Bapatla 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 = Bapatla
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (92- highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of
Bapatla Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| mla = Vegesana Narendra Varma Raju
| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
| latest_election_year = 2024
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| district = Bapatla
| loksabha_cons = Bapatla
| reservation = None
| electors = 183,917
| established = 1951
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 92
}}
Bapatla Assembly constituency is a constituency in Bapatla 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 Bapatla 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=22, 31|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}}
Vegesana Narendra Varma Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm|title=Assembly Election 2019|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 25 March 2019, there are a total of 183,917 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}}{{cite web|title=MLA|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mla/|publisher=AP State Portal|access-date=13 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008071101/http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mla/|archive-date=2014-10-08|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Bapatla Assembly 2014 Election Results |url=http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/bapatla.html|publisher=Elections.in|access-date=13 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Repalle Assembly 2014 Election Results|url=http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/repalle.html|publisher=Elections.in|access-date=11 October 2014}} The constituency was established in 1951, as per Delimination Orders (1951).
Mandals{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Bapatla |
| Pittalavanipalem |
| Karlapalem |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" | Political party |
|---|
| 1952
| Vasireddi Srikrishna | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| 1955
| Mantena Venkataraju | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1962
| Kommineni Venkateswararao | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| 1967
| rowspan=3 |Kona Prabhakara Rao | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |
| 1972 |
| 1978
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" | |
| 1983
| C. V. Ramaraju | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 1985
| Ummareddy Venkateswarlu | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 1989
| Chirala Govardhana Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1994
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 1999
| Manthena Anantha Varma |
| 2004
| rowspan=2 |Gade Venkata Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |
| 2009 |
| 2014
| rowspan=2 |Kona Raghupathi | {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 2019 |
| 2024{{cite news|last1=Election Commission of India|title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results - Bapatla|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0192.htm|accessdate=13 June 2024|date=4 June 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613160432/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0192.htm|archivedate=13 June 2024}}
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
Election results
=1952=
{{Election box begin|title= 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Vemmulapalli Srikrishna |party=Communist Party of India |votes=22,806 |percentage=35.73% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Nankena Venkataraju|party=Indian National Congress|votes=20,399|percentage=31.96%|change=31.96%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Goavada Prandhamayya|party=Krishikar Lok Party|votes=16,273|percentage=25.49%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Velagan Lakshmi Sundara Rao|party=All India Forward Bloc|votes=1,171|percentage=1.83%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Vamavarapu Venkateswarlu|party=Independent politician|votes=1,124|percentage=1.76%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Bendapudi Narayana Rao|party=Independent politician|votes=1,076|percentage=1.69%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=C. L. Daniel|party=Independent politician|votes=986|percentage=1.54%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,407 |percentage=3.77% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=63,835|percentage=74.93%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 85,198 |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Communist Party of India |loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
= 1955 =
{{Election box begin|title= 1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Manthen Venkata Raju|party= Indian National Congress|votes=26,581 |percentage=56.41% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Vemupalli Srikrishna|party=Communist Party of India|votes=18,626|percentage=39.53%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=7,995 |percentage=16.88% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=47,120|percentage=70.67%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 66,676 |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress|loser= Communist Party of India|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
=1962=
{{Election box begin|title= 1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Kommineni Venkateswara Rao|party= Independent politician|votes=14,317 |percentage=29.71% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Mantena Satyavathi|party=Indian National Congress|votes=13,104|percentage=27.19%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1213 |percentage=2.52% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=50,069|percentage=67.26%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 74,436 |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Independent (I)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
= 1967 =
{{Election box begin|title= 1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Kona Prabhakar Rao|party= Indian National Congress|votes=32,344 |percentage=56.59% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Kommineni Venkateswara Rao|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=17,117|percentage=29.95%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=15,227 |percentage=26.64% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=59,464|percentage=74.85%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 79,444 |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Independent politician|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
= 1972 =
{{Election box begin|title= 1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Kona Prabhakar Rao|party= Indian National Congress|votes=33,314 |percentage=49.82% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Muppalaneni Seshagiri Rao|party=Independent|votes=31,025|percentage=46.40%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2289 |percentage=3.42% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=68,003|percentage=73.50%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 92,516 |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress|loser=|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
= 1978 =
{{Election box begin|title= 1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Kona Prabhakar Rao|party= Indian National Congress (I)|votes=40,332 |percentage=46.95% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Muppalaneni Seshagiri Rao|party=Janata Party|votes=40,143|percentage=46.73%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=189 |percentage=0.22% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=87,507|percentage=78.64%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 111,272 |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress (I)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
=1983=
{{Election box begin|title= 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=C V Ramaraju|party= Telugu Desam Party|votes=57,263 |percentage=66.73% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Kona Prabhakar Rao|party=Indian National Congress|votes=27,831|percentage=32.43%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=29,432 |percentage=34.30% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=87,673|percentage=72.83%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 120,375 |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Telugu Desam Party|loser=Indian National Congress (I)|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
= 1985 =
{{Election box begin|title= 1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Ummareddy Venkateswarlu|party= Telugu Desam Party|votes=37,129 |percentage=42.92% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Manthena Venkata Suryanarayana Raju|party=Indian National Congress|votes=19,102|percentage=22.08%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=18,027 |percentage=20.84% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=89,469|percentage=70.03%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 127,752 |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Telugu Desam Party|loser=|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
= 1989 =
{{Election box begin|title= 1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Chirala Govardan Reddy|party= Indian National Congress|votes=58,505 |percentage=57.01% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Achyutha Ramaraju Penumatsa|party=Telugu Desam Party|votes=42,922|percentage=41.83%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=15,583 |percentage=15.19% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=106,074|percentage=71.81%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 147,707 |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner= Indian National Congress|loser=Telugu Desam Party|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
= 1994 =
{{Election box begin|title= 1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Seshagiiri Rao Muppalaneni|party= Telugu Desam Party|votes=63,001 |percentage=59.67% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Kathi Padma Rao|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=21,507|percentage=20.37%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Chukka Peter Paul|party=Indian National Congress|votes=19,067|percentage=18.06%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=41,494 |percentage=39.30% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=107,329|percentage=69.41%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 154,625 |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Telugu Desam Party |loser=Indian National Congress|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
= 1999 =
{{Election box begin|title= 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Anantha Varma Manthena|party= Telugu Desam Party|votes=50,008 |percentage=46.61% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Seshagiiri Rao Muppalaneni|party=Indian National Congress|votes=36,163|percentage=33.71%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=13,845 |percentage=12.91% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=110,016|percentage=67.83%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 162,199 |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Telugu Desam Party |loser=|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
=2004=
{{Election box begin|title= 2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Gade Venkata Reddy|party= Indian National Congress|votes=61,370 |percentage=55.60% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Anantha Varma Manthena|party=Telugu Desam Party|votes=45,801|percentage=41.49%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=15,569 |percentage=1.11% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=110,439|percentage=72.51%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 152,312 |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Telugu Desam Party|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
= 2009 =
{{Election box begin|title= 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Gade Venkata Reddy|party= Indian National Congress|votes=37,456 |percentage=30.51% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Chirala Govardhan Reddy|party=Telugu Desam Party|votes=36,093|percentage=29.40%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Kona Raghupathi|party=Independent|votes=29,041|percentage=23.65%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Uggirala Seetaramulu @ Seetaramaiah|party=Praja Rajyam Party|votes=15,911|percentage=12.92%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Cherukuri Subba Rao|party=Lok Satta Party|votes=2,219|percentage=1.80%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,363 |percentage=1.11% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=123,135|percentage=76.02%|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 161,981 |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress|loser=|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
=2014=
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Kona Raghupathi|votes=71,076|percentage=50.29|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Annam Satish Prabhakar|votes=65,263|percentage=46.17|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5813|percentage=4.11|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=148,808|percentage=82.82|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2019=
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Kona Raghupathi
|votes = 79,836
|percentage = 51.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Annam Satish Prabhakar|votes=64,637|percentage=42.04|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janasena Party|candidate=Lakshmi Narasimha Ikkurthi|votes=4,006|percentage=2.6|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=15,199|percentage=9.88|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,53,769|percentage=83.08|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Vegesana Narendra Varma
|votes = 90,626
|percentage = 56.21%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Kona Raghupathi
|votes = 62,858
|percentage = 38.98%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ganta Anjibabu
|votes = 4,193
|percentage = 2.60%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None Of The Above
|votes = 1,128
|percentage = 0.70%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 27,768
|percentage = 17.22%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,61,226
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite web | title= AP Past Election Statistics |url=https://eci.gov.in/past-elections-statistics/| access-date=17 Jan 2020 | publisher=Election Commission of India | language=en}}
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