Kurupam Assembly constituency

Kurupam Assembly constituency is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam 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 Araku Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Kurupam
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Kurupam Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictParvathipuram Manyam
LS constituencyAraku
Established2008
Total electors183,830
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Pushpasreevani Pamula 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 183,830 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Kurupam
Gummalaxmipuram
Jiyyammavalasa
Komarada
Garugubilli

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
2009 Veera Vara Todarmal Janardhan Thatraj Indian National Congress
2014 Pushpasreevani Pamula YSR Congress Party
2019

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurupam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Janardhan Thatraj Veeravaratodramala 48,493 41.4
PRP Nimmaka Jayaraju 33,440 28.6
CPI(M) Kolaka Laxmana Murthy 23,707 20.3
Independent Nimmaka Vasudeva Rao 4,471 3.8
BSP Puvvala Saraswathi 2,584 2.2
Majority 15,053 12.9
Turnout 1,17,104 72.0
INC win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurupam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Pushpasreevani Pamula 55,435 42.3 New
TDP Janardhan Thatraj Veeravaratodramala 36,532 27.7 New
Independent Jayaraju Nimmaka 26,044 19.9 New
CPI(M) Kolaka Laxmana Murthy 5,689 4.3 Decrease16.0
Independent Palaka Ranjith Kumar 2,626 2.0 New
INC Erramilli Indrasena Vardhan 2,594 2.0 Decrease39.4
Majority 19,083 14.3 Increase1.4
Turnout 1,33,254 75.7 Increase3.7
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurupam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Pushpasreevani Pamula 74,527 53.7 Increase11.4
TDP Janardhan Thatraj Veeravaratodramala 47,925 34.6 Increase6.9
CPI(M) Avinash Kumar Kolaka 8,605 6.2 Increase1.9
BJP Nimmaka Jayaraju 4,204 3.0 New
INC Nimmaka Simhachalam 2,204 1.6 Decrease0.4
Majority 26,602 19.2 Increase4.9
Turnout 1,38,723 77.8 Increase2.1
YSRCP hold Swing Increase2.25

See also

References

  1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 16, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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