Araku Valley 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 = Araku Valley
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 28
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (28-Araku Valley highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Araku Valley Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| district = Alluri Sitharama Raju
| loksabha_cons = Araku
| established = 2008
| reservation = ST
| mla = Regam Matyalingam
| party = {{Party index link|YSR Congress Party}}
| latest_election_year = 2024
| electors = 220,773
}}
Araku Valley is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku 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=18, 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}}
Regam Matyalingam is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.{{cite web |title=Assembly Election 2019 |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524074223/http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |archive-date=24 May 2019 |url-status=dead }} As of 2019, there are a total of 220,773 electors in the constituency.{{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}}{{update after|2024|06}} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
The six mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Munchingi Puttu |
| Peda Bayalu |
| Dumbriguda |
| Araku Valley |
| Hukumpeta |
| Ananthagiri |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Regam Matyalingam
|votes = 65,658
|percentage = 36.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bhartiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pangi Raja Rao
|votes = 33,781
|percentage = 18.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Vanthala Ramanna
|votes = 13,555
|percentage = 7.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Lake Rajarao
|votes = 13,506
|percentage = 7.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Gangadharaswami Setty
|votes = 12,503
|percentage = 6.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,593
|percentage = 2.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 31,877
|percentage = 17.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,78,852
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Chetti Palguna|votes=53,101|percentage=33.70|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Forward Bloc|candidate=Donnu Dora Siyyari|votes=27,660|percentage=17.55|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Kidari Sravan Kumar|votes=19,929|percentage=12.65|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=25,441|percentage=16.15|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=157,575|percentage=71.34|change=+1.22}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Kidari Sarveswara Rao|votes=63,700|percentage=43.88|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Siveri Soma|votes=29,647|percentage=20.42|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Ravibabu Kumbha|votes=25,789|percentage=17.76|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=34,053|percentage=23.46|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=150,109|percentage=70.12|change=+8.93}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2009 =
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Siveri Soma|votes=34,959|percentage=29.04|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Vanjangi Kanthamma|votes=34,557|percentage=28.71|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Gangadhara Swamy Setti|votes=19,165|percentage=15.92|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Pangi Raja Rao|votes=13,302|percentage=11.05|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Mandi Jayavathi|votes=8,101|percentage=6.73|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=402|percentage=0.33|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=120,459|percentage=61.19|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Alluri Sitharama Raju district}}
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