Gudivada Assembly constituency

Gudivada
Constituency No. 72 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gudivada Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Krishna
Lok Sabha constituency	Machilipatnam
Established	1951
Total electors	208,305
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Venigandla Ramu
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Gudivada Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna 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 Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Most successful political parties

1. INC (4 terms) (20.0%)
2. TDP (9 terms) (45.0%)
3. INC(I) (2 terms) (10.0%)
4. CPI (3 terms) (15.0%)
5. YSRCP (2 terms) (10.0%)

Venigandla Ramu 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 208,305 electors in the constituency. ^{[4] [ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Gudivada
Gudlavalleru
Nandivada

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Gungi Rama Rao		Communist Party of India
1955	Vemula Kurmayya		Indian National Congress
1962	Gungi Rama Rao		Communist Party of India
1967	Musunuri Kasthuri Devi		Indian National Congress
1969	Yerneni Subramanyam
1972	Katari Satyanarayana Rao		Indian National Congress (I)
1978
1983	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1985^	Raavi Sobhanadri Chowdary
1989	Katari Eswar Kumar		Indian National Congress
1994	Raavi Sobhanadri Chowdary		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Raavi Hari Gopal
2000	Raavi Venkateswara Rao
2004	Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)
2009
2014			YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Venigandla Ramu		Telugu Desam Party

^ indicates by-election

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Gungi Rama Rao	63,915	26.63%
	CPI	Katragadda Rajagopala Rao	59,382	24.74%
	Independent	A. Gopalakrisahnayya	25,555	10.65%
	INC	Mangalagiri Ramadasu	20,087	8.37%	8.37%
	INC	V. Seethamahalakshamamma	16,884	7.03%	7.03%
	Independent	Pinnamaneni Lingayya	13,161	5.48%
	RPI	Tikambaram	8,944	3.73%
	Independent	Kakollu Raghavalu	8,742	3.64%
	Independent	M. Satgyanarayana Sastri	8,445	3.52%
	Independent	Done Tatayya	5,406	2.25%
	KMPP	D. Venkateswara Rao	4,062	1.69%
Margin of victory			4,533	1.89%
Turnout			2,40,040	149.34%
Registered electors			1,60,730
	CPI win (new seat)

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Raavi Hari Gopal	43,126	41.8
	INC	Segu Venkateswarlu	26,180	25.4
	Independent	Eswara Kumar Katari	18,936	18.4
	ATDP	Nandamuri Harikrishna	11,238	10.9	new
Majority			16,946	15.6
Turnout			108,300	66.7
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)	57,845	52.59	10.79
	INC	Eswar Kumar Katari	48,981	44.53	19.13
Majority			8,864	8.06
Turnout			109,988	69.61	6.10
	TDP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)	68,034	46.00	6.59
	INC	Pinnamaneni Venkateswara Rao	50,404	34.10	10.43
	PRP	Raavi Venkateswara Rao	28,328	19.85	19.85
Majority			17,630	11.90
Turnout			147,866	81.89	12.28
	TDP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)	81,298	55.32	55.32%
	TDP	Raavi Venkateswara Rao	69,761	44.03	1.97%
Majority			11,537	7.29
Turnout			158,428	80.29	1.60
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)	89,833	53.50	1.82
	TDP	Devineni Avinash	70,354	41.90	2.13
	NOTA	None of the above	3,285	1.96	new
Majority			19,479	9.6
Turnout			167,902	80.6	0.31
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Venigandla Ramu	109,980	64.08	22.18
	YSRCP	Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)	56,940	33.18	20.32
	NOTA	None Of The Above	999	0.58
Majority			53,040	30.9
Turnout			1,71,604
	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. 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. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
5. "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.
6. "Gudivada Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Gudivada Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

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