Kakinada City Assembly constituency
| Kakinada City | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 41 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Kakinada City Assembly constituency (shown with arrow) within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Kakinada |
| LS constituency | Kakinada |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 255,716 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  TDP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy |
Kakinada City Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada 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 Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 255,716 electors in the constituency.[4][needs update] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
[edit]The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Kakinada (urban) mandal (Part) Kakinada Urban (M) (Part) Kakinada(M) Ward No. 1 to 65 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao (Konda Babu) | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao (Konda Babu) | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
[edit]2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao | 113,014 | 63.7 | ||
| YSRCP | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | 56,442 | 32.9 | ||
| INC | Chekka Nookaraju | 2138 | 1.21 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1446 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 56,572 | 31.92 | |||
| Turnout | 1,77,184 | ||||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
2019
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | 73,890 | 43.06% | ||
| TDP | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao | 59,779 | 34.84% | ||
| JSP | Mutha Sasidhar | 30,188 | 17.59% | ||
| INC | Kola Vara Prasad Varma | 3262 | 2 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1654 | 1 | N/A | |
| BJP | Peddireddi Ravi Kiran | 1581 | 0.92 | ||
| Majority | 14,111 | 8.22% | |||
| Turnout | 171,604 | ||||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | 5.72% | |||
2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao | 76,467 | 54.42 | ||
| YSRCP | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | 52,467 | 37.34 | ||
| Majority | 24,000 | 17.08 | |||
| Turnout | 140,523 | 67.87 | −4.67 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | 44,606 | 37.28 | ||
| PRP | Bandana Hari | 35,327 | 29.52 | ||
| TDP | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao | 25,636 | 21.42 | ||
| Majority | 9,279 | 7.76 | |||
| Turnout | 119,664 | 72.54 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.