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:
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Paderu |
| G.Madugula |
| Chintapalli |
| Gudem Kotha Veedhi |
| Koyyuru |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable"
!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
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2014
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=3}} |
| 2019 |
| 2024 |
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 =
}}
{{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 =
}}
{{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
References
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{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Alluri Sitharama Raju district}}
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