Guntur West Assembly constituency

Guntur West is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Guntur Lok Sabha constituency, along with Tadikonda, Mangalagiri, Ponnuru, Tenali and Guntur East.[2] Maddali Giridhara Rao is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party and later defected to the YSRC Party.[3][4] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 265,135 electors in the constituency.[5]

Guntur West
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Guntur West Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictGuntur
Total electors265,135
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Maddali Giridhara Rao
PartyTelugu Desam Party
Elected year2019

History

Earlier called as Guntur-II (Assembly Constituency), it has undergone some minor changes in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and was named as Guntur West (Assembly Constituency).[6]: 15 [7]

Mandals

It covers Guntur mandal (Part), Guntur (M.Corp) (Part) and Guntur (M.Corp) – Ward No.1 to 6 and 24 to 28.[8]

Mandal
Guntur mandal

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Guntur West (2009–present)
Span Political party MLA
2019 Telugu Desam Party Maddali Giridhara Rao
2014 Modugula Venugopala Reddy
2009 Indian National Congress Kanna Lakshminarayana

Guntur-II (1955-2009)
span Political party MLA
2004 Indian National Congress Tadisetti Venkata rao
1999 Telugu Desam Party Sanakkayala Aruna
1994 Challa Venkata Krishna Reddy
1989 Indian National Congress Chadalavada Jaya Rambabu
1985
1983 Telugu Desam Party Nissankara Rao Venkatarathnam
1978 Indian National Congress Gade Veeranjaneya Sharma
1972 Independent Nissankara Rao Venkatarathnam
1967 Indian National Congress Chebrolu Hanumaiah
1962
1955 Meduri Nageswara Rao

Election results

1955
1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:[9] Guntur-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Meduri Nageswara Rao 21,648 52.30%
CPI Bellamkonda Veeraiah 18,352 44.34%
Margin of victory 3,296 7.96%
Turnout 41,389 60.13%
Registered electors 68,830
INC win (new seat)

1962
1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:[10] Guntur-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chebrolu Hanumaiah 26,261 49.42%
CPI Damineni Yagna Ramaiah 25,903 48.75%
Margin of victory 358 0.67%
Turnout 55,135 79.49%
Registered electors 69,363
INC hold Swing

1967
1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:[11] Guntur-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chebrolu Hanumaiah 31,936 53.43%
CPI Kanaparthi Nagaiah 17,877 19.91%
Margin of victory 14,059 23.52%
Turnout 63,219 75.32%
Registered electors 83,932
INC hold Swing

1972
1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:[12] Guntur-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nissankara Roa Venkatarathnam 35,103 50.94%
INC Chebrolu Hanumaiah 32,340 46.93%
Margin of victory 2,763 4.01%
Turnout 70,131 64.86%
Registered electors 108,131
Independent gain from INC Swing

1978
1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:[13] Guntur-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Gade Veeranjaneya Sharma 26,472 43.42%
JP Nissankara Rao Venkatarathnam 19,607 32.16%
Margin of victory 6,865 11.26%
Turnout 61,975 69.44%
Registered electors 89,254
INC(I) gain from Independent Swing

1983
1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:[14] Guntur II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Nissankara Rao Venkatarathnam 42,472 57.40%
INC Gade Veeranjaneya Sharma 12,709 17.18%
Margin of victory 29,763 40.22%
Turnout 75,210 66.05%
Registered electors 113,865
TDP gain from INC(I) Swing

1985
1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:[15] Guntur-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jaya Rambabu Chadalavada 36,713 48.71%
TDP Gade Durga Prasunamba 35,448 47.03%
Margin of victory 1,265 1.68%
Turnout 76,224 60.47%
Registered electors 146,152
INC gain from TDP Swing

1989
1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:[16] Guntur-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jaya ramababu Chadalavada 58,590 60.01%
TDP Kilari Koteswara Rao 37,616 38.53%
Margin of victory 20,974 21.48%
Turnout 100,027 63.38%
Registered electors 157,826
INC hold Swing

1994
1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:[17] Guntur-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Challa Venkata Krishna Reddy 51,322 52.31%
INC Jaya Rambabu Chadalavada 38,554 39.30%
Margin of victory 12,768 13.01%
Turnout 99,456 60.02%
Registered electors 165,701
TDP gain from INC Swing

1999
1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:[18] Guntur-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Aruna Sanakkayala 55,612 52.06%
INC Eswara Venkata Bharathi Kosanam 49,298 46.15%
Margin of victory 6,314 5.91%
Turnout 108,485 56.31%
Registered electors 200,756
TDP gain from CPI(M) Swing

2004
2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:[19] Guntur- II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Tadisetti Venkata Rao 50,658 45.30%
TDP Dr. T.V. Rao 35,354 31.61%
Margin of victory 15,304 13.68%
Turnout 111,925 59.65%
Registered electors 187,633
INC gain from TDP Swing

2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kanna Lakshminarayana 44,676 34.59
TDP Chukkapalli Ramesh 41,375 32.03
PRP Tulasi Rama Chandra Prabhu 34,004 26.32
Majority 3,301 2.56
Turnout 1,29,457 65.76
INC hold Swing

2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Modugula Venugopala Reddy 78,837 46.00
YSRCP Lella Appi Reddy 60,924 35.55
Majority 17,913 10.45
Turnout 1,71,377 66.00
TDP gain from INC Swing

2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Maddali Giridhar Rao 71,864 41.15%
YSRCP Chandragiri Yesu Ratnam 67,575 38.69%
JSP Dr. Thota Chandra Shekhar 27,869 15.96%
Majority 4,289 2.46%
Turnout 1,74,645 65.84
TDP hold Swing

See also

References
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