Prathipadu, Kakinada Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{distinguish|Prathipadu, Guntur Assembly constituency}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Prathipadu
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (36-Prathipadu highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Prathipadu Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| mla =Varupula Satyaprabha
| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
| latest_election_year = 2024
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| district = Kakinada
| loksabha_cons = Kakinada
| reservation = None
| electors = 202,743
| constituency_no = 36
| established = 1951
| type = SLA
}}
Prathipadu 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}}
Varupula Satyaprabha is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.{{cite web |title=Assembly Election 2024 |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 202,743 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 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 |
| Sankhavaram |
| Prathipadu |
| Yeleswaram |
| Rowthulapudi |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" | Political party |
|---|
| 1955
| Parvata Gurraju | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1962
| rowspan=2 |Mudragada Veeraraghavarao | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)|rowspan=2}} |
| 1967 |
| 1972
| Varupula Jogiraju | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1978
| rowspan=4 |Mudragada Padmanabham | {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |
| 1983
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 1985 |
| 1989
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1994
| Parvatha Subbarao | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 1999
| Parvatha Bapanamma |
| 2004
| Varupula Subbarao | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2009
| Parvatha Sri Satyanarayana Murthy | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 2014
| Varupula Subbarao | {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 2019 |
| 2024
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
== Election results ==
= 1955 =
{{Election box begin | title=1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Parvata Gurraju
|votes = 17,833
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =Yenumula Venkannadora
|votes = 11,939
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 1962 =
{{Election box begin | title=1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mudragada Veeraraghavarao
|votes = 34,294
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Parvatha Gurraju
|votes = 20,918
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 1967 =
{{Election box begin | title=1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mudragada Veeraraghavarao
|votes = 35,239
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Varupula Jogiraju
|votes = 22,833
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 1972 =
{{Election box begin | title=1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Jogiraju Varupula
|votes = 34,533
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Veeraraghavarao Mudragada
|votes = 31,228
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 1983 =
{{Election box begin | title=1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Mudragada Padma Nabham
|votes = 45,976
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Varupula Subbarao|votes=31,634|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 1985 =
{{Election box begin | title=1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Mudrangada Padmanabham
|votes = 54354
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Sampara Sundara Rama Kumar|votes=13025|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 1989 =
{{Election box begin | title=1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Mudragada Padmanabham|votes=58,567|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Varupula Subba Rao|votes=45,725|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 1994 =
{{Election box begin | title=1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Parvatha Subbarao
|votes = 68066
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Mudragada Padmanabham|votes=46429|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 1999 =
{{Election box begin | title=1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Parvatha Bapanamma
|votes = 65685
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Varupula Subbarao
|votes = 46159
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2004 =
{{Election box begin | title=2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Varupula Subbarao
|votes = 70,962
|percentage = 54.41
|change = +17.80
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Parvatha Bapanamma|votes=52,594|percentage=40.33|change=-11.76}}
{{Election box majority||votes=18,368|percentage=14.08|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=130,415|percentage=74.69|change=+1.89}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2009 =
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Parvatha Srisatyanarayana Murthy
|votes = 46,925
|percentage = 35.32
|change = -5.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Varupula Subbarao|votes=43,639|percentage=32.84|change=-19.25}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Thota Venkataswamy Naidu|votes=30,544|percentage=22.99|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,286|percentage=2.47|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=132,980|percentage=75.13|change=+0.44}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Varupula Subbarao
|votes = 63,693
|percentage = 43.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Parvatha Sri Satyanarayanamurthy|votes=60,280|percentage=40.71|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,413|percentage=2.30|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=148,075|percentage=80.13|change=+5.00}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Parvatha Purnachandra Prasad
|votes = 90004
|percentage = 46.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Varupula Raja|votes=71,908|percentage=43.92|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janasena Party|candidate=Varupula Thammaiah Babu|votes=6,907|percentage=4.22|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,666|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Varapula Sathyaprabha
|votes = 1,03,002
|percentage = 58.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Varapula Subbarao
|votes = 64,234
|percentage = 36.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = N V V Satyanarayana
|votes = 1,354
|percentage = 0.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None Of The Above
|votes = 2,582
|percentage = 1.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 38,768
|percentage = 21.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,76,485
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
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