Pithapuram
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Pithapuram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictKakinada
LS constituencyKakinada
Established1951
Total electors229,591
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Pithapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada 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 Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Dorababu Pendem is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 229,591 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]

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-poll) 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 Dorababu Pendem Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 Vanga Geetha Praja Rajyam Party
2014 SVSN Varma Independent
2019 Dorababu Pendem YSR Congress Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Pithapuram[5]
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)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dorababu Pendem 46,518 50.47
INC Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao 28,628 31.06
Majority 17,899 19.41
Turnout 92,182 71.73 +3.08
Independent gain from BJP Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PRP Vanga Geetha Viswanadh 46,623 31.19
TDP SVSN 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

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent SVSN Varma 97,511 57.59
YSRCP Dorababu Pendem 50,431 29.78
TDP P.V. Viswam 15,187 8.9
Majority 47,080 27.81
Turnout 169,330 79.45 +1.16
Independent gain from INC Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Dorababu Pendem 83,459 44.71%
TDP SVSN Varma 68470 36.68%
JSP Makineedi Seshu Kumari 28011 15%
Majority 14,992 8.03%
Turnout 186682 83.31%
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

See also

References

  1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. "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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