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:
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Gollaprolu |
| Pithapuram |
| Kothapalle |
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)}}" | |
| 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
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
| 2009
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Rajyam Party}} |
| 2014
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| 2019
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}} |
| 2024
| {{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}}
References
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