Markapuram Assembly constituency

Markapuram
Constituency No. 111 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Markapuram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
LS constituency	Ongole
Established	1951
Total electors	209,753
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kandula Narayana Reddy
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Markapuram 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.

Kandula Narayana Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 209,753 electors in the constituency. ^{[2] [ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951). ^[3]

Mandals

Kambham
Konakanamitla
Podili
Markapuram
Tarlupadu

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	N. Venkatayya		Krishikar Lok Party
1955	Kandula Obul Reddy		Krishikar Lok Party
1962	Kandula Obul Reddy		Indian National Congress
1967	C. Vengaiah		Independent
1972	M. Nasar Baig		Indian National Congress
1978	Poola Subbaiah		Communist Party of India
1983	V. V. Narayana Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Kunduru Pedda Konda Reddy		Indian National Congress
1989
1994	Janke Venkata Reddy		Independent
1999	Kunduru Pedda Konda Reddy		Indian National Congress
2004
2009	Kandula Narayana Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Janke Venkata Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2019	Kunduru Nagarjuna Reddy
2024	Kandula Narayana Reddy		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kandula Narayana Reddy	99,005	51.85	+10.44
	YSRCP	Anna Venkata Rambabu	85,026	44.53	−7.33
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,327	0.7	N/A
Majority			13,979	7.32	−3.08
Turnout			1,90,930	87.53	+2.33
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kunduru Nagarjuna Reddy	92,680	51.86	+1.09
	TDP	Kandula Narayana Reddy	74,013	41.41	−3.32
	JSP	Emmadi Kasinadh	5506	3.10	N/A
Majority			18,667	10.44
Turnout			178,712	85.20	+4.89
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2014

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Janke Venkata Reddy	82,411	50.77
	TDP	Kandula Narayana Reddy	72,609	44.73	−4.2
	INC	Dr.Eluri Ramachandrareddy	1956	1.5
Majority			9,802	6.04
Turnout			162,328	81.63	+4.89
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kandula Narayana Reddy	69,744	48.93	+18.54
	INC	Pedda Konda Reddy Kunduru	60,690	42.58	−4.68
	PRP	Javed Hussain Baig Mirja	6,108	4.28
Majority			9,054	6.35
Turnout			142,545	76.74	+2.76
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pedda Konda Reddy Kunduru	58,108	47.26	−4.82
	TDP	Kandula Narayana Reddy	37,370	30.39	−16.30
Majority			20,738	16.87
Turnout			122,964	73.98	+0.84
	INC hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kunduru Pedda Konda Reddy	62,625	52.08%
	TDP	Janke Venkata Reddy	56,504	46.99%
Margin of victory			6,121	5.09%
Turnout			123,402	75.07%
Registered electors			164,386
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Janke Venkata Reddy	60,328	55.01%
	INC	Kunduru Pedda Konda Reddy	39,487	38.95%
Margin of victory			20,841	19.00%
Turnout			111,903	76.01%
Registered electors			147,212
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kunduru Pedda Konda Reddy	52,247	51.24%
	TDP	Janke Venkata Reddy	49,616	48.76%
Margin of victory			2,531	2.49%
Turnout			106,030	71.49%
Registered electors			148,307
	INC hold		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kunduru Pedda Konda Reddy	41,333	49.42%
	CPI	Poola Subbaiah	34,326	41.04%
Margin of victory			7,007	8.38%
Turnout			85,052	69.61%
Registered electors			122,179
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	V.V. Narayana Reddy	40,302	55.71%
	INC	Dodda Chalama Reddy	20,949	28.96%
Margin of victory			19,353	26.75%
Turnout			73,641	65.87%
Registered electors			111,795
	TDP gain from CPI		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Poola Subbaiah	36,693	38.51%
	JP	Venna Venkata Narayana Reddy	27,947	38.39%
Margin of victory			83	0.11%
Turnout			74,507	72.46%
Registered electors			102,828
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M Nasar Baig	29,500	62.36%
	ABJS	Adapala Kuppu Swamy	16,343	34.55%
Margin of victory			13,157	27.81%
Turnout			48,225	60.43%
Registered electors			79,798
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C Vengaiah	27,335	50.06%
	INC	Kandula Obula Reddy	24,535	44.93%
Margin of victory			2,800	5.13%
Turnout			56,832	77.32%
Registered electors			73,498
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kandula Obula Reddy	25,786	66.32%
	Independent	Muthakapalli Moorthi Reddy	13,093	33.68%
Margin of victory			12,693	32.65%
Turnout			40,727	64.53%
Registered electors			63,018
	INC gain from KLP		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Markapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	Kandula Obula Reddy	23,463	60.38%
	CPI	Poola Subbaiah	15,394	39.62%
Margin of victory			8,069	20.77%
Turnout			38,857	59.91%
Registered electors			64,859
	KLP hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Markapur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	N. Venkatayya	11,957	32.91%
	Independent	Yekkali Ramaiah	6,758	18.60%
	INC	M. Mahaboob Baig	5,118	14.09%	14.09%
	Independent	P. Viswanatha Rao	4,543	12.50%
	Independent	M. Khasim Sahib	4,477	12.32%
	Socialist	C. Raghaviah	3,480	9.58%
Margin of victory			5,199	14.31%
Turnout			36,333	51.45%
Registered electors			70,623
	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. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
4. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
5. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
6. "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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