Unguturu 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 = Unguturu
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (63-Unguturu highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Unguturu Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| district = Eluru
| loksabha_cons = Eluru
| reservation = None
| established = 1967
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 63
| mla = Patsamatla Dharmaraju
| party = {{Party index link|Janasena Party}}
| latest_election_year = 2024
| electors = 200,033
}}
Unguturu is a constituency in Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.{{cite web |date=25 May 2019 |title=Electors Summary |url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf |access-date=24 May 2019 |website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh}} It is one of the seven assembly segments of Eluru 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=20, 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}}
Patsamatla Dharmaraju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Unguturu Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/unguturu-election-result-2024-live-updates-highlights-assembly-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8916799.html |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=News18 |language=en}} As of 2019, there are a total of 200,033 electors in the constituency.{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 1967, as per Delimination Orders (1967).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Unguturu |
| Bhimadole |
| Nidamarru |
| Ganapavaram |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" | Political party |
|---|
| 1967
| rowspan=2 |C. S. C. V. M. Raju | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |
| 1972 |
| 1978
| Kadiyala Satyanarayana |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}} |
| 1983
| rowspan=2 |Katamani Srinivasarao | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 1985 |
| 1989
| Chava Ramakrushna Rao | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1994
| rowspan=2 |Kondreddy Viswanadham | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 1999 |
| 2004
| rowspan=2 |Vatti Vasant Kumar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |
| 2009 |
| 2014
| Ganni Veeranjaneyulu | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 2019
| Puppala Srinivasa Rao (Vasu Babu) | {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}} |
| 2024
| {{Full party name with color|Janasena Party}} |
Election results
= 2004 =
{{Election box begin | title=2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Unguturu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Vatti Vasant Kumar
|votes = 77.380
|percentage = 52.91
|change = +4.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Immani Rajeswari|votes=61,700|percentage=42.16|change=-8.37}}
{{Election box majority||votes=15,791|percentage=10.75|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=146,243|percentage=82.21|change=+5.94}}
{{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: Unguturu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Vatti Vasant Kumar
|votes = 52,973
|percentage = 35.13
|change = -17.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Ganni Lakshmi Kantam|votes=46,514|percentage=30.85|change=-11.31}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao|votes=43,314|percentage=28.73|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=6,459|percentage=4.28|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=150,782|percentage=87.48|change=+5.27}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Unguturu}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Ganni Veeranjaneyulu
|votes = 82,118
|percentage = 50.50
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Puppala Srinivasa Rao (Vasubabu)|votes=73,188|percentage=45.01|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=8,930|percentage=5.49|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=162,595|percentage=86.57|change=-0.91}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Unguturu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Puppala Srinivasa Rao Vasubabu
|votes = 94621
|percentage = 54.43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Ganni veeranjaneyulu|votes=61,468|percentage=35.36%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janasena Party|candidate=Nowdu Venkata Ramana (Ramana Babu)|votes=10,721|percentage=6.17%|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=33153|percentage=19.07%|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=173,841|percentage=86.9%|change=0.33%}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Unguturu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= Janasena Party|candidate=Patsamatla Dharmaraju|votes=108894|percentage=59.63|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Puppala Srinivasa Rao Vasubabu|votes=63949|percentage=35.02|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Pathapati Hari Kumara Raju|votes=3130|percentage=1.71|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None Of The Above|votes=6650|percentage=1.15|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=44945|percentage=24.61|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=182623|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Janasena Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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