| Payakaraopet | |
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| Constituency No. 33 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Payakaraopet Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Anakapalli |
| LS constituency | Anakapalli |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 240,285 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent Vangalapudi Anitha | |
| Party | TDP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Payakaraopet is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency.
Vangalapudi Anitha is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 240,285 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
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| Kotauratla |
| Nakkapalli |
| Payakaraopeta |
| S.Rayavaram |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju | Independent | |
| 1962 | Mande Pitchaiah | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Gantlana Suryanarayana | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Maruthi Adeyya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | Sumana Gantela | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Kakara Nookaraju | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | Chengala Venkatarao | ||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Golla Baburao | Indian National Congress | |
| 2012 | YSR Congress Party | ||
| 2014 | Vangalapudi Anitha | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Golla Baburao | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Vangalapudi Anitha | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Vangalapudi Anitha | 120,042 | 57.86 | ||
| YSRCP | Kambala Jogulu | 76,315 | 36.78 | ||
| INC | Dr. Boni Tata Rao | 2,087 | 1.01 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,107 | 1.98 | ||
| Majority | 43,727 | 21.08 | |||
| Turnout | 2,07,486 | ||||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Golla Baburao | 98,745 | 50.45% | ||
| TDP | B. Bangarayya | 67,556 | 34.52% | ||
| JSP | Nakka Raja Babu | 15,921 | 8.13% | ||
| Majority | 31,189 | 15.93% | |||
| Turnout | 1,95,725 | 81.45% | |||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Vangalapudi Anitha | 86,355 | 48.02 | ||
| YSRCP | Changala Venkata Rao | 83,527 | 46.44 | ||
| Majority | 2,828 | 1.58 | |||
| Turnout | 179,843 | 80.69 | +5.80 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Golla Baburao | 50,698 | 32.11 | +6.44 | |
| TDP | Chengala Venkata Rao | 50,042 | 31.69 | −11.46 | |
| PRP | Gurindapalli Dhanaraju | 49,264 | 31.20 | ||
| Majority | 656 | 0.42 | |||
| Turnout | 157,890 | 74.89 | +4.08 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Changala Venkata Rao | 40,794 | 43.15 | −8.73 | |
| Independent | Sumana Gantela | 27,105 | 28.67 | ||
| INC | Vijaya Kumari Ambati | 24,171 | 25.57 | −17.85 | |
| Majority | 13,689 | 14.48 | |||
| Turnout | 94,544 | 70.81 | +5.44 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju | 9,757 | 30.78% | ||
| INC | Sunkari Appala Naiudu | 5,730 | 18.08% | 18.08% | |
| KMPP | Raparti Jagannatha Rao | 5,723 | 18.06% | ||
| Socialist | Katha Radhakrihnamurthy | 5,462 | 17.23% | ||
| Independent | Mohammed Galab | 2,548 | 8.04% | ||
| Independent | Kasturi Subha Rao | 1,265 | 3.99% | ||
| Independent | M. Madhuramruta Rao | 1,210 | 3.82% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,027 | 12.71% | |||
| Turnout | 31,695 | 50.19% | |||
| Registered electors | 63,155 | ||||
| Independent 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.
- "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.
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