Amadalavalasa Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Amadalavalasa
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (6-Amadalavalasa highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Srikakulam Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| mla = Koona Ravi Kumar
| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
| latest_election_year = 2024
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| district = Srikakulam
| loksabha_cons = Srikakulam
| reservation = None
| electors = 187,744
| established = 1976
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 6
}}
Amadalavalasa Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}} It is one of the seven assembly segments of Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|date=17 December 2018|website=The Election Commission of India|pages=16, 30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=24 May 2019}}
Koona Ravi Kumar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Amadalavalasa Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/amadalavalasa-election-result-2024-live-updates-highlights-assembly-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8916850.html |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=News18 |language=en}} As of 2019, there are a total of 187,744 electors in the constituency.{{cite web |title=Electors Summary |url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf |website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh |access-date=24 May 2019 |date=25 May 2019}}{{update after|2024|6}} The constituency was established in 1976, as per the Delimitation Orders (1976).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Amudalavalasa |
| Ponduru |
| Sarubujjili |
| Burja |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" | Political party |
|---|
| 1978
| Pydi Sreerama Murty | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1983
| rowspan=2 |Thammineni Seetharam | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 1985 |
| 1989
| Pydi Sreerama Murty | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1994
| rowspan=2 |Thammineni Seetharam | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 1999 |
| 2004
| rowspan=2 |Boddepalli Satyavathi | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |
| 2009 |
| 2014
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 2019
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}} |
| 2024
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
Election results
= 2004 =
{{Election box begin | title=2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amadalavalasa}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Boddepalli Satyavathi
|votes = 46,300
|percentage = 52.1
|change = {{increase}}3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Thammineni Seetharam|votes=42,614|percentage=47.9|change={{decrease}}2.7}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,686|percentage=4.2|change={{increase}}2.4}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=88,604|percentage=76.5|change={{increase}}11.3}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing = {{increase}}3.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2009 =
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amadalavalasa}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Boddepalli Satyavathi|votes=48,128|percentage=40.3|change={{decrease}}11.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Thammineni Seetharam|votes=31,919|percentage=26.7|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Kuna Ravi Kumar|votes=29,431|percentage=24.6|change={{decrease}}23.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Killi Srirama Murthy|votes=3,262|percentage=2.7|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Korada Shyam Sundar Rao|votes=2,347|percentage=2.0|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Lok Satta Party|candidate=Annam Naidu Tammineni|votes=2,236|percentage=1.9|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=16,209|percentage=13.5|change={{increase}}9.3}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,19,531|percentage=74.7|change={{decrease}}1.9}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing = {{increase}}5.75
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amadalavalasa}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Koona Ravi Kumar|votes=65,233|percentage=48.9|change={{increase}}24.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Thammineni Seetharam|votes=59,784|percentage=44.8|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Boddepalli Satyavathi|votes=4,918|percentage=3.7|change={{decrease}}36.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Dulapu Punyavathi|votes=1,239|percentage=0.9|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jai Samaikyandhra Party|candidate=Paidi Satyaprasad|votes=844|percentage=0.6|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Lok Satta Party|candidate=Annamnaidu Tammineni|votes=810|percentage=0.6|change={{decrease}}1.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Boddepalli Srinivasa Rao|votes=318|percentage=0.2|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5,449|percentage=4.1|change={{decrease}}9.4}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,34,113|percentage=77.3|change={{increase}}2.6}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{increase}}30.45
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amadalavalasa}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Thammineni Seetharam|votes=77,897|percentage=52.8|change={{increase}}8.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Koona Ravi Kumar|votes=63,906|percentage=43.4|change={{decrease}}5.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janasena Party|candidate=Rammohan|votes=3,280|percentage=2.2|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Boddepalli Satyavathi|votes=993|percentage=0.7|change={{decrease}}3.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Gaddayya Patini|votes=956|percentage=0.7|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=13,911|percentage=9.5|change={{increase}}5.4}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,47,415|percentage=79.1|change={{increase}}1.8}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing = {{increase}}6.75
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amadalavalasa}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Koona Ravi Kumar|votes=88,003|percentage=55.45|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSRCP|candidate=Thammineni Seetharam|votes=52,971|percentage=33.38|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Gandhi Suvvari|votes=9,537|percentage=6.01|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None Of The Above|votes=2,300|percentage=1.45|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=35,032|percentage=22.07|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,58,707|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Telugu Desam Party
|loser =YSRCP
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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