Pithapuram 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 = Pithapuram

| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (37-Pithapuram highlighted).png

| mla = Pawan Kalyan
{{Small|Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh}}

| party = {{party index link|Janasena Party}}

| alliance = NDA

| latest_election_year = 2024

| preceded_by = Pendem Dorababu

| state = Andhra Pradesh

| district = Kakinada

| loksabha_cons = Kakinada

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image = Shri Konidela Pawan Kalyan.jpg

| electors = 229,591

| established = 1951

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 37

}}

Pithapuram 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|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|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}}

Pawan Kalyan is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena 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 }}{{Cite web |last=generator |first=metatags |title=JanaSena Party Official Website |url=https://janasenaparty.org/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=JanaSena Party Official Website |language=en}} As of 2024, there are a total of 230,188 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}} 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

Gollaprolu
Pithapuram
Kothapalle

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Member

! colspan="2" | Political party

1952

| R. V. Jagga Rao

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

1955

| Vadrevu Gopalkrishna

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

1960 by-election

| Peketi Thammiraju

1962

| Rao Bhavanna

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}

1967

| rowspan=2 |Yalla Suryanarayanamurty

1972
1978

| Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao

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

| Indian National Congress (I)

1983

| rowspan=2 |Venna Nageswara Rao

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

1985
1989

| Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao

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

1994

| Venna Nageswara Rao

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

1999

| Veera Bhadra Rao Sangisetti

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

2004

| Pendem Dorababu

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

2009

| Vanga Geetha

| {{Full party name with color|Praja Rajyam Party}}

2014

| S. V. S. N. Varma

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

2019

| Pendem Dorababu

| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}

2024

| Pawan Kalyan

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

Election results

= 2024 =

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram{{cite news |title=Andhrapradesh Assembly Elections 2024 - Pithapuram |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0137.htm |access-date=7 March 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250307182531/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0137.htm |archive-date=7 March 2025}}{{cite news |title=Pithapuram Constituency Election Results 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/constituency-show/pithapuram |access-date=7 March 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250307182624/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/constituency-show/pithapuram |archive-date=7 March 2025 |language=en}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Janasena Party|candidate=Pawan Kalyan|votes=134,394|percentage=64.87|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Vanga Geetha Viswanath|votes=64,115|percentage=30.95|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=2,027|percentage=0.98|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|INC|candidate=Madepalli Satyananda Rao|votes=1,231|percentage=0.59|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=70,279|percentage=33.92|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=207,169|percentage=86.63|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = JSP Party

|loser = YSR Congress Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2019 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Pendem Dorababu

|votes = 83,459

|percentage = 44.71

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=S. V. S. N. Varma|votes=68,467|percentage=36.68|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janasena Party|candidate=Makineedi Seshu Kumari|votes=28,011|percentage=15.00|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=14,992|percentage=8.03|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=186,682|percentage=83.31|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

|loser = Independent (politician)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2014 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = S. V. S. N. Varma

|votes = 97,511

|percentage = 57.59

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Pendem Dorababu|votes=50,431|percentage=29.78|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=P. V. Viswam|votes=15,187|percentage=8.90|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=47,080|percentage=27.81|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=169,330|percentage=79.45|change=+1.16}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Independent (politician)

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2009 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Praja Rajyam Party

|candidate = Vanga Geetha

|votes = 46,623

|percentage = 31.19

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=S. V. S. N. Varma|votes=45,587|percentage=30.50|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Mudragada Padmanabham|votes=43,431|percentage=29.05|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,036|percentage=0.69|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=149,479|percentage=78.29|change=+6.56}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Praja Rajyam Party

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2004 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Pendem Dorababu

|votes = 46,518

|percentage = 50.47

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=K. V. Chandra Mohana Rao|votes=28,628|percentage=31.06|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=17,899|percentage=19.41|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=92,182|percentage=71.73|change=+3.08}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = BJP

|loser = Independent (politician)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=1952=

{{Election box begin|title= 1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram{{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 = R. V. Jagga Rao

|party = Communist Party of India

|votes = 18,920

|percentage = 38.55

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate=R. Atachayya Rao

|party=Indian National Congress

|votes=12,438

|percentage=25.35

|change=25.35

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate=V. G. Krishna

|party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes=10,357

|percentage=21.10

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate=K. Rajalingeswara Rao |party=Independent politician |votes=3,373

|percentage=6.87

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate=C. Bhavanarao |party=Socialist Party (India) |votes=1,445

|percentage=2.94%

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Triupathi Rao |party=Krishikar Lok Party |votes=1,375 |percentage=2.80 |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. Sathiraju |party=Independent politician |votes=1,166 |percentage=2.38% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=6,482 |percentage=13.21 |change= }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=49,074 |percentage=66.92 |change= }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 73,335 |change = }}

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

{{Election box end}}

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