Kothapeta Assembly constituency

Kothapeta
Constituency No. 47 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Kothapeta Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Konaseema
Lok Sabha constituency	Amalapuram
Established	1955
Total electors	241,555
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bandaru Satyananda Rao
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Kothapeta Assembly constituency is a constituency in Konaseema 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 Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Bandaru Satyananda 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 241,555 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
Ravulapalem
Kothapeta
Atreyapuram
Alamuru

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Kala Venkata Rao		Indian National Congress
1959 by-election	Manthena Venkata Surya Subha Raju
1962
1967
1972	Denduluri Bhanutilakam
1978	Manthena Venkata Surya Subha Raju		Janata Party
1983	Chirla Somasundara Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	I. S. Raju
1989	Chirla Somasundara Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Bandaru Satyananda Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004	Chirla Jaggireddy		Indian National Congress
2009	Bandaru Satyananda Rao		Praja Rajyam Party
2014	Chirla Jaggireddy		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Bandaru Satyananda Rao		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Chirla Somasundara Reddy	39,887	54.2%	16
	INC	Kosuri Raju	19,185	26.1%	9
	Independent	Bandaru Murthy	13,769	18.7%
	BJP	Mattaparthi Setty	488	0.7%
	Independent	Addanki Satyanarayana	207	0.3%
Majority			20,702	27.8%	23
Turnout			74,417	79.2	4.9
	TDP gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	I. S. Raju	30,563	39	15.2
	Independent	Chirla Reddy	29,166	37.2%	17
	INC	Kosuri Raju	17,936	22.9%	3.22
	Independent	Bandaru Rao	260	0.3%
	Independent	K. Menakshi	176	0.2%
	Independent	Seshavatharam Saladi	157	0.2%
	Independent	MushiChollangi Suryanarayana	150	0.2%
Majority			1,397	1.8%	26
Turnout			79,270	79.1	0.1
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chirla Reddy	53,431	56.5	19.3
	TDP	Bandaru Satyananda Rao	41,076	43.5	4.5
Majority			12,355	12.7	10.9
Turnout			96,907	79	0.1
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bandaru Satyananda Rao	55,117	56.4%	12.9
	INC	Chirla Reddy	39,576	40.5%	16
	BSP	Bokka Verriyya	2,540	2.6%
	BJP	Satyavolu Srinivas	587	0.6%
Majority			15,541	15.7%	3
Turnout			99,006	78.8	0.2
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bandaru Satyananda Rao	42,620	41.8%	14.6
	Independent	Chirla Reddy	26,507	26.0%	14.5
	INC	Swaminaidu Saladi	21,574	21.2%	19.3
	Ajeya Bharat Party	Srinuvasu Pithani	353	0.4%
	NTRTDP(LP)	Mushini Durga Ganesh	129	0.1%
Majority			16,113	15.4%	0.3
Turnout			104,905	76.2	2.6
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chirla Jaggireddy	54,264	51.07	+25.06
	TDP	Bandaru Satyananda Rao	51,000	48.93	+7.10
Majority			2,271	2.14
Turnout			106,259	79.63	+5.62
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	Bandaru Satyananda Rao	62,453	37.13
	INC	Chirla Jaggireddy	59,983	35.66	−15.41
	TDP	Reddy Subramanyam	37,250	22.15	−26.78
Majority			2,470	1.47
Turnout			168,196	80.53	+0.90
	PRP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Chirla Jaggireddy	88,357	46.99
	TDP	Bandaru Satyananda Rao	87,644	46.61	+24.46
Majority			713	0.38
Turnout			188,051	84.24	+3.71
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Chirla Jaggireddy	82,645	40.52%	−6.47
	TDP	Bandaru Satyananda Rao	78,607	38.54%	−8.07
	JSP	Bandaru Srinivas Rao	35,833	17.57%	N.A
Majority			4,038	1.98%
Turnout
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bandaru Satyananda Rao	134,286	61.70%
	YSRCP	Chirla Jaggi Reddy	77,807	35.75%
	INC	Eswara Rao Routhu	1,169	0.54%
	None of the Above	Nota	1575	0.72%
Majority			56,479	26%
Turnout			217,629
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing	+56479

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. 19, 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.

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