Chodavaram Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Chodavaram
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (26-Chodavaram highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Chodavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| mla = Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju
| party = {{party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
| latest_election_year = 2024
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| district = Anakapalli
| loksabha_cons = Anakapalli
| reservation = None
| electors = 210,313
| constituency_no = 26
| established = 1951
| type = SLA
}}
Chodavaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anakapalle district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anakapalli 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=17, 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}}
Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.{{cite web |title=Assembly Election 2024 |url= https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS0126.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=4 June 2024 |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 210,313 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=4 June 2024|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Chodavaram |
| Butchayyapeta |
| Ravikamatham |
| Rolugunta |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" |Political party |
|---|
| 1952
| Kandarpa Venkataramesam | {{Full party name with color|Krishikar Lok Party}} |
| 1955
| Reddi Jagannadham | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| 1962
| Ilapakuthi Satyanarayana | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1967
| rowspan=2 |Palavelli Vechalapu | {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}} |
| 1972
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1978
| Seetharama Sastri Emani | {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |
| 1983
| rowspan=2|Gunuru Yerrunaidu | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 1985 |
| 1989
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1994
| Gunuru Yerrunaidu | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 1999
| Balireddy Satya Rao | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2004
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=3}} |
| 2009
| rowspan=2 |Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju |
| 2014 |
| 2019
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}} |
| 2024
| Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
Election results
===1952===
{{Election box begin|title= 1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram{{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=Kandarpa Venkataramesam |party=Krishikar Lok Party |votes=16,168 |percentage=46.99% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Bhupathiraju Satyanarayana Raju |party=Indian National Congress |votes=8,849 |percentage=25.72% |change=25.72% }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mandhambhotla Narasimhamorthy |party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes=6,473 |percentage=18.81% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Pilla Puradesi Najudu |party=Independent politician |votes=2,918 |percentage=8.48% |change= }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=7,319 |percentage=21.27% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=34,408 |percentage=51.08% |change= }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 67,363 |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner= |loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
=2004 =
{{Election box begin | title=2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Ganta Srinivasa Rao
|votes = 63,250
|percentage = 52.62
|change = +6.56
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Balireddy Satya Rao
|votes = 53,649
|percentage = 44.63
|change = -6.30
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,601
|percentage = 7.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 120,212
|percentage = 78.27
|change = +5.01
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2009 =
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju
|votes = 55,641
|percentage = 36.13
|change = -16.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Karanam Dharmasri
|votes = 54,256
|percentage = 35.23
|change = -9.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = Pinapolu Venkateswaralu
|votes = 35,185
|percentage = 22.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,385
|percentage = 0.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 153,994
|percentage = 81.15
|change = +2.88
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = KSNS Raju
|votes = 80,560
|percentage = 48.63
|change = +12.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Karanam Dharmasri
|votes = 79,948
|percentage = 48.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 612
|percentage = 0.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 166,583
|percentage = 84.81
|change = +3.66
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Karanam Dharmasri
|votes = 94,215
|percentage = 53.92
|change = +5.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = KSNS Raju
|votes = 66,578
|percentage = 38.10
|change = -10.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janasena Party
|candidate = P. V. S. N. Raju
|votes = 5,300
|percentage = 3.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 27,637
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju
|votes = 109651
|percentage = 59.03
|change = +20.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Karanam Dharmasri|votes= 67462 |percentage=36.32|change=-17.60}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Jagath Srinivas|votes=2527|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None Of The Above|votes=3849|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=42189 |percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 185741 |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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{{Anakapalli district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}
Category:Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh
Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh