Araku Valley Assembly constituency

Araku Valley
Constituency No. 28 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Araku Valley Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Alluri Sitharama Raju
LS constituency	Araku
Established	2008
Total electors	220,773
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chetti Palguna
Party	YSRCP
Elected year	2019

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 the Araku Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Chetti Palguna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 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] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Munchingi Puttu
Peda Bayalu
Dumbriguda
Araku Valley
Hukumpeta
Ananthagiri

Mandals in Araku Valley Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Siveri Soma		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Kidari Sarveswara Rao		YSR Congress Party
2019	Chetti Palguna

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Regam Matyalingam	65,658	36.71
	BJP	Pangi Raja Rao	33,781	18.89
	Independent	Vanthala Ramanna	13,555	7.58
	BSP	Lake Rajarao	13,506	7.55
	INC	Gangadharaswami Setty	12,503	6.99
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,593	2.01
Majority			31,877	17.82
Turnout			1,78,852
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Chetti Palguna	53,101	33.70
	AIFB	Donnu Dora Siyyari	27,660	17.55
	TDP	Kidari Sravan Kumar	19,929	12.65
Majority			25,441	16.15
Turnout			157,575	71.34	+1.22
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kidari Sarveswara Rao	63,700	43.88
	TDP	Siveri Soma	29,647	20.42
	Independent	Ravibabu Kumbha	25,789	17.76
Majority			34,053	23.46
Turnout			150,109	70.12	+8.93
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Siveri Soma	34,959	29.04
	INC	Vanjangi Kanthamma	34,557	28.71
	Independent	Gangadhara Swamy Setti	19,165	15.92
	BSP	Pangi Raja Rao	13,302	11.05
	PRP	Mandi Jayavathi	8,101	6.73
Majority			402	0.33
Turnout			120,459	61.19
	TDP win (new seat)

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.

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