Kanigiri Assembly constituency

Kanigiri
Constituency No. 113 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Kanigiri Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
LS constituency	Ongole
Established	1951
Total electors	231,881
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Kanigiri Assembly constituency is a constituency in Prakasam 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 Ongole Lok Sabha constituency.

Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 231,881 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
HM Padu
CS Puram
Pamuru
Velligandla
PC Palli
Kanigiri

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Gujjula Yallamanda Reddy		Communist Party of India
1955
1962	Kotapati Guruswamy Reddy
1967	Puli Venkata Reddy		Indian National Congress
1972	Sura Papi Reddy		Independent
1978	Buthalapalli Ramasubba Reddy		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Mukku Kasi Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Erigineni Thirupathi Naidu		Indian National Congress
1994	Mukku Kasi Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Erigineni Thirupathi Naidu		Indian National Congress
2004
2009	Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy
2014	Kadiri Babu Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Burra Madhu Sudhan Yadav		YSR Congress Party
2024	Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy	107,045	51.93
	YSRCP	Daddala Narayana Yadav	92,441	44.84
	INC	Devarapalli Subba Reddy	1,838	0.89
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,217	1.08
Majority			14,604	7.08
Turnout			2,06,147
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Burra Madhu Sudhan Yadav	112,730	58.48
	TDP	Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy	71,827	37.26
Majority			40,903	21.45
Turnout			1,90,676	82.23	+5.67
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kadiri Babu Rao	79,492	50.00
	YSRCP	Burra Madhu Sudhan Yadav	72,385	45.47
Majority			7,107	4.53
Turnout			158,970	76.56	+9.17
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy	60,161	45.81	−7.69
	Independent	Sunkari Madhu Sudhana Rao	57,226	43.58
Majority			2,935	2.23
Turnout			131,326	67.39	−2.28
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Erigineni Thirupathi Naidu	53,010	53.50	+1.71
	TDP	Mukku Kasi Reddy	43,735	44.14	−2.54
Majority			9,175	9.36
Turnout			99,075	69.67	+9.18
	INC hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Erigineni Thirupathi Naidu	52,566	51.79%
	TDP	Mukku Kasi Reddy	47,412	46.71%
Margin of victory			5,154	5.08%
Turnout			104,062	62.01%
Registered electors			167,808
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Mukku Kasi Reddy	52,025	54.34%
	INC	Erigineni Thirupathi Naidu	37,288	38.95%
Margin of victory			14,737	15.39%
Turnout			97,714	64.59%
Registered electors			151,287
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Erigineni Thirupathi Naidu	59,789	60.10%
	TDP	Mukku Kasi Reddy	39,688	39.90%
Margin of victory			20,101	20.21%
Turnout			102,840	63.98%
Registered electors			160,739
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Mukku Kasi Reddy	31,286	36.17%
	INC	Erigineni Thirupathi Naidu	29,696	34.33%
Margin of victory			1,590	1.84%
Turnout			87,770	68.14%
Registered electors			128,813
	TDP hold		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Mukku Kasi Reddy	35,380	48.25%
	INC	Buthalapalli Ramasubba Reddy	27,588	37.62%
Margin of victory			7,792	10.63%
Turnout			74,592	63.84%
Registered electors			116,841
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Buthalapalli Ramasubba Reddy	36,693	48.86%
	JP	Parna Venkaiah Naidu	34,752	46.27%
Margin of victory			1,941	2.58%
Turnout			76,352	68.63%
Registered electors			111,251
	= Indian National Congress (I) gain from Independent		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sura Papi Reddy	20,277	40.23%
	INC	Macherla Vengaiah	15,888	31.53%
Margin of victory			4,389	8.71%
Turnout			51,599	61.44%
Registered electors			83,985
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Puli Venkata Reddy	25,620	48.69%
	Independent	Sura Papi Reddy	23,350	44.38%
Margin of victory			2,270	4.31%
Turnout			54,815	67.62%
Registered electors			81,058
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Kotapati Guruswamy Reddy	22,392	53.38%
	INC	Shaik Mowla Sahib	19,557	46.62%
Margin of victory			2,835	6.76%
Turnout			43,372	65.97%
Registered electors			65,743
	CPI hold		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Gujjula Yallamanda Reddy	19,241	57.11%
	INC	Tumati Surendra Mohan Gandhi Chowdary	14,453	42.89%
Margin of victory			4,788	14.21%
Turnout			33,694	60.16%
Registered electors			56,009
	CPI hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Kanigiri ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Gujjala Yellamanda Reddy	23,953	66.38%
	INC	Devi Reddy Lakhmireddy	5,701	15.80%	15.80%
	KMPP	Chimatenama Rao	3,206	8.88%
	Independent	Chigurupati Sriramulu	1,910	5.29%
	Independent	Neeli Setti Basaviah	1,316	3.65%
Margin of victory			18,252	50.58%
Turnout			36,086	43.70%
Registered electors			82,577
	CPI win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
3. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
4. "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.

Further reading

• "AP Past Election Statistics". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

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