Kodur Assembly constituency
| Kodur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 127 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Kodur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Annamayya |
| LS constituency | Rajampet |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 204,491 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JSP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Kodur is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency.
Arava Sreedhar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 204,491 electors in the constituency.[needs update] The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).
Mandals
[edit]| Mandal |
|---|
| Penagalur |
| Chitvel |
| Pullampeta |
| Obulavaripalle |
| Railway Koduru |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Andhra | |||
| 1962 | N. Penchalaiah | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | Sriramulu Gunti | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Nidiganti Venkatasubbaiah | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Srinivasulu Settipalli | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Thoomati Penchalaiah | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | Chennaiah Vaddi | ||
| 1999 | Somineni Saraswathi | ||
| 2004 | Gunti Venkateswara Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Koramutla Srinivasulu | ||
| 2012 | YSR Congress Party | ||
| Andhra | |||
| 2014 | Koramutla Srinivasulu | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Arava Sreedhar | Janasena Party | |
Election results
[edit]1978
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Nidiganti Venkatasubbaiah | 19,079 | 30.78 | new | |
| Independent | Yerrathota Venkatasubbaiah | 17,391 | 28.05 | ||
| INC(I) | Penubala Peachalaiah | 15,610 | 25.18 | ||
| INC | Gunti Sreeramulu | 9,205 | 14.85 | ||
| Majority | 1,688 | 2.73 | |||
| Turnout | 61,980 | 64.7 | |||
| JP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1983
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Srinivasulu Settipalli | 45,889 | 63.98 | new | |
| INC | Sriramulu Gunti | 21,650 | 30.18 |  15.33
| |
| CPI | Karnati Subbanna | 3,130 | 4.36 | ||
| Majority | 24,239 | 33.8 | |||
| Turnout | 71,723 | 69 | 4.3
| ||
| TDP gain from JP | Swing | ||||
1985
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Thoomati Penchalaiah | 40,311 | 60.55 |  3.43
| |
| INC | Nediganti Venkatasubbaiah | 24,806 | 37.26 | 7.08
| |
| Majority | 15,505 | 23.3 | |||
| Turnout | 66,566 | 59.7 | 9.3
| ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1989
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Thoomati Penchalaiah | 50,239 | 50.06 | 10.49
| |
| INC | Kotapati Dhananjaya | 49,173 | 49.0 | 11.74
| |
| Majority | 1,066 | 1.06 | |||
| Turnout | 100,338 | 70.7 | 11.0
| ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1994
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Chennaiah Vaddi | 52,335 | 56.52 | 6.46
| |
| INC | Kotapati Dhanunjaya | 37,573 | 40.58 | 8.42
| |
| Majority | 14,762 | 15.54 | |||
| Turnout | 92,582 | 69.3 | 1.4
| ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1999
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Somineni Saraswathi | 38,228 | 44.47 | 12.05
| |
| INC | Dr. Gunti Venkateswara Prasad | 27,986 | 32.56 | 8.02
| |
| Independent | Eswaraiah Kanuparthi | 16,336 | 19.0 | ||
| Majority | 10,242 | 11.91 | |||
| Turnout | 85,948 | 70.2 | 0.9
| ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2004
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dr. Gunti Venkateswara Prasad | 55,135 | 57.73 | 25.17
| |
| TDP | Smt. Jayamma Yerrathota | 38,713 | 40.54 | 3.93
| |
| Majority | 16,422 | 17.10 | |||
| Turnout | 95,503 | 71.92 | 4.19
| ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Koramutla Srinivasulu | 51,747 | 43.98 | 13.75
| |
| TDP | Ajay Babu Nandavaram Benjimin | 39,359 | 33.45 | 7.09
| |
| PRP | Samineni Saraswathi | 22,122 | 18.80 | new | |
| Majority | 12,388 | 10.53 | |||
| Turnout | 117,663 | 74.40 | 2.48
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2012 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Koramutla Srinivasulu | 66,456 | 53.80 | ||
| INC | E. Kanuparthi | 34,465 | 27.90 | ||
| TDP | Ajay Babu Nandavaram Benjimin | 17,594 | 14.24 | ||
| Majority | 31,991 | 25.89 | |||
| Turnout | 123,530 | ||||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Koramutla Srinivasulu | 66,820 | 48.72 | ||
| TDP | Obili Subbaramaiah | 64,848 | 47.29 | 13.84
| |
| Majority | 1,972 | 1.43 | |||
| Turnout | 137,138 | 77.67 | 3.27
| ||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Koramutla Srinivasulu | 78,312 | 57.26 | 8.54
| |
| TDP | Panthagani Narasimha Prasad | 43,433 | 31.76 | 15.53
| |
| JSP | Bonasi Venkata Subbaiah | 9,964 | 7.29 | new | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,570 | 1.14 | ||
| Majority | 34,879 | 25.5 | |||
| Turnout | 136,770 | 75.29 | 2.38
| ||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Arava Sreedhar | 78,594 | 51.58 | 44.29
| |
| YSRCP | Koramutla Srinivasulu | 67,493 | 44.29 | 12.97
| |
| INC | Gosala Devi | 2,132 | 1.39 | 0.42
| |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,112 | 0.72 | 0.42
| |
| Majority | 11,101 | 7.28 | |||
| Turnout | 1,52,366 | 74.51 | 0.78
| ||
| JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||