Rampachodavaram Assembly constituency

Rampachodavaram Assembly constituency is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju 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 Araku Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Rampachodavaram
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Rampachodavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictAlluri Sitharama Raju
LS constituencyAraku
Established2008
Total electors260,323
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi 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 260,323 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Maredumilli
Devipatnam
Y.Ramavaram
Addateegala
Gangavaram
Rampachodavaram
Rajavommangi
Kunavaram
Chintoor
Vararamachandrapuram
Nellipaka

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
2009 K. K. V. V. V. Satyanarayana Reddy Indian National Congress
2014 Vantala Rajeswari YSR Congress Party
2019 Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rampachodavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. K. V. V. V. Satyanarayana Reddy 32,654 34.16
TDP Chinnam Babu Ramesh 21,851 22.86
PRP Seethamsetti Venkateswararao 20,771 21.73
Majority 10,803 11.30
Turnout 95,593 68.70
INC win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rampachodavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Vantala Rajeswari 52,156 45.36
TDP Seethamsetti Venkateswara Rao 43,934 38.21
Majority 8,222 7.15
Turnout 114,978 76.23 +7.53
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rampachodavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi 98,318 48.72%
TDP Vanthala Rajeswari 59,212 29.34%
Majority 39,106 19.38%
Turnout 201,807 77.52% +7.53
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. 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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