Macherla Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For the 2022 Telugu-language film, see Macherla Niyojakavargam.

Macherla
Constituency No. 101 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Macherla Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Palnadu
LS constituency	Narasaraopet
Established	1955
Total electors	250,330
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Julakanti Brahmananda Reddy
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Macherla Assembly constituency is a constituency in Palnadu 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 Narasaraopet Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Julakanti Brahmananda Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. ^[3] He clinched victory with a record-breaking majority of 33,318 votes, marking the highest margin in the history of Macherla thus far. Additionally, this stands as the largest majority in General Elections within Palnadu district. As of 2019, there are a total of 250,330 electors in the constituency. ^{[4] [ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

Mandals

Mandal
Macherla
Veldurthi
Durgi
Rentachintala
Karempudi

Mandals in Macherla Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1955	Mandapati Nagi Reddy		Communist Party of India
1962	Mudavathu Kesavanayakudu		Indian National Congress
1967	Venna Linga Reddy
1972	Julakanti Nagi Reddy		Independent
1978	Challa Narapa Reddy		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Korrapati Subba Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Krishnamurthy Nattuva		Indian National Congress
1989	Nimmagadda Sivarama Krishna Prasad		Telugu Desam Party
1994	Punna Reddy Kurri
1999	Julakanti Durgamba
2004	Pinnelli Laxma Reddy		Indian National Congress
2009	Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy
2012			YSR Congress Party
2014
2019
2024	Julakanti Brahmananda Reddy		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Julakanti Brahmananda Reddy	122,413	55.62	13.62
	YSRCP	Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy	89,095	40.48	11.52
	INC	Ramachandra Reddy Yeramala	2,237	1.02
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,746	0.79
Majority			33,318	15%	4.7
Turnout			2,19,763	83.75	1.21
Registered electors			2,62,404
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing	13.63

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy	110,406	52
	TDP	Annapureddy Anji Reddy	88,488	42
Majority			21,918	10.30%
Turnout			212,733	84.96
Registered electors			250,403
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy	94,249	48.96
	TDP	Kommareddy Chalama Reddy	90,714	47.12
Majority			3,535	1.84
Turnout			193,482	81.21	+5.89
Registered electors			238,236
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2012

2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Macherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy	79,751
	TDP	Chirumamilla Madhu Babu	64,272
Majority			15,479
Turnout
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy	66,953	44.03	−16.95
	TDP	Julakanti Brahmananda Reddy	58720	37.60	+3.20
	PRP	Manganti Sudhakar	16,386	10.78
Majority			9,785	6.43
Registered electors			201,861
Turnout			152,051	75.32	+5.28
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pinnelli Lakshma Reddy	70,354	60.97
	TDP	Julakanti Brahmananda Reddy	39688	34.39
Majority			30666	26.58
Turnout			115,396	70.06	+3.88
Registered electors			164,721
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Julakanti Durgamba	54,128	50.18%
	INC	Pinnelli Laxma Reddy	52,177	48.37%
Margin of victory			1,951	1.81%
Turnout			111,933	68.67%
Registered electors			163,006
	TDP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kurri Punna Reddy	53,108	50.61%
	INC	Sundara Ramireddy Pinnelli	46,634	44.44%
Margin of victory			6,474	6.17%
Turnout			107,672	69.34%
Registered electors			155,284
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nimmagadda Sivarama Krishna Prasad	47,538	51.89%
	INC	Krishnamurthy Nattuva	42,761	46.68%
Margin of victory			4,777	5.21%
Turnout			94,644	62.78%
Registered electors			150,744
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Krishnamurthy Nattuva	40,822	48.79%
	TDP	Jayaramaiah Vattikonda	39,118	46.76%
Margin of victory			1,704	2.04%
Turnout			84,702	71.05%
Registered electors			119,215
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Korrapati Subba Rao	45,206	65.49%
	INC	Challa Narapa Reddy	19,040	27.58%
Margin of victory			26,166	37.91%
Turnout			70,302	62.95%
Registered electors			111,681
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Challa Narapa Reddy	27,350	39.52%
	JP	Karpurapu Kotaiah	21,958	31.73%
	INC	Nagireddy Julakanti	18,625	26.91%
Margin of victory			5,392	7.79%
Turnout			71,318	68.59%
Registered electors			103,970
	INC(I) gain from Independent		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nagireddy Julakanti	36,738	58.96%
	INC	Venna Linga Reddy	25,569	41.04%
Margin of victory			11,169	17.93%
Turnout			63,704	69.35%
Registered electors			91,858
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Venna Linga Reddy	23,277	41.72%
	Independent	Nagireddy Julakanti	23,197	41.58%
Margin of victory			80	0.14%
Turnout			58,929	68.19%
Registered electors			86,420
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Macherla (ST) ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Muadavathu Kesavanayakudu	21,283	54.00%
	SWA	Madigani Devadattu	18,127	46.00%
Margin of victory			3,156	8.01%
Turnout			41,121	55.96%
Registered electors			73,479
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Macherla ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Mandapati Nagireddy	10,657	36.13%
	INC	Kurumula Rangamma	8,386	28.43%
Margin of victory			2,271	7.70%
Turnout			29,497	54.53%
Registered electors			54,095
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of 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. 22, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
5. "2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results - Macherla". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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