Kankipadu Assembly constituency

Kankipadu was one of the Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh state in India.[2] It was in Krishna district.

Kankipadu
Former constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictKrishna
LS constituencyVijayawada
Established1952
Abolished2009
Total electors121,878[1]
ReservationNone

History of the constituency

The Kankipadu constituency was first created for the Madras state Legislative Assembly in 1952.[3] After the passing of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it became a part of the new Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[4] After the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, its extent was the Kankipadu, Poranki and Vijayawada firks in Vijayawada taluk excluding vijayawada municipality of Krishna district.[2]

It was not present in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and hence was defunct as of the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[5]

Members of the Legislative assembly
Election MLA Party
1983 Devineni Nehru Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989
1994
1999 Yalamanchili Nageswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
2004[1] Devineni Nehru Indian National Congress

    Election results
    2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kankipadu[1]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    INC Devineni Nehru 103,181 54.92
    TDP Gadde Rammohan rao 85,656 42.98
    Majority 17,525 8.95
    Turnout 98,789 81.05
    Registered electors 121,878
    INC hold Swing

    See also

    References
    1. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
    2. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
    3. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951". Election Commission of India. 23 August 1951. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
    4. "Seventh Amendment". Indiacode.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
    5. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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