Nuzvid 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 = Nuzvid

| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (70-Nuzvid highlighted).png

| map_caption = Location of Nuzvid Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh

| mla = Kolusu Parthasarathy

| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}

| latest_election_year = 2024

| state = Andhra Pradesh

| district = Eluru

| loksabha_cons = Eluru

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image = Kolusu Parthasarathy.jpg

| constituency_no = 70

| electors = 230,650

| established = 1951

| type = SLA

}}

Nuzvid Assembly constituency is a constituency in Eluru 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 Eluru 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, 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}}

Kolusu Parthasarathy 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 230,650 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 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

Agiripalli
Chatrai
Musunuru
Nuzvid

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Member

! colspan="2" | Political party

1952

| rowspan=5| Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}

1955
1962
1967
1972
1978

| Paladugu Venkata Rao

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

| Indian National Congress (I)

1983

| rowspan=2 |Kotagiri Hanumantha Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

1985

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

1989

| Paladugu Venkata Rao

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

1994

| rowspan=2 |Kotagiri Hanumantha Rao

| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}}

1999
2004

|Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao

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

2009

| Chinnam Rama Kotaiah

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

2014

| rowspan=2 |Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao

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

2019
2024

| Kolusu Parthasarathy

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

Election results

= 2024 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Kolusu Parthasarathy|votes=1,08,229|percentage=51.12|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao

|votes = 95,851

|percentage = 45.27

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Krishna Mareedu|votes=2,405|percentage=1.14|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=2,771|percentage=1.31|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=12,378|percentage=5.85|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,11,717|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: Nuzvid}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao|votes=101,950|percentage=50.84%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao|votes=85,740|percentage=42.75%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janasena Party|candidate=Vikunta Baskara Rao Basava|votes=5,464|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=16,210|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=188,586|percentage=87.84%|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2014 =

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao|votes=95,565|percentage=50.67|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao|votes=84500|percentage=45.16|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=10,397|percentage=5.51|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=188,586|percentage=87.85|change=-0.80}}

{{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: Nuzvid}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Chinnam Rama Kotaiah|votes=70,206|percentage=41.32|change=-1.08}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao|votes=65,063|percentage=38.30|change=-17.34}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Muttamsetti Vijaya Nirmala|votes=24,786|percentage=14.59|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=5,143|percentage=3.02|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=169,896|percentage=88.65|change=+10.75}}

{{Election box gain 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: Nuzvid}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao|votes=80,706|percentage=55.64|change=+21.77}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Hanumantha Rao Kotagiri|votes=61,498|percentage=42.40|change=+7.53}}

{{Election box majority||votes=19,208|percentage=13.24|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=145,050|percentage=77.90|change=+3.90}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Telugu Desam Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=== 1952 ===

{{Election box begin|title= 1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid{{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=Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao |party=Indian National Congress |votes=30,671 |percentage=55.49% |change=55.49% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. V. Raghavayya |party=Independent politician |votes=24,607 |percentage=44.51% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=6,064 |percentage=10.97% |change= }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=55,278 |percentage=78.98% |change= }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 69,991 |change = }}

{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}

{{Election box end}}

See also

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