Palakonda Assembly constituency
Appearance
Palakonda | |
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Constituency No. 10 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Location of Palakonda Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Parvathipuram Manyam |
LS constituency | Araku |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 184,414 |
Reservation | ST |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | JSP |
Elected year | 2024 |
Palakonda is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam 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 Araku.[2]
Nimmaka Jaya Krishna 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 184,414 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 |
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Palakonda |
Seethampeta |
Veeraghattam |
Bhamini |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Year | Member | Political party | |
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1952 | Palavasa Sangam Naiudu | Indian National Congress | |
1955 | Pydi Narasimhapparao | Independent | |
1962 | Kemburu Suryanarayana Naidu | Swatantra Party | |
1967 | J. Joji | ||
1972 | Kottapalli Narasayya | Indian National Congress | |
1978 | Kambala Rajaratnam | Janata Party | |
1983 | Syama Rao Gonipati | Telugu Desam Party | |
1985 | Tale Bhadrayya | ||
1989 | P. J. Amruta Kumari | Indian National Congress | |
1994 | Tale Bhadrayya | Telugu Desam Party | |
1999 | P. J. Amruta Kumari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2004 | Kambala Jogulu | Telugu Desam Party | |
2009 | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | Indian National Congress | |
2014 | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | YSR Congress Party | |
2019 | |||
2024 | Nimmaka Jaya Krishna | Janasena Party |
Election results
[edit]1952
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Palavasa Sangam Naiudu | 15,942 | 42.22% | 42.22% | |
KLP | Meesala Rajaratnam Naidu | 14,296 | 37.86% | ||
Independent | Kodinarayananaswami | 5,265 | 13.94% | ||
Socialist | Vavilapalli Satyanarayanana Naiudu | 2,256 | 5.97% | ||
Margin of victory | 1,646 | 4.36% | |||
Turnout | 37,759 | 56.20% | |||
Registered electors | 67,182 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |
2004
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Kambala Jogulu | 42,327 | 53.3 | ![]() | |
INC | T. Rajababu | 30,703 | 38.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 11,624 | 14.7 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 79,347 | 72.5 | ![]() | ||
TDP gain from BJP | Swing | ![]() |
2009
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | 45,909 | 42.4 | ![]() | |
TDP | Gopalarao Nimmaka | 29,759 | 27.5 | ![]() | |
PRP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 21,725 | 20.1 | New | |
Majority | 16,150 | 14.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,08,295 | 69.8 | ![]() | ||
INC gain from TDP | Swing | ![]() |
2014
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 55,337 | 46.1 | New | |
TDP | Nimmaka Jayakrishna | 53,717 | 44.8 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Pattika Kumar | 3,165 | 2.6 | New | |
INC | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | 3,162 | 2.6 | ![]() | |
CPI | Kurangi Manmadha Rao | 2,483 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,620 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,21,428 | 72.2 | ![]() | ||
YSRCP gain from INC | Swing |
2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 72,054 | 52.7 | New | |
TDP | Nimmaka Jayakrishna | 54,074 | 39.55 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 3548 | 2.6 | ||
BJP | Suneetha Thadangi | 1169 | 0.86 | New | |
INC | H Prasad Rao | 1001 | 0.73 | ||
Majority | 17,980 | 1.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,36,712 | 73.91 | ![]() | ||
YSRCP gain from INC | Swing |
2024
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JSP | Nimmaka Jaya Krishna | 75,208 | 50.69 | ||
YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 61,917 | 41.73 | ||
INC | Chanti Babu Savara | 2,041 | 1.38 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 4,260 | 2.87 | ||
Majority | 13,291 | 8.96 | |||
Turnout | 1,48,375 | 74.03 | |||
JSP gain from YSRCP | 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. 16, 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.
- ^ "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.