Razole Assembly constituency
| Razole | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 45 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Razole Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Konaseema |
| LS constituency | Amalapuram |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 186,819 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JSP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Razole is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Konaseema 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 Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Deva Varaprasad is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 186,819 electors in the constituency.[4][needs update] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
[edit]The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Razole |
| Malikipuram |
| Sakhinetipalle |
| Mamidikuduru (Part) |
The villages of Mamidikuduru Mandal that are covered by the constituency are Mamidikuduru, Geddada, Edarada, Komarada, Magatapalle and Gogannamatham. The other part of this mandal is a part of Gannavaram Assembly constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Alluru Venkararamaraju | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | |||
| 1962 | Gaddem Mahalakshmi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | G. R. Nayinala | ||
| 1972 | Bikkina Gopalakrishnarao | Independent | |
| 1978 | Rudraraju Ramalingaraju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Mangena Gangaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Alluru Venkata Suryanarayana Raju | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Alluri Krishnam Raju | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | ||
| 2014 | Gollapalli Surya Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | Janasena Party | |
| 2024 | Deva Varaprasad | ||
Election results
[edit]1952
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Alluri Venkataramaraju | 41,847 | 20.08% | ||
| KMPP | Akula Buliswami | 37,307 | 17.90% | ||
| CPI | Ganji Nagaswara Rao | 34,688 | 16.65% | ||
| KMPP | Pamula Venkataratnam | 27,386 | 13.14% | ||
| INC | Boyi Bhimanna | 27,311 | 13.11% | 13.11% | |
| INC | Mupparti Venkataratnam | 23,118 | 11.10% | 11.10% | |
| RPI | Pamula Prakass Rao | 12,653 | 6.07% | ||
| Independent | Kanteti Narasimharaju | 4,051 | 1.94% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,540 | 2.18% | |||
| Turnout | 2,08,361 | 128.80% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,61,776 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
2004
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Alluri Krishnam Raju | 68,104 | 62.19 | +13.10 | |
| TDP | Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju | 40,086 | 36.60 | −13.07 | |
| Majority | 28,018 | 25.59 | |||
| Turnout | 109,517 | 83.95 | +6.76 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | 52,319 | 39.76 | −22.43 | |
| PRP | Nalli Venkata Krishna Mallik | 46,450 | 35.30 | ||
| TDP | Bathula Ramu | 25,286 | 19.21 | −17.39 | |
| Majority | 5,869 | 4.46 | |||
| Turnout | 131,598 | 79.50 | −4.45 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gollapalli Surya Rao | 66,960 | 49.52 | ||
| YSRCP | Bonthu Rajeswara Rao | 62,277 | 46.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 856 | 0.63 | ||
| Independent | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | 318 | 0.24 | ||
| Majority | 4,683 | 3.47 | |||
| Turnout | 135,230 | 77.71 | −1.79 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | 50,053 | 32.92 | +32.92 | |
| YSRCP | Bonthu Rajeswara Rao | 49,239 | 32.91 | −13.45 | |
| TDP | Gollapalli Surya Rao | 44,592 | 30.47 | −18.92 | |
| Majority | 814 | 0.56 | |||
| Turnout | 1,45,641 | ||||
| JSP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Deva Varaprasad | 95,514 | 60.13 |  27.21
| |
| YSRCP | Gollapalli Surya Rao | 56,503 | 35.57 | 2.66
| |
| INC | Sarella Prasanna Kumar | 1,435 | 0.90 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,628 | 1.02 | ||
| Majority | 39,011 | 24.56 | |||
| Turnout | 1,58,840 | ||||
| JSP hold | Swing | ||||
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. 19, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.