Chodavaram Assembly constituency

Chodavaram
Constituency No. 26 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Chodavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Anakapalli
Lok Sabha constituency	Anakapalli
Established	1951
Total electors	210,313
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

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

Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju 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 210,313 electors in the constituency. ^{[1] [ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Chodavaram
Butchayyapeta
Ravikamatham
Rolugunta

Mandals in Chodavaram Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Kandarpa Venkataramesam		Krishikar Lok Party
1955	Reddi Jagannadham		Independent
1962	Ilapakuthi Satyanarayana		Indian National Congress
1967	Palavelli Vechalapu		Swatantra Party
1972			Indian National Congress
1978	Seetharama Sastri Emani		Janata Party
1983	Gunuru Yerrunaidu		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Balireddy Satya Rao		Indian National Congress
1994	Gunuru Yerrunaidu		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Balireddy Satya Rao		Indian National Congress
2004	Ganta Srinivasa Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2009	Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju
2014
2019	Karanam Dharmasri		YSR Congress Party
2024	Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	Kandarpa Venkataramesam	16,168	46.99%
	INC	Bhupathiraju Satyanarayana Raju	8,849	25.72%	25.72%
	KMPP	Mandhambhotla Narasimhamorthy	6,473	18.81%
	Independent	Pilla Puradesi Najudu	2,918	8.48%
Margin of victory			7,319	21.27%
Turnout			34,408	51.08%
Registered electors			67,363
	win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Reddi Jagannadham	12,658	39.55
	KLP	Bojanki Naidu	11,796	36.86	10.13
	CPI	Polamarasetti Murty	7,550	23.59
Majority			862	2.69	18.58
Turnout			32,004	53.98	2.90
	Independent hold		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ilapakuthi Satyanarayana	14,776	56.60
	Independent	Bojanki Gangayyanaidu	11,329	43.39
Majority			3,447	13.21	10.52
Turnout			26,105
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	Palavelli Vechalapu	36,900	63.08
	INC	I. Satyanarayana	21,600	36.92	19.68
Majority			15,300	26.16	12.95
Turnout			58,500	76.37
	SWA gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Palavelli Vechalapu	35,784	55.61	7.47
	Independent	Surya Boddu	58,560	44.39
Majority			7,224	11.22	14.94
Turnout			64,344	76.64	0.27
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Seetharama Sastri Emani	40,690	50.6	20.2
	INC	Palayalli Vechalapu	28,624	35.6	20.01
	Independent	Bhuthanadhu Satyannarayana	5,876	7.3
	Independent	Petla Sanyasirao	5,266	6.6
Majority			12,066	14.5	3.28
Turnout			83,395	76.4	0.24
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gunuru Yerrunaidu	29,074	39.5
	INC	Kannam Naidu Gorle	19,792	26.9	8.7
	Independent	Emani Sitharamasastry	11,861	16.1
	Independent	Surla Satyanarayana	8,621	11.7
	BJP	A. R. G. Sarma	1,894	2.6
	Independent	Gumnla Somulu	1,644	2.2
	LKD	Rapeta Ramunaidu	667	0.9
Majority			9,282	12.3	2.2
Turnout			75,236	67.6	8.8
	TDP gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gunuru Yerrunaidu	48,946	59.7	20.2
	INC	Kannam Naidu Gorle	31,204	38.1	11.2
	Independent	Vennala Swamy Naidu	1,251	1.5
	Independent	Somi Reddy Suryanarayana	607	0.7
Majority			17,742	21.1	8.8
Turnout			83,993	70.3	2.7
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balireddy Satya Rao	53,274	53.8	15.7
	TDP	Gunuru Yerrunaidu	43,531	44.0	15.7
	Independent	Bhupatiraju Sanyasiraju	1,119	1.1
	Independent	Koneti Satya Rao	1,106	1.1
Majority			9,743	9.4	11.7
Turnout			103,627	75.7	5.4
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gunuru Yerrunaidu	61,741	56.0	12
	INC	Balireddi Satyarao	42,665	38.7	15.1
	BJP	Talapureddi Rao	2,459	2.2
	BSP	Shaik Moulana	1,151	1.0
	Jharkhand Party	Joga China Demudu	974	0.9
	Independent	Koneti Satyarao	774	0.7	0.4
	Independent	Bandi Adinarayana Rao	543	0.5
Majority			19,076	16.9	7.5
Turnout			112,939	76.6	0.9
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balireddy Satya Rao	57,723	50.9	12.2
	TDP	Gunuru Yerrunaidu	52,205	46.1	9.9
	Anna Telugu Desam Party	Jarripothula Rao	2,534	2.2
	NTRTDP(LP)	Bonu Gaddayya	598	0.5
	Independent	Kamireddy Rao	190	0.2
	Independent	Suryanarayana Peela	88	0.1
Majority			5,518	4.7	12.2
Turnout			117,058	75.7	0.9
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ganta Srinivasa Rao	63,250	52.62	+6.56
	INC	Balireddy Satya Rao	53,649	44.63	−6.30
Majority			9,601	7.99
Turnout			120,212	78.27	+5.01
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju	55,641	36.13	−16.49
	INC	Karanam Dharmasri	54,256	35.23	−9.40
	PRP	Pinapolu Venkateswaralu	35,185	22.85
Majority			1,385	0.90
Turnout			153,994	81.15	+2.88
	TDP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	KSNS Raju	80,560	48.63	+12.50
	YSRCP	Karanam Dharmasri	79,948	48.08
Majority			612	0.31
Turnout			166,583	84.81	+3.66
	TDP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Karanam Dharmasri	94,215	53.92	+5.84
	TDP	KSNS Raju	66,578	38.10	−10.53
	JSP	P. V. S. N. Raju	5,300	3.03
Majority			27,637
Turnout
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju	109,651	59.03	+20.93
	YSRCP	Karanam Dharmasri	67462	36.32	−17.60
	INC	Jagath Srinivas	2527
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3849
Majority			42189
Turnout			185741
	TDP 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. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. "Assembly Election 2024". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
4. "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.

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