Kandukur (Assembly constituency)

Kandukur Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of twelve constituencies in the Prakasham district.[1]

Kandukur
Constituency
DistrictPrakasam
StateAndhra Pradesh
Current constituency
ReservationNo

It is part of the Nellore Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments: Kavali, Atmakur, Kovuru, Nellore City, Nellore Rural and Udayagiri in the Nellore district.

The constituency covers 5 Mandals including Municipality(Town) Gudluru, Lingasamudram, Kandukur, Ulavapadu, Voletivaripalem and Kandukur Municipality.

Town

Kandukur Municipality

Kandukur Municipality. The Kandukur city is divided into 22 wards, total administration over 13,934 houses for which elections are held every 5 years. The Kandukur Municipality has population of 57,246 of which 28,644 are males while 28,602 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Mandals

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

S.No Mandal Name
1 Lingasamudram
2 Voletivaripalem
3 Kandukur
4 Gudluru
5 Ulavapadu

Members of Legislative Assembly
DurationName of M.L.A.Party
1955-1962Divi Kondaiah ChowdaryIndian National Congress
1962-1967NALAMOTHU CHANCHURAMA NAIDUIndian National Congress
1967-1972NALAMOTHU CHANCHURAMA NAIDUIndian National Congress
1972-1978M. AUDINARAYANA REDDYIndian National Congress
1978-1983DIVI KONDAIAH CHOWDARYIndian National Congress
1983-1985M. AUDINARAYANA REDDYIndependent
1985-1989M. AUDINARAYANA REDDYIndian National Congress
1989-1994MANUGUNTA MAHEEDHAR REDDYIndian National Congress
1994-1999DIVI SIVARAMTelugu Desam Party
1999-2004DIVI SIVARAMTelugu Desam Party
2004-2009MANUGUNTA MAHEEDHAR REDDYIndian National Congress
2009-2014MANUGUNTA MAHEEDHAR REDDYIndian National Congress
2014-2019POTULA RAMARAOYSR Congress
2019-MANUGUNTA MAHEEDHAR REDDYYSR Congress

Election results

Assembly Elections 1955
1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Divi Kondaiah Chowdary 21,506
CPI Ravi Pati Vankaiah 14,409
INC gain from CPI Swing

Assembly Elections 1962
1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC N. Chenchu Rama Naidu 23,905
SWA Divi Kondaiah Chowdary 22,233
INC gain from SWA Swing

Assembly Elections 1967
1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC N. Chenchu Rama Naidu 34,927
SWA V.Y.K.Reddy 29,015
INC gain from SWA Swing

Assembly Elections 1972
1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent M. Audinarayana Reddy 36892
INC N. Chenchu Rama Naidu 31,459
Independent gain from INC Swing

Assembly Elections 1978
1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Divi Kondaiah Chowdary 35,361
JP Audinarayana Reddy Manugunta 23,056
Independent BATTARUSETTY KONDAIAH 9,571 12.64%
INC ANGIREKULA VENKATESWARA RAO 5862 7.74%
INC gain from JP Swing

Assembly Elections 1983
1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Adinarayana Reddy Manugunta 29,134 37.29%
TDP Venkatasubbaiah Gutha 26,293 33.65%
INC KONDAIAH CHOWDARY DIVI 22,704 29.06%
INC gain from TDP Swing

Assembly Elections 1985
1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Audinarayanareddy Manugunta 45,765
TDP Venkatasubbaiah Gutta 44,480
INC gain from TDP Swing

Assembly Elections 1989
1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy 56,626
TDP Moruboyina Malakondaiah 46,428
INC gain from TDP Swing

Assembly Elections 1994
1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Divi Sivaram 52,376 48.54%
Independent Maheedhar reddy 46,351 42.95%
INC BHATTARUSETTY KONDAIAH 5916 5.48
BSP MATLE VENKATASUBBAIAH 2151 1.99
TDP gain from Independent Swing

Assembly Elections 1999
1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Divi Sivaram 63,964 50.47%
INC Maheedhar reddy 62,439 49.26%
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Elections 2004
2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy 67,207 52.56 +3.30
TDP Divi Sivaram 59,328 46.40 -4.07
Majority 7,879 6.16
Turnout 127,870 83.36 +11.66
INC gain from TDP Swing

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy 74,553 48.22 -4.34
TDP Divi Sivaram 70,310 45.47 -0.93
Praja Rajyam Vallepu Raghavulu 5,885 3.81
Majority 4,243 2.75
Turnout 154,613 83.52 +0.16
INC hold Swing

Assembly elections 2014
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Pothula Ramarao 84,538 48.83
TDP Divi Sivaram 80,732 46.64
BSP EKULA VENKATESWARLU 4572 2.64
Majority 3,806 2.19
Turnout 173,113 88.95 +15.43
YSR Congress hold Swing

Assembly Elections 2019
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2019: Kandukur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP POTHULA RAMARAO 86339 44.07%
YSRCP MANUGUNTA MAHEEDHAR REDDY 101275 51.69%
Jana Sena Puli Mallikarjuna Rao 2322 1.19%
Majority 14936
Turnout
YSR Congress gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

References
  1. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ElectionStatistics.aspx
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