Guntur West (Assembly constituency)

Guntur West (Assembly constituency) constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Guntur Lok Sabha constituency, along with Tadikonda, Mangalagiri Ponnuru, Tenali and Guntur East.[2] Maddali Giridhara Rao is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 265,135 electors in the constituency.[4]

Guntur West
Constituency
DistrictGuntur
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate265,135
Current constituency
Created2009 (delimitation)
Guntur-2 assembly constituency (1962–2004)
PartyTelugu Desam Party
MLAMaddali Giridhara Rao
ReservationGeneral

History

Earlier called as Guntur-II (Assembly Constituency), it has undergone some minor changes in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and was named as Guntur West (Assembly Constituency).[5]:15[6]

Mandals

It covers Guntur mandal (Part), Guntur (M.Corp) (Part) and Guntur (M.Corp) – Ward No.1 to 6 and 24 to 28.[7]

Election results

Assembly elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC KANNA LAKSHMINARAYANA 44,676 34.59
TDP CHUKKAPALLI RAMESH 41,375 32.03
Praja Rajyam TULASI RAMA CHANDRA PRABHU 34,004 26.32
Majority 3,301 2.56
Turnout 1,29,457 65.76
INC gain from TDP Swing

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Modugula Venu Gopala Reddy 78,837 46.00
YSRCP Appi Reddy Lella 60,924 35.55
Majority 17,913 10.45
Turnout 1,71,377 66.00
TDP gain from INC Swing


Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Maddali Giridhar Rao 71,864 41.15%
YSRCP Chandragiri Yesu Ratnam 67,575 38.69%
Majority 4,289 2.46%
Turnout 1,71,377 66.00
TDP 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. 22, 31. 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.
  5. "DELIMITATION COMMISSION OF INDIA" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 15. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. Susarla, Ramesh (19 July 2005). "Delimitation proposals: Guntur district to lose 2 Assembly seats". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  7. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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