Gudivada Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Gudivada

| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (72-Gudivada highlighted).png

| map_caption = Location of Gudivada Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh

| mla = Venigandla Ramu

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| latest_election_year = 2024

| state = Andhra Pradesh

| district = Krishna

| loksabha_cons = Machilipatnam

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image =

| electors = 208,305

| established = 1951

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 72

}}

Gudivada Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna 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|format=PDF|access-date=24 May 2019}} It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam 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=21, 31|format=PDF|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}}

{{Pie chart

|value1 = 20

|value2 = 45

|value3 = 10

|value4 = 15

|value5 = 10

|label1 = INC (4 terms)

|label2 = TDP (9 terms)

|label3 = INC(I) (2 terms)

|label4 = CPI (3 terms)

|label5 = YSRCP (2 terms)

|color1 = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}

|color2 = {{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}

|color3 = {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

|color4 = {{party color|Communist Party of India}}

|color5 = {{party color|YSR Congress Party}}

|caption = Most successful political parties}}

Venigandla Ramu is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam 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 2019, there are a total of 208,305 electors in the constituency.{{cite web |date=25 May 2019 |title=Electors Summary |url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf |access-date=24 May 2019 |website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh |format=PDF}}{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:

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!Mandal

Gudivada
Gudlavalleru
Nandivada

Member of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable"
Year

! Member

! colspan="2" | Political party

1952

| Gungi Rama Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

1955

| Vemula Kurmayya

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1962

| Gungi Rama Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

1967

| Musunuri Kasthuri Devi

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

1969

| Yerneni Subramanyam

1972

| rowspan=2 |Katari Satyanarayana Rao

|rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |

|rowspan=2 |Indian National Congress (I)

1978
1983

| rowspan=2 |Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=3}}

1985
1985

| Raavi Sobhanadri Chowdary

1989

| Katari Eswar Kumar

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1994

| Raavi Sobhanadri Chowdary

| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=5}}

1999

| Raavi Hari Gopal

2000

| Raavi Venkateswara Rao

2004

| rowspan=4 |Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)

2009
2014

| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=2}}

2019
2024

| Venigandla Ramu

| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}

Election results

===1952===

{{Election box begin|title= 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada{{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=Gungi Rama Rao |party=Communist Party of India |votes=63,915 |percentage=26.63% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Katragadda Rajagopala Rao |party=Communist Party of India |votes=59,382 |percentage=24.74% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=A. Gopalakrisahnayya |party=Independent politician |votes=25,555 |percentage=10.65% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mangalagiri Ramadasu |party=Indian National Congress |votes=20,087 |percentage=8.37% |change=8.37% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. Seethamahalakshamamma |party=Indian National Congress |votes=16,884 |percentage=7.03% |change=7.03% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Pinnamaneni Lingayya |party=Independent politician |votes=13,161 |percentage=5.48% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Tikambaram |party=Republican Party of India |votes=8,944 |percentage=3.73% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kakollu Raghavalu |party=Independent politician |votes=8,742 |percentage=3.64% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Satgyanarayana Sastri |party=Independent politician |votes=8,445 |percentage=3.52% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Done Tatayya |party=Independent politician |votes=5,406 |percentage=2.25% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=D. Venkateswara Rao |party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes=4,062 |percentage=1.69% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=4,533 |percentage=1.89% |change= }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=2,40,040 |percentage=149.34% |change= }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,60,730 |change = }}

{{Election box new seat win |winner=Communist Party of India |loser= |swing= }}

{{Election box end}}

= 1999 =

{{Election box begin | title=1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Raavi Hari Gopal

|votes = 43,126

|percentage = 41.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Segu Venkateswarlu

|votes = 26,180

|percentage = 25.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Eswara Kumar Katari

|votes = 18,936

|percentage = 18.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = ATDP

|candidate = Nandamuri Harikrishna

|votes = 11,238

|percentage = 10.9

|change = {{steady}} new

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,946

|percentage = 15.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 108,300

|percentage = 66.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Telugu Desam Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2004 =

{{Election box begin | title=2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)

|votes = 57,845

|percentage = 52.59

|change = {{increase}} 10.79

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Eswar Kumar Katari|votes=48,981|percentage=44.53|change={{increase}} 19.13}}

{{Election box majority||votes=8,864|percentage=8.06|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=109,988|percentage=69.61|change={{increase}} 6.10}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Telugu Desam Party

|loser =

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

= 2009 =

{{Election box begin | title = 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)

|votes = 68,034

|percentage = 46.00

|change = {{decrease}} 6.59

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Pinnamaneni Venkateswara Rao|votes=50,404|percentage=34.10|change={{decrease}} 10.43}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Raavi Venkateswara Rao|votes=28,328|percentage=19.85|change={{increase}} 19.85}}

{{Election box majority||votes=17,630|percentage=11.90|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=147,866|percentage=81.89|change={{increase}} 12.28}}

{{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: Gudivada}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)

|votes = 81,298

|percentage = 55.32

|change = {{increase}} 55.32%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Raavi Venkateswara Rao|votes=69,761|percentage=44.03|change={{decrease}} 1.97%}}

{{Election box majority||votes=11,537|percentage=7.29|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=158,428|percentage=80.29|change={{decrease}} 1.60}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

|loser = Telugu Desam Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2019 =

{{Election box begin | title = 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada{{Cite web |title=Gudivada Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Gudivada Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News. |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2019/andhra-pradesh/gudivada-election-result-s01a072/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=News18}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)

|votes = 89,833

|percentage = 53.50

|change = {{decrease}} 1.82

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Devineni Avinash|votes=70,354|percentage=41.90|change={{decrease}} 2.13}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=3,285|percentage=1.96|change={{steady}} new}}

{{Election box majority||votes=19,479|percentage=9.6|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=167,902|percentage=80.6|change={{decrease}} 0.31}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2024 =

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Venigandla Ramu

|votes = 109,980

|percentage = 64.08

|change = {{increase}} 22.18

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)|votes=56,940|percentage=33.18|change={{decrease}} 20.32}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None Of The Above|votes=999|percentage=0.58|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=53,040|percentage=30.9|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,71,604|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Telugu Desam Party

|loser = YSR Congress Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References