Rajam 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 = Rajam
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (9-Rajam highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Rajam Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| established = 2008
| type = SLA
| district = Vizianagaram
| loksabha_cons = Vizianagaram
| reservation = SC
| mla = Kondru Murali Mohan
| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
| latest_election_year = 2024
| electors = 219,313
| constituency_no = 9
}}
Rajam is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Vizianagaram 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 |access-date=24 May 2019}} It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vizianagaram 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=16, 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}}
Kondru Murali Mohan is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Rajam Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/rajam-election-result-2024-live-updates-highlights-assembly-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8916949.html |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=News18 |language=en}} As of 2019, there are a total of 219,313 electors in the constituency.{{cite web |title=Electors Summary |url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf |website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh |access-date=24 May 2019 |date=25 May 2019}}{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Rajam |
| Vangara |
| Santhakaviti |
| Regidi Amadalavalasa |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Vunukuru)
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" | Political party |
|---|
| 1955
| Chelikani Sreeranga Naikulu | {{Full party name with color|Krishikar Lok Party}} |
| 1962
| Palavalasa Sangamnaidu | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1967
| M. B. Parankusam | {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}} |
| 1972
| Palavalasa Rukminamma | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1978
| Mudili Babu Parankusam | {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |
| 1983
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party |rowspan=3}} |
| 1985
| Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao |
| 1989
| Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao |
| 1994
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1999
| Kimidi Ganapathi Rao | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party |rowspan=2}} |
| 2004
| Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Honjaram)
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" | Political party |
|---|
| 1952
| Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu | {{Full party name with color|Krishikar Lok Party}} |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Boddam)
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" | Political party |
|---|
| 1962
| Allu Dasavatharam | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Rajam)
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" | Political party |
|---|
| 2009
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2014
| rowspan=2 |Kambala Jogulu | {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 2019 |
| 2024
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
Election results
=Honjaram=
====1952====
{{Election box begin|title= 1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Honjaram{{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=Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu |party=Krishikar Lok Party |votes=16,731 |percentage=36.67% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Chelikami Sreeranganayakulu |party=Independent politician |votes=15,846 |percentage=34.73% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Pydi Narasimha Appa Rao |party=Indian National Congress |votes=13,051 |percentage=28.60% |change=28.60% }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=885 |percentage=1.94% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=45,628 |percentage=55.61% |change= }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 82,048 |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Krishikar Lok Party |loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
== 2009 ==
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Kondru Murali Mohan
|votes = 61,771
|percentage = 46.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Kavali Pratibha Bharathi|votes=34,638|percentage=25.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Kambala Jogulu|votes=27,923|percentage=20.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Paka Rajarao|votes=4,234|percentage=3.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Bosi Manmadharao|votes=1,741|percentage=1.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Lok Satta Party|candidate=Adinarayana Dukka|votes=1,645|percentage=1.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Bhupathi Apparao|votes=1,271|percentage=1.0|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=27,133|percentage=0.3|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=133,223|percentage=74.2|change={{increase}}1.5}}
{{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: Rajam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Kambala Jogulu|votes=69,192|percentage=47.0|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Kavali Pratibha Bharathi|votes=68,680|percentage=46.7|change={{decrease}}20.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kondru Murali Mohan|votes=4,790|percentage=3.3|change={{decrease}}42.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=P.M.J. Babu|votes=1,205|percentage=0.8|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Lok Satta Party|candidate=Tunia Shankar Babu Rao|votes=1,141|percentage=0.8|change={{decrease}}0.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Mannena Chaitanya Kumar|votes=737|percentage=0.5|change={{decrease}}0.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Paila M.M.R.R. Suresh Kumar|votes=491|percentage=0.3|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jai Samaikyandhra Party|candidate=Savarapu Praveena|votes=480|percentage=0.3|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=512|percentage=0.3|change={{decrease}}19.9}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,47,887|percentage=74.2|change={{increase}}1.5}}
{{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: Rajam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Kambala Jogulu|votes=83,561|percentage=52.6|change={{increase}}5.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Kondru Murali Mohan|votes=66,713|percentage=42.0|change={{decrease}}4.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janasena Party|candidate=Mucha Srinivasa Rao|votes=4,987|percentage=3.1|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kambala Rajvardhan|votes=2,214|percentage=1.4|change={{decrease}}1.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Chaitanya Kumar Mannema|votes=967|percentage=0.6|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=16,848|percentage=10.6|change={{increase}}10.3}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,58,947|percentage=73.9|change={{decrease}}0.3}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|swing = {{increase}}5.15
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Kondru Murali Mohan
|votes =94,385
|percentage =53.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=YSR Congress Party
|candidate=Dr.Tale Rajesh
|votes=73,663
|percentage=41.7
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Indian National Congress
|candidate=Kambala Rajavardhan
|votes=3,684
|percentage=2
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party= NOTA
|candidate= None of the above
|votes= 2,536
|percentage= 1.44
|change=
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes= 20,722
|percentage=11.74
|change=
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes= 1,76,494
|percentage=75.82
|change=
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}
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Category:Vizianagaram district
Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh