Chirala Assembly constituency

Chirala
Chirala
Constituency No. 106 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Chirala Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Bapatla
LS constituency	Bapatla
Established	1951
Total electors	190,408
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Madduluri Malakondaiah Yadav
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Chirala Assembly constituency is a 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 Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Madduluri Malakondaiah Yadav is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 190,408 electors in the constituency.^[3] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Chirala
Vetapalem

Mandals in Chirala Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952	Pragada Kotaiah	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1955	Pragada Kotaiah	Indian National Congress
1962	Jagarlamudi Lakshminarayana Chowdary	Communist Party of India
1967	Pragada Kotaiah	Indian National Congress
1972	Kotaiah Guddanti	Indian National Congress
1978	Mutte Venkateswarlu	Indian National Congress (I)
1981 by-election	Sajja Chandramouli	Janata Party
1983	Chimata Sambu	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Sajja Chandramouli	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Konijeti Rosaiah	Indian National Congress
1994	Paleti Rama Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1999	Paleti Rama Rao	Telugu Desam Party
2004	Konijeti Rosaiah	Indian National Congress
2009	Amanchi Krishna Mohan	Indian National Congress
2014	Amanchi Krishna Mohan	Independent
2019	Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy	Telugu Desam Party
2024	Madduluri Malakondaiah Yadav	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Pragada Kotaiah	16,521	31.89%
	Independent	Uthukuri Upendra Gupta	8,290	16.00%
	KLP	Doggapati Raghavaiah	8,247	15.92%
	Independent	Sabhanam Ramasubba Rao	6,149	11.87%
	Independent	Nukalapati Joseph	5,437	10.49%
	INC	Salagala Benjamin	5,123	9.89%	9.89%
	Independent	Bavanam Kotireddi	1,365	2.63%
	Independent	S. A. Basid	678	1.31%
Margin of victory			8,231	15.89%
Turnout			51,810	70.28%
Registered electors			73,719
	KMPP win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Pragada Kotaiah	24,598	57.04
	CPI	Jagarlamudi Lakshmi Narayana Chowdary	18,525	42.96
Margin of victory			6,073	14.08%
Turnout			43,123	69.32%
Registered electors			62,205
	INC gain from KMPP		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Jagarlamudi Lakshmi Narayana Chowdary	25,164	45.05
	INC	Pragada Kotaiah	20,136	36.05
Margin of victory			5,028	9.00%
Turnout			57,252	80.81%
Registered electors			70,851
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Pragada Kotaiah	25,704	46.67
	Independent	Konijeti Rosaiah	23,138	42.01
Margin of victory			2,566	4.66
Registered electors			74,697
Turnout			57,298	76.71
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kotaiah Guddanti	29,476	49.01
	Independent	Sajja Chandramouli	28,878	48.02
Margin of victory			598	0.99
Registered electors			82,908
Turnout			61,065	73.65
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Mutte Venkateswarlu	36,114	43.47
	JP	Sajja Chandramouli	34,257	41.23
Margin of victory			1,857	2.24
Registered electors			111,408
Turnout			84,384	75.74
	INC gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Chimata Sambu	50,205	60.33
	INC	Bandla Bala Venkateswarlu	16,518	19.85
Margin of victory			33,687	40.48
Registered electors			133,603
Turnout			84,276	63.08
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Sajja Chandramouli	44,156	51.57
	INC	Ande Narasimha Rao	35,384	41.32
Margin of victory			8,772	10.24
Registered electors			131,597
Turnout			86,830	65.98
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Konijeti Rosaiah	64,235	60.08
	TDP	Chimata Sambu	40,902	38.26
Margin of victory			23,333	21.83
Registered electors			159,095
Turnout			109,772	69.00
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Paleti Rama Rao	54,039	49.38
	INC	Konijeti Rosaiah	50,433	46.08
Margin of victory			3,606	3.29
Registered electors			152,178
Turnout			110,809,394	72.82
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Paleti Rama Rao	60,806	54.77
	INC	Anjalee Devi Goli	47,298	42.60
Margin of victory			13,508	12.17
Registered electors			180,481
Turnout			113,394	62.83
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Konijeti Rosaiah	73,497	61.93	+19.33
	TDP	Paleti Rama Rao	43,420	36.59	−18.18
Majority			30,077	25.34
Turnout			118,670	75.26	+13.74
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amanchi Krishna Mohan	56,600	43.63	−18.30
	TDP	Janjanam Srinivasarao	45,314	34.93	−1.66
	PRP	Paleti Rama Rao	21,482	16.56
Majority			11,286	9.70
Turnout			129,737	79.20	+3.94
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Amanchi Krishna Mohan	57,544	37.30
	TDP	Pothula Suneetha	47,209	30.60
	YSRCP	Balaji Yadam	40,955	26.47
Majority			10,335	6.70
Turnout			154,700	81.56	+2.36
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy	83,901	53.27	+22.67
	YSRCP	Amanchi Krishna Mohan	66,482	42.21	+15.74
Majority			17,419	26.20
Turnout			157,511	na	na
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chirala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Madduluri Malakondaiah Yadav	72,700	42.68
	YSRCP	Karanam Venkatesh	51,716	30.36
	INC	Amanchi Krishna Mohan	41,859	24.58
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,255	0.74
Majority			20,984	12.31
Turnout			1,70,328
	TDP hold		Swing

References

^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

v t e Bapatla district
District headquarters	Bapatla
Revenue divisions	Bapatla Chirala Repalle
Mandals	Addanki Amruthalur Bapatla Ballikurava Bhattiprolu Cherukupalle Chinaganjam Chirala Inkollu J.Panguluru Karlapalem Karamchedu Kolluru Korisapadu Martur Nagaram Nizampatnam Parchur Pittalavanipalem Repalle Santhamaguluru Tsundur Vemuru Vetapalem Yeddanapudi
Cities	Chirala
Towns	Addanki Bapatla Parchur Repalle Santhamaguluru
Census towns	None
Lok Sabha constituencies	Bapatla
Assembly constituencies	Addanki Bapatla Chirala Parchur Repalle Vemuru