Kakinada City Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kakinada City
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (41-Kakinada City highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Kakinada City Assembly constituency (shown with arrow) within Andhra Pradesh
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| established = 2008
| type = SLA
| district = Kakinada
| loksabha_cons = Kakinada
| reservation = None
| mla = Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao
| party = 20px {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
| alliance = NDA
| latest_election_year = 2024
| electors = 255,716
| constituency_no = 41
| preceded_by = Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy
}}
Kakinada City Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada 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 Kakinada 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|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}}
Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao 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 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 255,716 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|format=PDF|access-date=24 May 2019}}{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are:
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Kakinada (urban) mandal (Part) Kakinada Urban (M) (Part) Kakinada(M) Ward No. 1 to 65 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan=2 |Political party |
|---|
| 2009
| Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2014
| Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao (Konda Babu) | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 2019
| Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy | {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}} |
| 2024
| Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao (Konda Babu) | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
Election results
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada City}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao
|votes = 113014
|percentage = 63.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy
|votes = 56,442
|percentage = 32.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Chekka Nookaraju
|votes = 2138
|percentage = 1.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None Of The Above
|votes = 1446
|percentage = 0.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=56,572|percentage=31.92|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,77,184|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada City}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy
|votes = 73,890
|percentage = 43.06%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao|votes=59,779|percentage=34.84%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janasena Party|candidate=Mutha Sasidhar|votes=30,188|percentage=17.59%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Kola Vara Prasad Varma|party=Indian National Congress|votes=3262|percentage=2|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the above|party=None of the above|votes=1654|percentage=1|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Peddireddi Ravi Kiran|votes=1581|percentage=0.92|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=14,111|percentage=8.22%|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=171,604|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing = 5.72%
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada City}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao
|votes = 76,467
|percentage = 54.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy
|votes = 52,467
|percentage = 37.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 24,000
|percentage = 17.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 140,523
|percentage = 67.87
|change = -4.67
}}
{{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: Kakinada City}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy
|votes = 44,606
|percentage = 37.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Bandana Hari|votes=35,327|percentage=29.52|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao|votes=25,636|percentage=21.42|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=9,279|percentage=7.76|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=119,664|percentage=72.54|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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