| Paderu | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 29 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Location of Paderu Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Alluri Sitharama Raju |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Araku |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 227,042 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | YSRCP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Paderu is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju 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 Araku Lok Sabha constituency. [2]
Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. [3] As of 2019, there are a total of 227,042 electors in the constituency. [4] [ needs update ] The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).
The five mandals that form the assembly constituency are: [2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Paderu |
| G.Madugula |
| Chintapalli |
| Gudem Kotha Veedhi |
| Koyyuru |
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Tamarba Chittinaidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Giddi Appalanaidu | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Tammarba Chittinaidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Kottagulli Chittinaidu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1989 | Matsyarasa Balaraju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Kottagulli Chittinaidu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Matyarasa Manikumari | ||
| 2004 | Lake Rajarao | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2009 | Pasupuleti Balaraju | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Giddi Eswari | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | Kottagulli Bhagya Lakshmi | ||
| 2024 | Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju | 68,170 | 42.3 | ||
| TDP | Giddi Eswari | 48,832 | 30.3 | ||
| Independent | Vanthala Subba Rao | 15,935 | 9.89 | ||
| INC | Bulli Babu Sataka | 13,566 | 8.42 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,420 | 0.88 | ||
| Majority | 19,338 | 12 | |||
| Turnout | 1,61,160 | ||||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Kottagulli Bhagya Lakshmi | 71,153 | |||
| TDP | Giddi Eswari | 28,349 | |||
| Majority | 42,804 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Giddi Eswari | 52,384 | 40.97 | ||
| CPI | Demudu Goddeti | 26,243 | 20.53 | ||
| INC | Pasupuleti Balaraju | 21,086 | 16.49 | ||
| BJP | Lokula Gandhi | 17,029 | 13.32 | ||
| Majority | 26,141 | 20.44 | |||
| Turnout | 127,849 | 59.80 | +3.36 | ||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pasupuleti Balaraju | 35,653 | 32.40 | ||
| CPI | Demudu Goddeti | 35,066 | 31.87 | ||
| PRP | Krishnaveni Tamarbha | 16,894 | 15.35 | ||
| Majority | 587 | 0.53 | |||
| Turnout | 110,297 | 56.44 | −3.85 | ||
| INC gain from BSP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Rajarao Lake | 33,890 | 31.43 | ||
| Independent | Ravi Sankar Samida | 26,335 | 24.43 | ||
| TDP | Manikumari Matyarasa | 23,523 | 21.82 | ||
| INC | Balaraju Matsyarasa | 20.052 | 18.60 | ||
| Majority | 7,555 | 7.00 | |||
| Turnout | 107,803 | 60.29 | −1.24 | ||
| BSP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Matyarasa Manikumari | 26,160 | 28.3 | ||
| BSP | Lake Rajarao | 21,734 | 23.5 | ||
| NTRTDP(LP) | Manglanna Seedari | 18,201 | 19.7 | ||
| INC | Jarsingi Balam Naidu | 14,147 | 15.3 | ||
| Anna Telugu Desam Party | Setti Lakshmanudu | 12,373 | 13.4 | ||
| Majority | 4,426 | 4.5 | |||
| Turnout | 97,996 | 61.5 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kottagulli Chittinaidu | 27,923 | 36.5 | ||
| INC | Balaraju Matsyarasa | 15,685 | 20.5 | ||
| BJP | Nandoli Gasanna | 15,534 | 20.3 | ||
| BSP | Lake Raja Rao | 10,638 | 13.9 | ||
| Samata Party | Madela Balanna | 6,783 | 8.9 | ||
| Majority | 12,238 | 15.3 | |||
| Turnout | 80,003 | 54.7 | |||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Venkataraju Matsyarasa | 27,501 | 57.0 | ||
| TDP | Venkataraju Matsyarasa | 13,037 | 27.0 | ||
| Independent | Nandoli Gasanna | 7,740 | 16.0 | ||
| Majority | 14,464 | 28.1 | |||
| Turnout | 51,408 | 39.0 | |||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kottagulli Chittinaidu | 11,342 | 33.6 | ||
| INC | Matcharasa Bala Raju | 11,229 | 33.3 | ||
| Independent | Sallangi Narayana | 6,710 | 19.9 | ||
| Independent | Kurusabo Jiayya | 4,141 | 12.3 | ||
| Independent | Killo Narayana Padal | 346 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 113 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 35,376 | 33.6 | |||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Tammarba Chittinaidu | 8,810 | 31.0 | ||
| Independent | Setti Lakshmanudu | 6,242 | 22.0 | ||
| Independent | Kottagulli Chittinaidu | 3,267 | 11.5 | ||
| Independent | Chittapuli Mandu Padalu | 2,772 | 9.8 | ||
| Independent | Danasani Kondanna Dora | 2,265 | 8.0 | ||
| BJP | Kurusa Bojjayya | 1,866 | 6.6 | ||
| Independent | Pangi Malam Naidu | 991 | 3.5 | ||
| Independent | Giddi Appala Naidu (incumbent) | 673 | 2.4 | ||
| JP | Gujjalla Kondububu | 533 | 1.9 | ||
| Independent | N. Bheema Naik | 453 | 1.6 | ||
| Independent | Gulella Peddabbi | 338 | 1.2 | ||
| Independent | Bakuru Konda Babu | 194 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 2,568 | 8.6 | |||
| Turnout | 29,819 | 32.1 | |||
| INC gain from JP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Giddi Appalanaidu | 12,563 | 50.7 | ||
| INC | Thamarba Chittinaidu (incumbent) | 10,146 | 40.6 | ||
| Independent | Sontena David Lakshmaji | 1,090 | 4.4 | ||
| Independent | Kanta Mutyalu | 557 | 2.2 | ||
| Independent | Adapa Gangunaidu | 519 | 2.1 | ||
| Majority | 2,507 | 9.6 | |||
| Turnout | 26,227 | 29.8 | |||
| JP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Tamarba Chittinaidu | 8,074 | 40.50 | ||
| Independent | Raja Padal | 5,641 | 28.30 | ||
| Independent | Padi Rama Rao | 5,556 | 27.87 | ||
| ABJS | Gullela Peddabbi | 664 | 3.33 | ||
| Majority | 2,433 | 12.20 | |||
| Turnout | 19,935 | 22.54 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Tamarba Chittinaidu | 4,104 | 46.03 | ||
| Independent | Padi Rama Rao | 1,588 | 17.81 | ||
| PSP | L C. Patrudu | 891 | 9.99 | ||
| ABJS | K. Krishna Naidu | 831 | 9.32 | ||
| Independent | K. Matayalu | 804 | 9.02 | ||
| Independent | K. Appale Naidu | 352 | 3.95 | ||
| Independent | K. Kamaraju Naidu | 346 | 3.88 | ||
| Majority | 2,516 | 28.22 | |||
| Turnout | 8,916 | 12.82 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||