Punganur 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 = Punganur
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (165-Punganur highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Punganur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| mla = Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy
| party = YSR Congress Party
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| latest_election_year = 2024
| district = Chittoor
| loksabha_cons = Rajampet
| reservation = None
| electors = 229,261
| established = 1951
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 165
}}
Punganur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives 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|format=PDF|access-date=24 May 2019}} It is one of seven assembly segments of Rajampet 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=21, 31|format=PDF|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}}
Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy is the current MLA, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 229,261 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per Delimination Orders (1951).
Mandals
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Sodam |
| Somala |
| Chowdepalle |
| Punganur |
| Pulicherla |
| Rompicherla |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" | Political party |
|---|
| 1952
| B. Krishnamurthy rao | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1955
| Y.B.V. Chikarayalu | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| 1962
| rowspan=2 |V. Ramaswami Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}} |
| 1967 |
| 1970 by-election
| rowspan=2 |B. Rani Sundarmani |
| 1972 |
| 1978
| K. V. Pati | style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" | |
| 1983
| Baggidi Gopal | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=5}} |
| 1985
| rowspan=3 |Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy |
| 1989 |
| 1994 |
| 1996 by-election |
| 1999
| N. Sreedhar Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2004
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 2009
| rowspan=4 |Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2014
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=3}} |
| 2019 |
| 2024 |
Election results
=== 1952 ===
{{Election box begin|title= 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Punganur{{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=B. Krishnamoorthy Rao |party=Indian National Congress |votes=21,059 |percentage=45.19% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Varanasi Raghunatha Reddi |party=Independent politician |votes=19,737 |percentage=42.35% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Peddivari Vankata Reddi |party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes=5,807 |percentage=12.46% |change= }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,322 |percentage=2.84% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=46,603 |percentage=62.41% |change= }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 74,675 |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
= 2009 =
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy
|votes = 84,083
|percentage = 51.64
|change = -1.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = M Venkatramana Raju
|votes = 43,356
|percentage = 26.63
|change = -7.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = Vantela Khadar Bhasha
|votes = 25,891
|percentage = 15.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 40,727
|percentage = 25.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,61,127
|percentage = 83.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy
|votes = 1,04,587
|percentage = 56.47
|change = {{increase}}6.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = M. Venkataramana Raju
|votes = 72,856
|percentage = 39.34
|change = {{decrease}}4.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 31,731
|percentage = 17.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,85,213
|percentage = 84.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy
|votes = 107000
|percentage = 54.85
|change = {{decrease}}1.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = N. Anesha Reddy
|votes = 63,876
|percentage = 32.61
|change = {{decrease}}7.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janasena Party
|candidate = Bode Ramachandra Yadav
|votes = 16,452
|percentage = 18.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 42,710
|percentage = 22.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,95,868
|percentage = 87
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = TDP
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy
|votes = 99774
|percentage = 48.07
|change = {{decrease}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Challa Ramachandra Reddy (Babu)|votes=93,155|percentage=45.16|change={{increase}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharata Chaitanya Yuvajana Party|candidate=Bode Ramachandra Yadav|votes=4423|percentage=2.17|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Dr. G Murali Mohan Yadav|votes=3546|percentage=1.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None Of The Above|votes=2884|percentage=1.39|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=6619|percentage=3.19|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=206911|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = YSRCP
|loser = TDP
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}
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