Paderu 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 = Paderu

| type = SLA

| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (29-Paderu highlighted).png

| map_caption = Location of Paderu Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh

| state = Andhra Pradesh

| district = Alluri Sitharama Raju

| loksabha_cons = Araku

| reservation = ST

| mla = Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju

| party = {{Party index link|YSR Congress Party}}

| latest_election_year = 2024

| electors = 227,042

| established = 1967

| constituency_no = 29

}}

Paderu is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju 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 Araku 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|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}}

Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress 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 227,042 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}}{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).

Mandals

The five mandals that form the assembly constituency are:

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!Mandal

Paderu
G.Madugula
Chintapalli
Gudem Kotha Veedhi
Koyyuru

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

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!Year

!Member

!colspan=2 | Political party

1967

| rowspan=2 |Tamarba Chittinaidu

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

1972
1978

| Giddi Appalanaidu

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1983

| Tammarba Chittinaidu

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

1985

| Kottagulli Chittinaidu

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

1989

| Matsyarasa Balaraju

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

1994

| Kottagulli Chittinaidu

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

1999

| Matyarasa Manikumari

2004

| Lake Rajarao

| {{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}

2009

| Pasupuleti Balaraju

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

2014

| Giddi Eswari

| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=3}}

2019

| Kottagulli Bhagya Lakshmi

2024

| Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju

Election results

= 2024 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju

|votes = 68,170

|percentage = 42.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Giddi Eswari

|votes = 48,832

|percentage = 30.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Vanthala Subba Rao

|votes = 15,935

|percentage = 9.89

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Bulli Babu Sataka

|votes = 13,566

|percentage = 8.42

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = NOTA

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 1,420

|percentage = 0.88

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19,338

|percentage = 12

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,61,160

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

|loser =

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

= 2019 =

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paderu}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Kottagulli Bhagya Lakshmi

|votes = 71,153

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Giddi Eswari

|votes = 28,349

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 42,804

|percentage =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

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{{Election box end}}

= 2014 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Giddi Eswari

|votes = 52,384

|percentage = 40.97

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of India

|candidate = Demudu Goddeti

|votes = 26,243

|percentage = 20.53

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Pasupuleti Balaraju

|votes = 21,086

|percentage = 16.49

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Lokula Gandhi

|votes = 17,029

|percentage = 13.32

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 26,141

|percentage = 20.44

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 127,849

|percentage = 59.80

|change = +3.36

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

= 2009 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Pasupuleti Balaraju

|votes = 35,653

|percentage = 32.40

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of India

|candidate = Demudu Goddeti

|votes = 35,066

|percentage = 31.87

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Praja Rajyam Party

|candidate = Krishnaveni Tamarbha

|votes = 16,894

|percentage = 15.35

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 587

|percentage = 0.53

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 110,297

|percentage = 56.44

|change = -3.85

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Bahujan Samaj Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2004 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = Rajarao Lake

|votes = 33,890

|percentage = 31.43

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Ravi Sankar Samida

|votes = 26,335

|percentage = 24.43

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Manikumari Matyarasa

|votes = 23,523

|percentage = 21.82

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Balaraju Matsyarasa

|votes = 20.052

|percentage = 18.60

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,555

|percentage = 7.00

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 107,803

|percentage = 60.29

|change = -1.24

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bahujan Samaj Party

|loser = Telugu Desam Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

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