Gannavaram, Krishna Assembly constituency

Not to be confused with Gannavaram, Konaseema Assembly constituency.

Gannavaram
Constituency No. 71 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gannavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Krishna(Partial) & NTR(Partial)
LS constituency	Machilipatnam
Established	1955
Total electors	258,031
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Yarlagadda Venkata Rao
Party	TDP

Gannavaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna(Partial) & NTR(Partial) of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. ^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Yarlagadda Venkata Rao 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 258,031 electors in the constituency. ^{[4] [ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Bapulapadu
Gannavaram
Unguturu
Vijayawada Rural (Part)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Puchalapalli Sundarayya		Communist Party of India
1962
1967	V. Seetha Ramayya		Indian National Congress
1968	K. Venkata Rathnam
1972	T. S. Anand Babu
1978	Puchalapalli Sundarayya		Communist Party of India
1983	M. Rathna Bose		Telugu Desam Party
1985	M. Balakrishna Rao
1989	M. Rathna Bose		Indian National Congress
1994	Gadde Rama Mohan		Independent
1999	D. V. BalavardhanaRao		Telugu Desam Party
2004	M. Venkateswara Rao		Independent
2009	D. V. Balavardhana Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan
2019
2024	Yarlagadda Venkata Rao

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Yarlagadda Venkata Rao	135,552	56.59
	YSRCP	Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan	97,924	40.88
	CPI(M)	Kallam Venkateswara Rao	1,219	0.51
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,731	0.72
Majority			37,628	15.95
Turnout			2,39,525
	TDP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan	103,881	47.07
	YSRCP	Yarlagadda Venkata Rao	1,03,043	46.69
	CPI	Afsar Syed	6,675	03.02
Majority			838
Turnout			220,718
	TDP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan	99,163	49.74
	YSRCP	Dutta Ramachandrarao	89,615	44.95
Majority			9,548	4.79
	TDP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dasari Venkata Bala Vardhana Rao	82,218	47.02
	INC	Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao	66,923	38.28
	PRP	Bathina Rama Mohana Rao	19,806	11.33
Majority			15,295	8.74
Turnout			174,847	86.74	2.63
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing

See also

• 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). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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