Araku Valley Assembly constituency

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Araku Valley
Constituency No. 28 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Location of Araku Valley Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Alluri Sitharama Raju
Lok Sabha constituency Araku
Established2008
Total electors220,773
Reservation ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  YSRCP
Elected year 2024

Araku Valley is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju 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 Araku Lok Sabha constituency. [2]

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Regam Matyalingam is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. [3] As of 2019, there are a total of 220,773 electors in the constituency. [1] [ needs update ] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

Araku Valley Assembly constituency
Mandals in Araku Valley Assembly Constituency

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

Mandal
Munchingi Puttu
Peda Bayalu
Dumbriguda
Araku Valley
Hukumpeta
Ananthagiri

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberPolitical party
2009 Siveri Soma Telugu Desam Party
2014 Kidari Sarveswara Rao YSR Congress Party
2019 Chetti Palguna
2024 Regam Matyalingam

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
YSRCP Regam Matyalingam 65,658 36.71
BJP Pangi Raja Rao33,78118.89
Independent Vanthala Ramanna13,5557.58
BSP Lake Rajarao13,5067.55
INC Gangadharaswami Setty12,5036.99
NOTA None of the above 3,5932.01
Majority 31,87717.82
Turnout 1,78,852
YSRCP hold Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
YSRCP Chetti Palguna 53,101 33.70
AIFB Donnu Dora Siyyari27,66017.55
TDP Kidari Sravan Kumar 19,92912.65
Majority 25,44116.15
Turnout 157,57571.34+1.22
YSRCP hold Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
YSRCP Kidari Sarveswara Rao 63,700 43.88
TDP Siveri Soma29,64720.42
Independent Ravibabu Kumbha25,78917.76
Majority 34,05323.46
Turnout 150,10970.12+8.93
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDP Siveri Soma 34,959 29.04
INC Vanjangi Kanthamma34,55728.71
Independent Gangadhara Swamy Setti19,16515.92
BSP Pangi Raja Rao13,30211.05
PRP Mandi Jayavathi8,1016.73
Majority 4020.33
Turnout 120,45961.19
TDP win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 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.

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