Nandikotkur Assembly constituency

Nandikotkur
Constituency No. 136 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Nandikotkur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Nandyal
LS constituency	Nandyal
Established	1951
Total electors	197,451
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arthur Toguru
Party	YSR Congress Party
Elected year	2019

Nandikotkur is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Nandyal 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 the Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency.

Githa Jayasurya is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 197,451 electors in the constituency. ^[2] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Nandikotkur
Pagidyala
J. Bungalow
Kothapalle
Pamulapadu
Midthur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	C. Pulla Reddy		Communist Party of India
1955	N.K. Lingam		Indian National Congress
1962	Pulyala Venkatakrishna Reddy		Independent
1967	C. R. Reddy		Indian National Congress
1972	Maddru Subba Reddy
1978	Byreddy Sesha Sayana Reddy
1983			Independent
1985	Ippala Thimmareddy		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Byreddy Sesha Sayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Byreddy Rajasekhara Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004	Gowru Charitha Reddy		Indian National Congress
2009	Labbi Venkata Swamy
2014	Isaiah. Yakkaladevi		YSR Congress Party
2019	Thoguru Arthur [3]
2024	Githa Jayasurya		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Nandikotkur ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	C. Pulla Reddy	25,266	54.09%
	INC	Subba Reddy	13,341	28.56%	28.56%
	KLP	Venkata Rama Reddi	5,215	11.16%
	Independent	Swami Narayananda Saraswathi	1,880	4.02%
	Independent	Venkata Krishnayya	1,013	2.17%
Margin of victory			11,925	25.53%
Turnout			46,715	65.81%
Registered electors			70,983
	CPI win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandikotkur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gowru Charitha Reddy	69,209	53.87	+11.20
	TDP	Byreddy Rajasekhar Reddy	55,721	43.37	-12.86
Majority			13,488	10.50
Turnout			128,479	74.65	+5.65
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandikotkur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Labbi Venkata Swamy	63,442	44.91	-8.96
	TDP	Chimme Bitchanna	57,669	40.82	-2.55
	PRP	Madarapu Renukamma	11,968	8.47
Majority			5,773	4.09
Turnout			141,276	76.88	+2.23
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandikotkur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Isaiah. Yakkaladevi	87,496	54.68
	TDP	Labbi Venkata Swamy	65,682	41.05
Majority			21,814	13.63
Turnout			160,024	78.62	+1.74
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandikotkur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Thoguru Arthur	102,565	59.45%
	TDP	Bandi Jayaraju	61,955	35.91%
Majority			40,610	23.54%
Turnout			172,529	87.37%	+8.75
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandikotkur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Githa Jayasurya	92,004	49.24
	YSRCP	Dr. Dara Sudheer	82,212	44.00
	INC	Arthur Thoguru	7,949	4.25
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,274	0.68
Majority			9,792	5.24
Turnout			1,86,853
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 31, TABLE B - Parliamentary Constituencies.
2. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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.

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