Pithapuram Assembly constituency
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| Pithapuram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 37 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Kakinada |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kakinada |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 229,591 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | JSP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Pendem Dorababu |
Pithapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Pawan Kalyan is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party.[3][4] As of 2024, there are a total of 230,188 electors in the constituency.[5] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
[edit | edit source]The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Gollaprolu |
| Pithapuram |
| Kothapalle |
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Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | R. V. Jagga Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | Vadrevu Gopalkrishna | Praja Party | |
| 1960 by-election | Peketi Thammiraju | ||
| 1962 | Rao Bhavanna | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Yalla Suryanarayanamurty | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1983 | Venna Nageswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Venna Nageswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Veera Bhadra Rao Sangisetti | Independent | |
| 2004 | Pendem Dorababu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2009 | Vanga Geetha | Praja Rajyam Party | |
| 2014 | S. V. S. N. Varma | Independent | |
| 2019 | Pendem Dorababu | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Pawan Kalyan | Janasena Party | |
Election results
[edit | edit source]2024
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Pawan Kalyan | 134,394 | 64.87 | ||
| YSRCP | Vanga Geetha Viswanath | 64,115 | 30.95 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,027 | 0.98 | ||
| INC | Madepalli Satyananda Rao | 1,231 | 0.59 | ||
| Majority | 70,279 | 33.92 | |||
| Turnout | 207,169 | 86.63 | |||
| JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
2019
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Pendem Dorababu | 83,459 | 44.71 | ||
| TDP | S. V. S. N. Varma | 68,467 | 36.68 | ||
| JSP | Makineedi Seshu Kumari | 28,011 | 15.00 | ||
| Majority | 14,992 | 8.03 | |||
| Turnout | 186,682 | 83.31 | |||
| YSRCP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2014
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | S. V. S. N. Varma | 97,511 | 57.59 | ||
| YSRCP | Pendem Dorababu | 50,431 | 29.78 | ||
| TDP | P. V. Viswam | 15,187 | 8.90 | ||
| Majority | 47,080 | 27.81 | |||
| Turnout | 169,330 | 79.45 | +1.16 | ||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRP | Vanga Geetha | 46,623 | 31.19 | ||
| TDP | S. V. S. N. Varma | 45,587 | 30.50 | ||
| INC | Mudragada Padmanabham | 43,431 | 29.05 | ||
| Majority | 1,036 | 0.69 | |||
| Turnout | 149,479 | 78.29 | +6.56 | ||
| PRP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2004
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pendem Dorababu | 46,518 | 50.47 | ||
| INC | K. V. Chandra Mohana Rao | 28,628 | 31.06 | ||
| Majority | 17,899 | 19.41 | |||
| Turnout | 92,182 | 71.73 | +3.08 | ||
| BJP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1999
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Veera Sangisetti | 36,612 | 41.6 | ||
| BJP | Dorababu Pendem | 32,199 | 36.6 |  35.3
| |
| INC | Devarapalli Rajarajeswari | 17,087 | 19.4 |  18
| |
| Anna Telugu Desam Party | Venkateswara Rao Mogali | 1,000 | 11.1 | ||
| Communist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION) | Pilla Mariyamma | 906 | 1.0 | 18
| |
| Independent | J.V. Kameswara Rao | 132 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 4,413 | 4.8 | 8.5
| ||
| Turnout | 92,690 | 72.4 | 1.5
| ||
| Independent gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
1994
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Venna Nageswara Rao | 43,905 | 50.9 | 6.3
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| INC | Sangisetti Veerabhadra Rao | 32,277 | 37.4 | 14.9
| |
| BSP | Syamprasad Bandi | 8,033 | 9.3 | 8.4
| |
| BJP | Bavavarapu Babu | 1,109 | 1.3 | ||
| CPI(M-L) | Yegupati Arjunarao | 380 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Pilli Raju | 208 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Vanga Geeta | 164 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Neelam Rao | 113 | 0.1 | 0.1
| |
| Independent | Devarapalli Venkataramana Murty | 47 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 11,628 | 13.3 | 5.8
| ||
| Turnout | 87,493 | 73.9 | 0.7
| ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1989
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Koppana Mohanarao | 42,241 | 52.3 | 14
| |
| TDP | Venna Nageshwararao | 35,987 | 44.6 | 14.9
| |
| Independent | Pilla Mariyamma | 888 | 1.1 | 8.4
| |
| BSP | Medisetti Chandra Rao | 685 | 0.9 | ||
| Independent | Talisetti Venkateswararao | 466 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Neelam Murali Mohanrao | 192 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Bandi Appayya | 177 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Pilli Rainndra Kumar | 141 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 6,254 | 7.5 | 13.5
| ||
| Turnout | 83,357 | 74.6 | 4.2
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| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
1985
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Venna Nageswara Rao | 40,375 | 59.5 | 7.2
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| INC | Sangisetty Veerabhadararao | 25,986 | 38.3 | 7.3
| |
| Independent | Bandi Appayya | 544 | 0.8 | 7.3
| |
| Independent | Padmaraju Punyamanthula | 346 | 0.5 | ||
| Independent | M. S. N. Sastry | 307 | 0.5 | 0.1
| |
| Independent | Neelam Rao | 300 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 14,389 | 12.0 | 14.3
| ||
| Turnout | 68.618 | 70.4 | 1.9
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| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1983
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Venna Nageswara Rao | 43,318 | 66.7 | ||
| INC | Koppana Mohanarao (incumbent) | 20,128 | 31 | 13
| |
| Independent | Bandili Sesharatanam | 691 | 1.1 | ||
| JP | Madepalli Rama Rao | 531 | 0.8 | 35.7
| |
| Independent | Satyanarayana Sastry Meka | 243 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 23,190 | 35.3 | {increase | ||
| Turnout | 65,650 | 72.3 | 4.9
| ||
| TDP gain from INC(I) | Swing | ||||
1978
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | Koppana Mohanarao | 28,585 | 44 | ||
| JP | Peketi Thammiraju | 23,685 | 36.5 | 35.3
| |
| Independent | Singisetty Veerabhadra Rao | 9,897 | 15.2 | 18
| |
| INC | Yella Suryanarayanamurthy (incumbent) | 2,754 | 4.2 | 33.79
| |
| Majority | 4,900 | 7.4 | 4.06
| ||
| Turnout | 66,028 | 77.2 | 3.48
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| INC(I) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1972
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Yalla Suryanarayanamurty | 21,103 | 37.99 | 2.8
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| CPI | Venkata Rao | 19,251 | 34.65 | 14.19
| |
| Independent | Thammiraju Peketi | 14,205 | 25.57 | 15.52
| |
| RPI(K) | Venkateswara Rao Pitta | 996 | 1.79 | ||
| Majority | 1,852 | 3.34 | 1.34
| ||
| Turnout | 55,555 | 73.72 | 4.96
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1967
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Yalla Suryanarayanamurty | 21,053 | 40.79 | 16.45
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| Independent | Peketi Thammiraju | 18,636 | 36.11 | 6.64
| |
| CPI | M. Suryarao | 10,559 | 20.46 | ||
| Independent | S. Sanaboyina | 1,365 | 2.64 | ||
| Majority | 2,417 | 4.68 | 9.81
| ||
| Turnout | 51,613 | 78.68 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1962
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rao Bhavanna | 30,010 | 57.24 | ||
| Independent | Peketi Thammiraju | 22,414 | 42.75 | ||
| Majority | 7,596 | 14.49 | 14.75
| ||
| Turnout | 52,424 | ||||
| INC gain from KMPP | Swing | ||||
1955
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMPP | Vadrevu Gopalkrishna | 23,773 | 64.62 | 43.52
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| CPI | Kandkikonda Bulliraju | 13,018 | 35.38 | 3.17
| |
| Majority | 10,755 | 29.24 | 16.03
| ||
| Turnout | 36,791 | 62.95 | 3.97
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| KMPP gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
1952
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | R. V. Jagga Rao | 18,920 | 38.55 | ||
| INC | R. Atachayya Rao | 12,438 | 25.35 | 25.35 | |
| KMPP | V. G. Krishna | 10,357 | 21.10 | ||
| Independent | K. Rajalingeswara Rao | 3,373 | 6.87 | ||
| Socialist | C. Bhavanarao | 1,445 | 2.94% | ||
| KLP | Triupathi Rao | 1,375 | 2.80 | ||
| Independent | C. Sathiraju | 1,166 | 2.38% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,482 | 13.21 | |||
| Turnout | 49,074 | 66.92 | |||
| Registered electors | 73,335 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
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