Kakinada City Assembly constituency

Kakinada City
Constituency No. 41 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Kakinada City Assembly constituency (shown with arrow) within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Kakinada
LS constituency	Kakinada
Established	2008
Total electors	255,716
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao
Party	TDP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Donga Chandrasekhar Reddy,   YSRCP

Kakinada City Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada 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 Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Vanamadi Venkateswara 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 255,716 electors in the constituency. ^{[4] [ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are: ^[2]

Mandal
Kakinada (urban) mandal (Part) Kakinada Urban (M) (Part) Kakinada(M) Ward No. 1 to 65

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Donga Chandrasekhar Reddy		Indian National Congress
2014	Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao (Konda Babu)		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Donga Chandrasekhar Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2024	Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao (Konda Babu)		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao	113,014	63.7%	+56,572
	YSRCP	Donga Chandrasekhar Reddy	56,442	32.9%	−56,572
	INC	Chekka Nookaraju	2138	1.21%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1446	0.82%
Majority			56,572
Turnout			1,77,184

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Donga Chandrasekhar Reddy	73,890	43.06%
	TDP	Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao	59,779	34.84%
	JSP	Mutha Sasidhar	30,188	17.59%
	INC	Kola Vara Prasad Varma	3262	2	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1654	1	N/A
	BJP	Peddireddi Ravi Kiran	1581	0.92
Majority			14,111	8.22%
Turnout			171,604
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing	5.72%

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao	76,467	54.42
	YSRCP	Donga Chandrasekhar Reddy	52,467	37.34
Majority			24,000	17.08
Turnout			140,523	67.87	−4.67
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Donga Chandrasekhar Reddy	44,606	37.28
	PRP	Bandana Hari	35,327	29.52
	TDP	Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao	25,636	21.42
Majority			9,279	7.76
Turnout			119,664	72.54
	INC win (new seat)

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. 18, 30. 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.

16°59′N82°15′E / 16.99°N 82.25°E / 16.99; 82.25