Kodur Assembly constituency

Kodur
Constituency No. 127 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
File:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (127-Kodur highlighted).png Location of Kodur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Annamayya
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajampet
Established	1962
Total electors	204,491
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arava Sreedhar
Party	JSP
Elected year	2024

Kodur is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency.

Arava Sreedhar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 204,491 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).

Mandals

Mandal
Penagalur
Chitvel
Pullampeta
Obulavaripalle
Railway Koduru

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
United Andhra
1962	N. Penchalaiah		Swatantra Party
1967
1972	Sriramulu Gunti		Indian National Congress
1978	Nidiganti Venkatasubbaiah		Janata Party
1983	Srinivasulu Settipalli		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Thoomati Penchalaiah
1989
1994	Chennaiah Vaddi
1999	Somineni Saraswathi
2004	Gunti Venkateswara Prasad		Indian National Congress
2009	Koramutla Srinivasulu
2012			YSR Congress Party
Andhra
2014	Koramutla Srinivasulu		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Arava Sreedhar		Janasena Party

Election results

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Nidiganti Venkatasubbaiah	19,079	30.78	new
	Independent	Yerrathota Venkatasubbaiah	17,391	28.05
	INC(I)	Penubala Peachalaiah	15,610	25.18
	INC	Gunti Sreeramulu	9,205	14.85
Majority			1,688	2.73
Turnout			61,980	64.7
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Srinivasulu Settipalli	45,889	63.98	new
	INC	Sriramulu Gunti	21,650	30.18	Increase15.33
	CPI	Karnati Subbanna	3,130	4.36
Majority			24,239	33.8
Turnout			71,723	69	Increase4.3
	TDP gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Thoomati Penchalaiah	40,311	60.55	Decrease3.43
	INC	Nediganti Venkatasubbaiah	24,806	37.26	Increase7.08
Majority			15,505	23.3
Turnout			66,566	59.7	Decrease9.3
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Thoomati Penchalaiah	50,239	50.06	Decrease10.49
	INC	Kotapati Dhananjaya	49,173	49.0	Increase11.74
Majority			1,066	1.06
Turnout			100,338	70.7	Increase11.0
	TDP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Chennaiah Vaddi	52,335	56.52	Increase6.46
	INC	Kotapati Dhanunjaya	37,573	40.58	Decrease8.42
Majority			14,762	15.54
Turnout			92,582	69.3	Decrease1.4
	TDP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Somineni Saraswathi	38,228	44.47	Decrease12.05
	INC	Dr. Gunti Venkateswara Prasad	27,986	32.56	Decrease 8.02
	Independent	Eswaraiah Kanuparthi	16,336	19.0
Majority			10,242	11.91
Turnout			85,948	70.2	Increase0.9
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Gunti Venkateswara Prasad	55,135	57.73	Increase25.17
	TDP	Smt. Jayamma Yerrathota	38,713	40.54	Decrease 3.93
Majority			16,422	17.10
Turnout			95,503	71.92	Increase4.19
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Koramutla Srinivasulu	51,747	43.98	Decrease13.75
	TDP	Ajay Babu Nandavaram Benjimin	39,359	33.45	Decrease 7.09
	PRP	Samineni Saraswathi	22,122	18.80	new
Majority			12,388	10.53
Turnout			117,663	74.40	Increase2.48
	INC hold		Swing

2012 by-election

2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Koramutla Srinivasulu	66,456	53.80
	INC	E. Kanuparthi	34,465	27.90
	TDP	Ajay Babu Nandavaram Benjimin	17,594	14.24
Majority			31,991	25.89
Turnout			123,530
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Koramutla Srinivasulu	66,820	48.72
	TDP	Obili Subbaramaiah	64,848	47.29	Increase13.84
Majority			1,972	1.43
Turnout			137,138	77.67	Increase3.27
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Koramutla Srinivasulu	78,312	57.26	Increase8.54
	TDP	Panthagani Narasimha Prasad	43,433	31.76	Decrease 15.53
	JSP	Bonasi Venkata Subbaiah	9,964	7.29	new
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,570	1.14
Majority			34,879	25.5
Turnout			136,770	75.29	Decrease2.38
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Arava Sreedhar	78,594	51.58	Increase44.29
	YSRCP	Koramutla Srinivasulu	67,493	44.29	Decrease12.97
	INC	Gosala Devi	2,132	1.39	Increase0.42
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,112	0.72	Decrease0.42
Majority			11,101	7.28
Turnout			1,52,366	74.51	Decrease0.78
	JSP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha