Anakapalle Assembly constituency

Anakapalle
Constituency No. 30 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Anakapalli Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Anakapalli
LS constituency	Anakapalle
Established	1951
Total electors	204,699
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Konathala Ramakrishna
Party	JSP
Elected year	2024

Anakapalle Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anakapalli 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 Anakapalle Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Konathala Ramakrishna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. ^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 204,699 electors in the constituency. ^{[4] [ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

• Anakapalle
• Kasimkota

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Koduganti Govinda Rao		Communist Party of India
1955	Beesetti Appa Rao		Krishikar Lok Party
1962	Koduganti Govinda Rao		Communist Party of India
1967
1972	Pentakota Venkata Ramana		Indian National Congress
1978	Koduganti Govinda Rao		Communist Party of India
1983	Raja Kanna Babu		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Dadi Veerabhadra Rao
1989
1994
1999
2004	Konathala Ramakrishna		Indian National Congress
2009	Ganta Srinivasa Rao		Praja Rajyam Party
2014	Peela Govinda Satyanarayana		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Gudivada Amarnath		YSR Congress Party
2024	Konathala Ramakrishna		Janasena Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Koduganti Govinda Rao	18,505	41.42%
	KLP	Villuri Venkataramana	11,886	26.61%
	INC	Boddeda Atchannaiudu	9,797	21.93%	21.93%
	Independent	Talupala Venkatarao Nauyudu	4,485	10.04%
Margin of victory			6,619	14.82%
Turnout			44,673	59.84%
Registered electors			74,650
	CPI win (new seat)

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dadi Veerabhadra Rao	52,570	50.04%	5.04%
	INC	Konathala Ramakrishna	49039	46.52%	46.42%
Majority			3711	3.72%
Turnout			105417	72.19%

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Konathala Ramakrishna	63,277	56.97	+10.45
	TDP	Dadi Veerabhadra Rao	46,244	41.64	−8.40
Majority			17,033	15.33
Turnout			111,061	74.80	+4.29
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	Ganta Srinivasa Rao	58,568	40.79
	INC	Konathala Ramakrishna	47,702	33.22	−23.75
	TDP	Dadi Veerabhadra Rao	28,528	19.87	−21.77
Majority			10,866	7.57
Turnout			143,588	78.54	+3.74
	PRP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Peela Govinda Satyanarayana	79,911	53.33
	YSRCP	Raghunath Konathala	57,570	38.42
Majority			22,341	14.91
Turnout			149,837	78.91	+0.37
	TDP gain from PRP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Gudivada Amarnath	73,207	45.97
	TDP	Peela Govinda Satyanarayana	65,038	40.84
	JSP	Paruchuri Bhaskara Rao	12,988	7.53
Majority			8,169
Turnout
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Konathala Ramakrishna	115,126	66.63
	YSRCP	Malasala Bharath Kumar	49,362	28.57
	INC	Illa Rama Gangadhara Rao	1895	1.1
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1853	1.07
Majority			65,764
Turnout			172,778
	JSP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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. 18, 30. 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. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
6. "Anakapalli Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh". Elections in India. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

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