| Etcherla | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 7 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Location of Etcherla Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Srikakulam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Vizianagaram |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 231,279 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Etcherla Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam 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 Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency. [2]
Nadukuditi Eswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatiya Janta Party. [3] [4] As of 2019, there are a total of 231,279 electors in the constituency. [5] [ needs update ] The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are: [2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Etcherla |
| Laveru |
| Ranasthalam |
| G.Sigadam |
| Year | Member | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | N. A. Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Balllada Hariappala Reddy | Independent | |
| 1978 | Kothapalli Narasayya | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | K. Pratibha Bharati | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Kondru Murali Mohan | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Meesala Neelakantam | ||
| 2014 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Gorle Kiran Kumar | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Nadukuditi Eswara Rao | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N. A. Naidu | 20,802 | 45.68 | ||
| Independent | Ballada Hariyappadu | 17,904 | 39.31 | ||
| ABJS | G. Sanyasilingam | 3,458 | 7.59 | ||
| Independent | D. S. A. V. Raju | 3,377 | 7.42 | ||
| Majority | 2,898 | 3.37 | |||
| Turnout | 45,541 | 69.44 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ballada Hariyappadu | 36,013 | 70.08 | ||
| INC | A. Nadminiti | 15,377 | 29.92 | ||
| Majority | 20,636 | 40.16 | |||
| Turnout | 51,390 | 64.35 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Kothapalli Narasayya | 25,272 | 46.8 | ||
| INC | Boddepalli Narasimhulu | 15,481 | 28.7 | ||
| INC | Kanchayya Potnuru | 8,651 | 16.0 | ||
| Independent | Manda Venkatrao | 4,017 | 7.4 | New | |
| Independent | Makayya Koppala | 557 | 1.0 | New | |
| Majority | 9,791 | 17.3 | |||
| Turnout | 56,487 | 65.6 | |||
| JP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kavali Bharathi | 40,894 | 66.9 | ||
| INC | Yamala Narayana | 15,832 | 25.9 | ||
| Independent | Boddepalli Narasimhulu | 3,102 | 5.1 | ||
| Independent | Sirla Rao | 1,290 | 2.1 | ||
| Majority | 25,062 | 39.5 | |||
| Turnout | 63,518 | 70.4 | |||
| TDP gain from JP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kavali Bharathi | 43,191 | 70.9 | ||
| INC | Vijayalaxmi Chappidi | 16,244 | 26.7 | ||
| Independent | Gudivada Apparao | 1,515 | 2.5 | ||
| Majority | 26,947 | 42.8 | |||
| Turnout | 62,926 | 63.5 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kavali Bharathi | 46,883 | 59.0 | ||
| INC | Boddepalli Narasimhulu | 28,302 | 35.6 | ||
| Independent | Chiviki Asirappadu | 2,356 | 3.0 | ||
| Independent | Netala Viswanadham | 1,047 | 1.3 | ||
| Independent | Dannana Venkyya | 481 | 0.6 | ||
| LKD | Gudivada Apparao | 404 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 15,581 | 21.4 | |||
| Turnout | 86,840 | 70.3 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kavali Bharathi | 59,934 | 64.7 | ||
| INC | Jampu Latchayya | 29,179 | 31.5 | ||
| BJP | Garbhapu Kumar | 2,157 | 2.3 | ||
| BSP | Kallepalli Papayya | 1,412 | 1.5 | ||
| Majority | 30,755 | 31.9 | |||
| Turnout | 96,365 | 73.4 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kavali Bharathi | 54,162 | 55.1 | ||
| INC | Kondru Mohan | 43,372 | 44.1 | ||
| Ajeya Bharat Party | Kadithi Appalaraju | 856 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 10,790 | 10.5 | |||
| Turnout | 102,466 | 70.4 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 58,676 | 52.6 | ||
| TDP | Kavalipratibha Bharathi | 52,987 | 47.5 | ||
| Majority | 5,689 | 5.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,11,640 | 76.7 | |||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Meesala Neelakantam | 59,365 | 39.1 | ||
| TDP | Nayana Suryanarayana Reddy | 44,350 | 29.2 | ||
| PRP | Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao | 29,957 | 19.7 | New | |
| Independent | Gorle Haribabunaidu | 6,893 | 4.5 | New | |
| LSP | Appalanaidu Gurugubilli | 3,287 | 2.2 | New | |
| BJP | Paidi Venugopalam | 3,037 | 2.0 | New | |
| RJD | Appararao Dabbada | 2,612 | 1.7 | New | |
| BSP | Gudivada Kuppayya | 2,300 | 1.5 | New | |
| Majority | 15,015 | 9.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,51,801 | 80.8 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao | 85,769 | 49.5 | ||
| YSRCP | Gorle Kiran Kumar | 81,028 | 46.8 | New | |
| INC | Ravikiran Kilari | 2,148 | 1.2 | ||
| LSP | Amminaidu Paidi | 1,344 | 0.8 | ||
| BSP | Gudivada Kuppayya | 1,023 | 0.6 | ||
| AAP | Dhanalakoti Ramanah | 849 | 0.5 | New | |
| JSP | Venkatarao Vandana | 517 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 4,741 | 2.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,74,001 | 82.8 | |||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Gorle Kiran kumar | 106,672 | 52.3 | ||
| TDP | Kimidi Kala Venkata Rao | 80,961 | 42.4 | ||
| JSP | Badana Venkata Janardhan Rao | 5,068 | 2.7 | New | |
| INC | Kottakotla Simhadri Naidu | 2,135 | 1.1 | ||
| BJP | Surya Prakash Rokkam | 1,022 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 18,711 | 9.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,90,744 | 84.2 | |||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nadukuditi Eswara Rao | 112,770 | 54.59 | ||
| YSRCP | Gorle Kiran kumar | 83,681 | 40.51 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,952 | 1.91 | ||
| INC | K. Malleswara Rao | 2,452 | 1.19 | ||
| Majority | 29,089 | 14.08 | |||
| Turnout | 2,06,562 | ||||
| BJP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||