satya Rao	53,649	44.63	-6.30
Majority			9,601	7.99
Turnout			120,212	78.27	+5.01
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Chodavaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju	55,641	36.13	-16.49
	INC	Karanam Dharmasri	54,256	35.23	-9.40
	PRP	Pinapolu Venkateswaralu	35,185	22.85
Majority			1,385	0.90
Turnout			153,994	81.15	+2.88
	TDP hold		Swing

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	KSN Raju	80,560	48.63	+12.50
	YSRCP	Karanam Dharmasri	79,948	48.08
Majority			612	0.31
Turnout			166,583	84.81	+3.66
	TDP hold		Swing

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Karanam Dharmasri	94,215	53.92	+5.84
	TDP	KSN Raju	66,578	38.10	-10.53
	JSP	P. V. S. N. Raju	5,300	3.03
Majority			27,637
Turnout
			Swing

"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. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
"Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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