| Pithapuram | |
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| Constituency No. 37 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Kakinada |
| LS constituency | Kakinada |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 229,591 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent Pawan Kalyan Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | |
| Party | JSP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Pendem Dorababu |
Pithapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.
Pawan Kalyan 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 230,188 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Gollaprolu |
| Pithapuram |
| Kothapalle |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | R. V. Jagga Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | Vadrevu Gopalkrishna | Praja Party | |
| 1960 by-election | Peketi Thammiraju | ||
| 1962 | Rao Bhavanna | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Yalla Suryanarayanamurty | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1983 | Venna Nageswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Venna Nageswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Veera Bhadra Rao Sangisetti | Independent | |
| 2004 | Pendem Dorababu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2009 | Vanga Geetha | Praja Rajyam Party | |
| 2014 | S. V. S. N. Varma | Independent | |
| 2019 | Pendem Dorababu | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Pawan Kalyan | Janasena Party | |
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Pawan Kalyan | 134,394 | 64.87 | ||
| YSRCP | Vanga Geetha Viswanath | 64,115 | 30.95 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,027 | 0.98 | ||
| INC | Madepalli Satyananda Rao | 1,231 | 0.59 | ||
| Majority | 70,279 | 33.92 | |||
| Turnout | 207,169 | 86.63 | |||
| JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Pendem Dorababu | 83,459 | 44.71 | ||
| TDP | S. V. S. N. Varma | 68,467 | 36.68 | ||
| JSP | Makineedi Seshu Kumari | 28,011 | 15.00 | ||
| Majority | 14,992 | 8.03 | |||
| Turnout | 186,682 | 83.31 | |||
| YSRCP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | S. V. S. N. Varma | 97,511 | 57.59 | ||
| YSRCP | Pendem Dorababu | 50,431 | 29.78 | ||
| TDP | P. V. Viswam | 15,187 | 8.90 | ||
| Majority | 47,080 | 27.81 | |||
| Turnout | 169,330 | 79.45 | +1.16 | ||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRP | Vanga Geetha | 46,623 | 31.19 | ||
| TDP | S. V. S. N. Varma | 45,587 | 30.50 | ||
| INC | Mudragada Padmanabham | 43,431 | 29.05 | ||
| Majority | 1,036 | 0.69 | |||
| Turnout | 149,479 | 78.29 | +6.56 | ||
| PRP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pendem Dorababu | 46,518 | 50.47 | ||
| INC | K. V. Chandra Mohana Rao | 28,628 | 31.06 | ||
| Majority | 17,899 | 19.41 | |||
| Turnout | 92,182 | 71.73 | +3.08 | ||
| BJP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | R. V. Jagga Rao | 18,920 | 38.55 | ||
| INC | R. Atachayya Rao | 12,438 | 25.35 | 25.35 | |
| KMPP | V. G. Krishna | 10,357 | 21.10 | ||
| Independent | K. Rajalingeswara Rao | 3,373 | 6.87 | ||
| Socialist | C. Bhavanarao | 1,445 | 2.94% | ||
| KLP | Triupathi Rao | 1,375 | 2.80 | ||
| Independent | C. Sathiraju | 1,166 | 2.38% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,482 | 13.21 | |||
| Turnout | 49,074 | 66.92 | |||
| Registered electors | 73,335 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
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.
- generator, metatags. "JanaSena Party Official Website". JanaSena Party Official Website. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- "Assembly Constituency 37 - Pithapuram (Andhra Pradesh)". Election Commission of India. eci.gov.in. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- "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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