Punganur
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Punganur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictChittoor
LS constituencyRajampet
Established1951
Total electors229,261
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Punganur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of seven assembly segments of the Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy is the current MLA, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 229,261 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per Delimination Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Sodam
Somala
Chowdepalle
Punganur
Pulicherla
Rompicherla

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
1952 B. Krishnamurthy rao Indian National Congress
1955 Y.B.V. Chikarayalu Independent
1962 V. Ramaswami Reddy Indian National Congress
1967
1970 (By-poll) B. Rani Sundarmani
1972
1978 K. V. Pati Indian National Congress (I)
1983 Baggidi Gopal Telugu Desam Party
1985 Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy
1989
1994
1996 (By-poll) N. Amaranath Reddy
1999 Sridhar Reddy Indian National Congress
2004 N. Amaranatha Reddy Telugu Desam Party
2009 Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy Indian National Congress
2014 YSR Congress Party
2019

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Punganur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC B. Krishnamoorthy Rao 21,059 45.19% 45.19%
Independent Varanasi Raghunatha Reddi 19,737 42.35%
KMPP Peddivari Vankata Reddi 5,807 12.46%
Margin of victory 1,322 2.84%
Turnout 46,603 62.41%
Registered electors 74,675
INC win (new seat)

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy 84,083 51.64 -1.58
TDP M Venkatramana Raju 43,356 26.63 -7.73
PRP Vantela Khadar Bhasha 25,891 15.9
Majority 40,727 25.01
Turnout 1,61,127 83.39
INC gain from TDP Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy 1,04,587 56.47 +6.55
TDP M. Venkataramana Raju 72,856 39.34 -4.7
Majority 31,731 17.13
Turnout 1,85,213 84.10
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy 1,07,431 54.85 -1.58
TDP N. Anesha Reddy 63,876 32.61 -7.73
JSP Ramachandra Yadav 16,452 8.40
Majority 42,710 22.24
Turnout 1,95,868 87
YSRCP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "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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