Vemuru Assembly constituency

Vemuru Assembly constituency is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Bapatla 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 Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Vemuru
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Vemuru Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictBapatla
LS constituencyBapatla
Established1955
Total electors194,748
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Merugu Nagarjuna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 194,748 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

Mandals

Vemuru
Kollur
Tsundur
Bhattiprolu
Amruthalur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
1955 Kalluri Chandramouli Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Yadlapati Venkata Rao Swatantra Party
1972
1978 Indian National Congress (I)
1983 N. Bhaskar Rao Telugu Desam Party
1985 Kodali Veeraiah
1989 Alapati Dharma Rao Indian National Congress
1994 Alapati Rajendra Prasad Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004 Satishpaul Raj Indian National Congress
2009 Nakka Ananda Babu Telugu Desam Party
2014
2019 Merugu Nagarjuna YSR Congress Party

Election results

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kalluri Chandramouli 33,137 67.84%
CPI Gorikapudi Joseph 15,709 32.16%
Margin of victory 17,428 35.68%
Turnout 48,846 76.98%
Registered electors 63,450
INC gain from Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kalluri Chandramouli 23,264 43.51%
SWA Yadlapati Venkata Rao 16,245 30.38%
Margin of victory 7,019 13.13%
Turnout 54,813 77.31%
Registered electors 70,903
INC hold Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SWA Yadlapati Venkata Rao 35,130 53.66%
INC V.Nannapaneni 30,333 46.34%
Margin of victory 4,797 7.33%
Turnout 67,063 83.84%
Registered electors 79,992
Swantantra Party gain from INC Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SWA Yadlapati Venkata Rao 29,692 45.22%
INC Lankapalli Raghavaiah 28,395 43.24%
Margin of victory 1,297 1.98%
Turnout 66,746 75.22%
Registered electors 88,729
SWA hold Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Yadlapati Venkata Rao 34,624 42.92%
JP Veeraiah Kodali 34,118 42.29%
Margin of victory 506 0.63%
Turnout 82,095 78.15%
Registered electors 105,050
INC(I) gain from SWA Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP N. Bhaskara Rao 48,268 63.83%
INC Yadlapati Venkata Rao 23,623 31.24%
Margin of victory 24,645 32.59%
Turnout 76,709 70.22%
Registered electors 109,247
TDP gain from INC(I) Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Veeraiah Kodali 43,098 54.39%
INC Prasad Rao P.L.V 34,982 44.15%
Margin of victory 8,116 10.24%
Turnout 79,998 69.67%
Registered electors 114,816
TDP hold Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Alapati Dharma Rao 50,779 54.90%
TDP Yadlapati Venkata Rao 40,952 44.28%
Margin of victory 9,827 10.62%
Turnout 94,726 72.44%
Registered electors 130,758
INC gain from TDP Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Alapati Rajendra Prasad 46,226 49.76%
INC Alapati Dharma Rao 36,302 38.79%
Margin of victory 10,194 10.97%
Turnout 94,374 74.06%
Registered electors 1,27,433
TDP gain from INC Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Alapati Rajendra Prasad 56,523 58.87%
INC Alapati Dharma Rao 37,576 39.14%
Margin of victory 18,947 19.73%
Turnout 98,018 69.81%
Registered electors 140,407
TDP hold Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Satishpaul Raj 52,756 53.40 +14.26
TDP Alapati Rajendra Prasad 44,035 44.58 -14.29
Majority 8,721 8.82
Turnout 98,823 82.53 +14.12
Registered electors 119,747
INC gain from TDP Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Nakka Ananda Babu 55,168 37.86 -6.90
INC Merugu Nagarjuna 52,938 36.33 -17.07
PRP Kathi Padma Rao 23,356 16.03
Majority 2,230 1.53
Turnout 145,710 82.03 -0.47
Registered electors 177,633
TDP gain from INC Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Nakka Ananda Babu 77,222 48.89
YSRCP Merugu Nagarjuna 75,095 47.54
Majority 2,127 1.35
Turnout 158,723 85.57 +3.87
Registered electors 185,485
TDP hold Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Merugu Nagarjuna 81,671 47.59
TDP Nakka Ananda Babu 71,672 41.76
JSP Appikatla Bharat Bhushan 13,038 7.60
Majority 9,999 5.83
Turnout 171,618 87.52 +1.95
Registered electors 195,274
YSRCP gain from TDP 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. 22, 31. 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.
  5. "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 14. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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