Achanta Assembly constituency

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Achanta
Constituency No. 56 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Location of Achanta Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Andhra Pradesh
District West Godavari
Lok Sabha constituency Narasapuram
Established1962
Total electors174,229
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  TDP
Elected year 2024

Achanta Assembly constituency is a constituency in West Godavari 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 Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency. [2]

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Pithani Satyanarayana is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. [3] As of 2019, there are a total of 174,229 electors in the constituency. [4] [ needs update ] The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Penugonda
Achanta
Penumantra
Poduru (Part)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberPolitical party
1962 Paddala Syamasundra Rao Communist Party of India
1967 D. Perumallu Indian National Congress
1972 Gottimukkala Venkanna Indian National Congress
1978 Kota Dhana Raju Indian National Congress (I)
1983 Kota Bhaskara Rao Telugu Desam Party
1985 Chittaranjan Alugu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1989 Digupati Raja Gopal
1994
1999 Johar Mocharla Telugu Desam Party
2004 Peethala Sujatha Telugu Desam Party
2009 Pithani Satyanarayana Indian National Congress
2014 Telugu Desam Party
2019 Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju YSR Congress Party
2024 Pithani Satyanarayana Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Paddala Rao 25,306
INC Desari Perumallu22,772
Majority 2,534
Turnout 48,078
CPI win (new seat)

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC D. Perumallu 31,630 51.93
CPI(M) D.S. Raju23,93539.29
CPI P.S. Rao4,5967.55
Independence P.N. Murty7511.23
Majority 7,69512.64
Turnout 60,91278.57
INC gain from CPI Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Gottimukkala Venkanna 30,783 52.83 Increase2.svg0.90
CPI(M) Digu Raju25,85344.37−Decrease2.svg5.08
RPI(K) Arunakumar Ganta1,6352.81
Majority 4,9308.46Decrease2.svg4.18
Turnout 58,27167.57Decrease2.svg11
INC hold Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC(I) Kota Dhana Raju 39,504 54.4
CPI(M) Didupatti Sundrara Raju30,22733.9−Decrease2.svg10.47
INC Dasari Perumallu11,53115.9Decrease2.svg36.93
Majority 17,88224.2Increase2.svg15.74
Turnout 74,02577.1Increase2.svg9.53
INC(I) gain from INC Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDP Kota Bhaskara Rao 45,631 64.3
INC Kota Dhanaraju17,26424.3Decrease2.svg30.1
CPI(M) Edi Ramarao7,61110.7Decrease2.svg19.1
Independent Dundi Subbarao2600.4
INC(J) Vipparthi Ramaswamy2250.3
Majority 28,36739.4Increase2.svg15.2
Turnout 71,97872.6Decrease2.svg4.5
TDP hold Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Chittaranjan Alugu 51,016 67.5 Increase2.svg56.8
INC Ambuja Kamidi19,29425.5Increase2.svg1.2
Independent Babu Bhujangarao Mocherla4,5236
Independent Bhaskara Rao Kotam3960.5Decrease2.svg63.8
Independent Narasimha Murthy2900.4
Independent Venkanna Polamuri860.1
Majority 31,72241.5Increase2.svg2.1
Turnout 76,44471.4Decrease2.svg1.2
CPI(M) gain from TDP Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Digupati Raja Gopal 53,510 60.1 Increase2.svg7
INC Bunga Saradhi30,87234.7Decrease2.svg8.8
BSP Paka Satyanarayana3,2163.6
BJP Karni Sundara Rao8040.9
Independent Chikatla Surya Rao3070.3
Independent Kota Rao2900.3
Majority 22,63825Increase2.svg15.9
Turnout 90,42472.1Decrease2.svg2.5
CPI(M) hold Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDP Johar Mocharla 52,954 59.5
INC Bunga Saradhi30,22733.9−Decrease2.svg9.1
CPI(M) Digupati Raja Gopal (incumbent)5,8666.6Decrease2.svg53.5
Majority 22,72724.6Decrease2.svg0.4
Turnout 92,31769.9Decrease2.svg2.2
TDP gain from CPI(M) Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDP Peethala Sujatha 46,670 49.94 −9.53
INC Anand Prakash Chellem41,02943.91+9.97
Majority 5,6416.03
Turnout 93,44874.98+7.57
TDP hold Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Satyanarayana Pithani 54,903 46.24 +2.33
TDP Karri Radha Krishna Reddy39,14832.97−16.07
PRP Kudupudi Srinivasa Rao16,77014.12
Majority 15,75513.27
Turnout 118,74583.40+8.42
INC gain from TDP Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDP Satyanarayana Pithani 63,549 48.66
YSRCP Mudnuri Prasad Raju59,62945.66
Majority 3,9203.00
Turnout 130,59981.82−1.58
TDP gain from INC Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
YSRCP Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju 66,494 47.92
TDP Satyanarayana Pithani 53,60838.64
JSP Javvadhi Venkata Vijayaram13,99310.09
Majority 12,8869.29
Turnout 138,74779.63−2.19
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDP Pithani Satyanarayana 85,402 56.73
YSRCP Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju 58,84839.09
INC Nekkanti Venkata Satyanarayana1,8721.24
NOTA None Of The Above1,6731.11
Majority 26,55417.63
Turnout 1,50,541
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 19, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Achanta Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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