Palakonda Assembly Constituency
Palakonda is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.
It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Araku.
| Palakonda | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 10 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Palakonda Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Parvathipuram Manyam |
| LS constituency | Araku |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 184,414 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | YSR Congress Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Viswasarayi Kalavathi is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 184,414 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Palakonda |
| Seethampeta |
| Veeraghattam |
| Bhamini |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Palavasa Sangam Naiudu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1955 | Pydi Narasimhapparao | Independent | |
| 1962 | Kemburu Suryanarayana Naidu | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | J. Joji | ||
| 1972 | Kottapalli Narasayya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Kambala Rajaratnam | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Syama Rao Gonipati | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Tale Bhadrayya | ||
| 1989 | P. J. Amruta Kumari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Tale Bhadrayya | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | P. J. Amruta Kumari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2004 | Kambala Jogulu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2009 | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | |||
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Palavasa Sangam Naiudu | 15,942 | 42.22% | 42.22% | |
| KLP | Meesala Rajaratnam Naidu | 14,296 | 37.86% | ||
| Independent | Kodinarayananaswami | 5,265 | 13.94% | ||
| Socialist | Vavilapalli Satyanarayanana Naiudu | 2,256 | 5.97% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,646 | 4.36% | |||
| Turnout | 37,759 | 56.20% | |||
| Registered electors | 67,182 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kambala Jogulu | 42,327 | 53.3 |  21.8 | |
| INC | T. Rajababu | 30,703 | 38.7 | 7.3 | |
| Majority | 11,624 | 14.7 | 13.3 | ||
| Turnout | 79,347 | 72.5 | 8.1 | ||
| TDP gain from BJP | Swing | 10.9 | |||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | 45,909 | 42.4 | 3.7 | |
| TDP | Gopalarao Nimmaka | 29,759 | 27.5 |  25.8 | |
| PRP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 21,725 | 20.1 | New | |
| Majority | 16,150 | 14.9 | 0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,08,295 | 69.8 | 2.7 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | 14.75 | |||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 55,337 | 46.1 | New | |
| TDP | Nimmaka Jayakrishna | 53,717 | 44.8 | 17.3 | |
| CPI(M) | Pattika Kumar | 3,165 | 2.6 | New | |
| INC | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | 3,162 | 2.6 | 39.8 | |
| CPI | Kurangi Manmadha Rao | 2,483 | 2.1 | New | |
| Majority | 1,620 | 1.3 | 13.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,21,428 | 72.2 | 2.4 | ||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Nimmaka Jayakrishna | ||||
| YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | ||||
| INC | Sarava Chanti Babu | ||||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | ||||
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See also
References
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