| Araku Valley | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 28 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Araku Valley Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Alluri Sitharama Raju |
| LS constituency | Araku |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 220,773 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Regam Matyalingam | |
| Party | YSRCP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Araku Valley is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency.
Regam Matyalingam is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 220,773 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
The six mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Munchingi Puttu |
| Peda Bayalu |
| Dumbriguda |
| Araku Valley |
| Hukumpeta |
| Ananthagiri |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Siveri Soma | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2014 | Kidari Sarveswara Rao | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | Chetti Palguna | ||
| 2024 | Regam Matyalingam | ||
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Regam Matyalingam | 65,658 | 36.71 | ||
| BJP | Pangi Raja Rao | 33,781 | 18.89 | ||
| Independent | Vanthala Ramanna | 13,555 | 7.58 | ||
| BSP | Lake Rajarao | 13,506 | 7.55 | ||
| INC | Gangadharaswami Setty | 12,503 | 6.99 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,593 | 2.01 | ||
| Majority | 31,877 | 17.82 | |||
| Turnout | 1,78,852 | ||||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Chetti Palguna | 53,101 | 33.70 | ||
| AIFB | Donnu Dora Siyyari | 27,660 | 17.55 | ||
| TDP | Kidari Sravan Kumar | 19,929 | 12.65 | ||
| Majority | 25,441 | 16.15 | |||
| Turnout | 157,575 | 71.34 | +1.22 | ||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Kidari Sarveswara Rao | 63,700 | 43.88 | ||
| TDP | Siveri Soma | 29,647 | 20.42 | ||
| Independent | Ravibabu Kumbha | 25,789 | 17.76 | ||
| Majority | 34,053 | 23.46 | |||
| Turnout | 150,109 | 70.12 | +8.93 | ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Siveri Soma | 34,959 | 29.04 | ||
| INC | Vanjangi Kanthamma | 34,557 | 28.71 | ||
| Independent | Gangadhara Swamy Setti | 19,165 | 15.92 | ||
| BSP | Pangi Raja Rao | 13,302 | 11.05 | ||
| PRP | Mandi Jayavathi | 8,101 | 6.73 | ||
| Majority | 402 | 0.33 | |||
| Turnout | 120,459 | 61.19 | |||
| TDP win (new seat) | |||||
See also
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. 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.
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