Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency

Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency is a 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]

Rajahmundry Rural
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictEast Godavari
LS constituencyRajahmundry
Established2008
Total electors254,339
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTelugu Desam Party
Elected year2019

Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 254,339 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Kadiam
Rajahmundry Rural
Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation (Ward No.1 to 6, 36 to 41 and 90)

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political party
2009 Chandana Ramesh Telugu Desam Party
2014 Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary
2019

Election results

2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Chandana Ramesh 44,617 32.39
PRP Ravanam Swami Naidu 43,070 31.27
INC J Vijaya Lakshmi 38,340 27.83
Majority 1,547 1.12
Turnout 137,742 72.70
TDP win (new seat)

2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary 87,540 52.22
YSRCP Akula Veerraju 69,482 41.45
Majority 18,058 10.77
Turnout 167,626 73.85 {{{change}}}
TDP hold Swing

2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary 74,166 39.28%
YSRCP Akula Veerraju 63762 33.77%
JSP Kandula Durgesh 42685 22.61%
Majority 10404
Turnout
TDP 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. 19, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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