Darsi Assembly constituency

Darsi
Constituency No. 103 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Darsi Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
LS constituency	Ongole
Established	1951
Total electors	214,233
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy
Party	YSRCP
Elected year	2024

Darsi Assembly constituency is a constituency in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Ongole Lok Sabha constituency.

Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 214,233 electors in the constituency. ^{[1] [ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951). ^[2]

Mandals

Mandal
Talluru
Kurichedu
Mundlamuru
Darsi
Donakonda

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Sanikommu Kasi Reddy		Communist Party of India
1955	Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Mahananda Ravipati		Swatantra Party
1972	Dirisala Raja Gopala Reddy		Indian National Congress
1978	Berre Gnana Prakasam		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Katuri Narayana Swamy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Narapusetty Sriramulu
1989	Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Narapusetty Sriramulu		Telugu Desam Party
1997	Narapusetty Paparao
1999	Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy		Indian National Congress
2004	Buchepalli Subba Reddy		Independent
2009	Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy		Indian National Congress
2014	Sidda Raghava Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Maddisetty Venugopal		YSR Congress Party
2024	Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Darsi ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Sanekomma Kasireddi	18,703	58.16%
	KLP	Ravipathi Mohanada	7,317	22.75%
	INC	S. Kotireddi	6,139	19.09%	19.09%
Margin of victory			11,386	35.41%
Turnout			32,159	43.51%
Registered electors			73,909
	CPI win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy	14,980	53.97%
	CPI	Singaraju Ramakrishnaiah	12,775	46.03%
Margin of victory			2,205	7.94%
Turnout			27,755	51.62%
Registered electors			53,769
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy	14,411	35.55%
	CPI	Nusam Kasi Reddy	13,533	33.38%
Margin of victory			878	2.17%
Turnout			42,378	69.49%
Registered electors			60,980
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	Mahananda Ravipati	32,931	56.96%
	INC	Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy]]	24,885	43.04%
Margin of victory			8,046	13.92%
Turnout			60,013	73.27%
Registered electors			81,904
	Swantantra Party gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D Raja Gopala Reddy	31,125	52.44%
	Independent	Mahananda Ravipati	26,407	44.49%
Margin of victory			4,718	7.95%
Turnout			60,886	69.89%
Registered electors			87,117
	INC gain from SWA		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Berre Gnana Prakasam	24,225	34.71%
	JP	Muvvala Srihari Rao	22,767	32.62%
Margin of victory			1,458	2.09%
Turnout			71,391	65.09%
Registered electors			109,673
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Katuri Narayana Swamy	43,730	59.72%
	INC	Dirisala Raja Gopala Reddy	27,272	37.24%
Margin of victory			16,458	22.47%
Turnout			74,484	63.34%
Registered electors			117,585
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Narapusetty Sreeramulu	42,471	49.01%
	INC	Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy	42,193	48.69%
Margin of victory			278	0.32%
Turnout			87,885	65.19%
Registered electors			134,806
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy	56,165	49.51%
	TDP	Veginati Kotaiah	54,879	48.38%
Margin of victory			1,286	1.13%
Turnout			116,409	67.53%
Registered electors			172,389
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Narapasetty Sriramulu	50,769	48.89%
	INC	Mohammed Ghouse Shaik	34,071	32.81%
Margin of victory			16,698	16.08%
Turnout			106,251	65.42%
Registered electors			162,407
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy	70,387	54.61%
	TDP	Vema Venkata Subba Rao	57,209	44.38%
Margin of victory			13,178	10.22%
Turnout			132,436	68.54%
Registered electors			193,213
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2004

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2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Buchepalli Subba Reddy	50,431	38.46
	TDP	Kadiri Babu Rao	48,021	36.62	−7.76
Majority			2,410	1.84
Turnout			131,125	72.26	+5.65
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy	66,418	42.96
	TDP	Mannam Venkata Ramana	53,028	34.30
	PRP	Maddisetty Venugopal	27,221	17.61
Majority			13,390	8.66
Turnout			154,589	86.37	+14.11
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Raghava Rao Sidda	88,821	49.00
	YSRCP	Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy	87,447	48.20
Majority			1,574	0.80
Turnout			182,010	91.52	+5.15
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Maddisetty Venugopal	111,914	57.29
	TDP	Kadiri Babu Rao	72,857	37.30
	JSP	Botuku Ramesh Babu	3,828	2.5
Majority			39,057	19.75
Turnout			1,95,348	91.52
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy	101,889	49.2
	TDP	Gottipati Lakshmi	99,433	48.01
	INC	Putluri Kondareddy	1985	1.75
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,107	1.07
Majority			2,456	1.18
Turnout			2,07,106
	YSRCP hold		Swing

See also

• Prakasam district
• List of constituencies of 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). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
3. "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.

Further reading

• "AP Past Election Statistics". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

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