Kovvur Assembly constituency
Kovvur Assembly constituency is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
| Kovvur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png.webp) Location of Kovvur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | East Godavari |
| LS constituency | Rajahmundry |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 176,409 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | YSR Congress Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Taneti Vanita is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 176,409 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
History
It is considered a stronghold of TDP, which won all the election battles here since its inception in 1983 except in 1999 when congress won with sufficient majority. Currently, Taneti Vanita (YSR Congress) is the present Kovvur constituency's MLA, who won 2019 Assembly elections against Vangalapudi Anitha (TDP) with a majority of 25,248 votes.[5]
Mandals
The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Kovvur |
| Chagallu |
| Tallapudi |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | P. Sreeramachandra Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | Alluri Bapineedu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | K. B. Rayudu | Independent | |
| 1972 | Alla Hanumantha Rao | ||
| 1978 | Munshi Abdul Aziz | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1983 | Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | G. S. Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2009 | T. V. Rama Rao | ||
| 2014 | K. S. Jawahar | ||
| 2019 | Taneti Vanitha | YSR Congress Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Pinnamaneeni Sreeramachandra Rao | 32,655 | 17.73% | ||
| INC | Alluri Bapineedu | 25,930 | 14.08% | 14.08% | |
| KMPP | Mallapudi Rajeswara Rao | 22,664 | 12.30% | ||
| Independent | Kalaputi Adeyya | 22,459 | 12.19% | ||
| KMPP | Pendyala Sree Ramachandra Venkatakrishna Ranga Rao | 21,440 | 11.64% | ||
| INC | N. Sreenivasa Rao | 18,091 | 9.82% | 9.82% | |
| Independent | Kaigala Suryachandra Rao | 13,744 | 7.46% | ||
| RPI | Erlapati Venkanna | 12,570 | 6.82% | ||
| Independent | Jeedigunta Suryanarayana Rao | 5,698 | 3.09% | ||
| Independent | Jonnalagadda Sreenivasa Sastry | 4,950 | 2.69% | ||
| Independent | Venpala Venkateswara Rao | 3,994 | 2.17% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,725 | 3.65% | |||
| Turnout | 1,84,195 | 136.86% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,34,587 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao | 65,329 | 48.26 | +2.47 | |
| INC | G S Rao | 63,998 | 47.27 | -3.76 | |
| Majority | 1,331 | 28.89 | |||
| Turnout | 135,378 | 79.52 | +5.33 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | T V Rama Rao | 55,669 | 41.80 | -6.46 | |
| INC | Koyye Mosenu Raju | 40,191 | 30.18 | -17.09 | |
| PRP | Bunga Saradhi | 29,285 | 21.99 | ||
| Majority | 15,478 | 11.62 | |||
| Turnout | 133,179 | 83.78 | +4.26 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kothapalli Samuel Jawahar | 74,661 | 51.88 | ||
| YSRCP | Taneti Vanitha | 61,916 | 43.02 | ||
| Majority | 12,745 | 8.86 | |||
| Turnout | 143,910 | 85.30 | +1.52 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Taneti Vanitha | 79,892 | 52.35 | ||
| TDP | Vangalapudi Anitha | 54,644 | 35.80 | ||
| BSP | Ravi Kumar Murthy Tamballapalli | 11,677 | 7.65 | ||
| Majority | 25,248 | 16.54 | |||
| Turnout | 1,52,611 | 86.41 | 0.1 | ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
References
- "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. 19, 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.
- "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- "View Previous Years Question Papers". www.indiastudychannel.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012.
- "Kovvur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
- "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.