Chodavaram (Assembly constituency)

Chodavaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anakapalli (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Chodavaram, Madugula, Anakapalle, Yelamanchili, Pendurthi, and Payakaraopet.[2] Karanam Dharmasri is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 210,313 electors in the constituency.[4]

Chodavaram
Constituency
DistrictVisakhapatnam
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate210,313
Current constituency
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAKaranam Dharmasri
ReservationGeneral

Mandals

The four mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

S.No Mandal Name
1 Chodavaram
2 Butchayyapeta
3 Ravikamatham
4 Rolugunta

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
1955 Reddi Jagannadham Independent
1962 Ilapakuthi Satyanarayana Indian National Congress
1967 Palavelli Vechalapu Swatantra Party
1972 Palavelli Vechalapu Indian National Congress
1978 Seetharama Sastri Emani Janata Party
1983 Gunuru Yerrunaidu Telugu Desam Party
1985 Gunuru Yerrunaidu Telugu Desam Party
1989 Balireddy Satya Rao Indian National Congress
1994 Gunuru Yerrunaidu Telugu Desam Party
1999 Balireddy Satya Rao Indian National Congress
2004 Ganta Srinivasa Rao Telugu Desam Party
2009 Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju Telugu Desam Party
2014 Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju Telugu Desam Party
2019 Karanam Dharmasri YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004
2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ganta Srinivasa Rao 63,250 52.62 +6.56
INC Balireddy Satya Rao 53,649 44.63 -6.30
Majority 9,601 7.99
Turnout 120,212 78.27 +5.01
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Chodavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju 55,641 36.13 -16.49
INC Karanam Dharmasri 54,256 35.23 -9.40
Praja Rajyam Pinapolu Venkateswaralu 35,185 22.85
Majority 1,385 0.90
Turnout 153,994 81.15 +2.88
TDP hold Swing

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP KSN Raju 80,560 48.63 +12.50
YSRCP Karanam Dharmasri 79,948 48.08
Majority 612 0.31
Turnout 166,583 84.81 +3.66
TDP hold Swing

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Karanam Dharmasri 94,215 53.92 +5.84
TDP KSN Raju 66,578 38.10 -10.53
Jana Sena P. V. S. N. Raju 5,300 3.03
Majority 27,637
Turnout
[[|N/A]] hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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