Paderu Assembly constituency

Paderu Assembly constituency is an Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku (ST) (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Kurupam (ST), Palakonda, Salur, Araku Valley (ST) and Rampachodavaram.[2] Bhagya Lakshmi Kottagulli 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 227,042 electors in the constituency.[4]

Paderu
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Paderu Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictAlluri Sitharama Raju
Total electors227,042
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Bhagya Lakshmi Kottagulli
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Mandals

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

Mandal
Paderu
G.Madugula
Chintapalli
Gudem Kotha Veedhi
Koyyuru

Members of the Legislative Assembly (Paderu)
Year Member Political party
1967 Tamarba Chittinaidu Indian National Congress
1972 Tamarba Chittinaidu Indian National Congress
1978 Giddi Appalanaidu Janata Party
1983 Tammarba Chittinaidu Indian National Congress
1985 Kotta Gulli Chittinaidu Telugu Desam Party
1989 Matsyarasa Balaraju Indian National Congress
1994 Kottagulli Chittinaidu Telugu Desam Party
1999 Manikumari Matyarasa Telugu Desam Party
2004 Lake Rajarao Bahujan Samaj Party
2009 Pasupuleti Balaraju Indian National Congress
2014 Giddi Eswari YSR Congress Party
2019 Bhagya Lakshmi Kottagulli YSR Congress Party

Election results

2004
2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paderu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Rajarao Lake 33,890 31.43
Independent Ravi Sankar Samida 26,335 24.43
TDP Manikumari Matyarasa 23,523 21.82
INC Balaraju Matsyarasa 20.052 18.60
Majority 7,555 7.00
Turnout 107,803 60.29 -1.24
BSP gain from TDP Swing

2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Paderu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Balaraju Pasupuleti 35,653 32.40
CPI Demudu Goddeti 35,066 31.87
PRP Krishnaveni Tamarbha 16,894 15.35
Majority 587 0.53
Turnout 110,297 56.44 -3.85
INC gain from BSP Swing

2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paderu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Giddi Eswari 52,384 40.97
CPI Demudu Goddeti 26,243 20.53
INC Balaraju Pasupuleti 21,086 16.49
BJP Lokula Gandhi 17,029 13.32
Majority 26,141 20.44
Turnout 127,849 59.80 +3.36
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paderu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Bhagya Lakshmi Kottagulli 71,153
TDP Giddi Eswari 28,349
Majority 42,804
Turnout
YSRCP hold Swing

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. 18, 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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