Gudur Assembly constituency

Gudur
Constituency No. 120 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gudur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Tirupati
LS constituency	Tirupati
Established	1951
Total electors	236,496
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli
Party	YSR Congress Party
Elected year	2019

Gudur is a Scheduled Caste ^[1] reserved constituency in Tirupati districtof Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency.

Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 236,496 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Gudur
Chillakur
Kota
Vakadu
Chittamur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Pelleti Gopalakrishna Reddy		Indian National Congress
1955	Pelleti Gopalakrishna Reddy		Indian National Congress
1962	Pelleti Gopalakrishna Reddy		Indian National Congress
1967	V. Ramachandra Reddy		Independent
1972	Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy
1978	Patra Prakasa Rao		Indian National Congress
1983	Ogi Masthanaiah		Independent
1985	Balli Durga Prasad Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Patra Prakasa Rao		Indian National Congress
1994	Balli Durga Prasad Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004	Patra Prakasa Rao		Indian National Congress
2009	Balli Durga Prasad Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Pasim Sunil Kumar		YSR Congress Party
2019	Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gudur ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pellati Gopalakrishna Reddy	18,175	40.94%	40.94%
	Independent	Katamareddy Raja Rami Reddy	15,052	33.90%
	CPI	Chani Chinna Subbiah	7,376	16.61%
	KMPP	Guddeti Veerasubramahyam	2,658	5.99%
	Independent	Tatiparthi Peter Luthar	1,137	2.56%
Margin of victory			3,123	7.03%
Turnout			44,398	63.32%
Registered electors			70,116
	INC win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudur ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Patra Prakasa Rao	62,809	52.28	+11.79
	TDP	Dr. Vukkala Rajeswaramma	53,978	44.93	-6.70
Majority			8,831	7.35
Turnout			120,132	71.79	+6.22
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudur ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Balli Durga Prasda Rao	64,330	42.09	-2.84
	INC	Panabaka Krishnaiah	53,092	34.74	-17.54
	PRP	Babu Ravindra Manapati	27,318	17.87
Majority			11,238	7.35
Turnout			152,836	72.55	+0.76
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudur ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Pasim Sunil Kumar	80,698	48.01
	TDP	Dr.Bathala Radha Jyothsna Latha	71,650	42.63	+0.54
Majority			9,048	5.38
Turnout			168,083	78.11	+5.46
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2019

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli	109,759	59.58	+11.57
	TDP	Pasim Sunil Kumar	64,301	34.90
Majority			45,459	24.70
Turnout			1,84,230	77.90
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Meriga Muralidhar
	TDP	Pasam Sunil Kumar
	INC	Dr. U. Ramakrishna Rao
	NOTA	None Of The Above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

References

1. "TABLE B - Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008. The Election Commission of India. p. 31.
2. "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.
3. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 18 May 2022.
4. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
5. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
6. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 September 2021.

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