Palakonda Assembly constituency

Palakonda
Constituency No. 10 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Palakonda Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Parvathipuram Manyam
LS constituency	Araku
Established	1951
Total electors	184,414
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nimmaka Jayakrishna
Party	Jana Sena Party
Elected year	2024

Palakonda is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam 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 Araku. ^[2]

Viswasarayi Kalavathi is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. ^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 184,414 electors in the constituency. ^[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are: ^[2]

Mandal
Palakonda
Seethampeta
Veeraghattam
Bhamini

Mandals in Palakonda Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Palavasa Sangam Naiudu		Indian National Congress
1955	Pydi Narasimhapparao		Independent
1962	Kemburu Suryanarayana Naidu		Swatantra Party
1967	J. Joji
1972	Kottapalli Narasayya		Indian National Congress
1978	Kambala Rajaratnam		Janata Party
1983	Syama Rao Gonipati		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Tale Bhadrayya
1989	P. J. Amruta Kumari		Indian National Congress
1994	Tale Bhadrayya		Telugu Desam Party
1999	P. J. Amruta Kumari		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Kambala Jogulu		Telugu Desam Party
2009	Nimmaka Sugreevulu		Indian National Congress
2014	Viswasarayi Kalavathi		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Nimmaka Jayakrishna		Jana Sena Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Palavasa Sangam Naiudu	15,942	42.22%	42.22%
	KLP	Meesala Rajaratnam Naidu	14,296	37.86%
	Independent	Kodinarayananaswami	5,265	13.94%
	Socialist	Vavilapalli Satyanarayanana Naiudu	2,256	5.97%
Margin of victory			1,646	4.36%
Turnout			37,759	56.20%
Registered electors			67,182
	INC win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kambala Jogulu	42,327	53.3	21.8
	INC	T. Rajababu	30,703	38.7	7.3
Majority			11,624	14.7	13.3
Turnout			79,347	72.5	8.1
	TDP gain from BJP		Swing	10.9

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nimmaka Sugreevulu	45,909	42.4	3.7
	TDP	Gopalarao Nimmaka	29,759	27.5	25.8
	PRP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	21,725	20.1	New
Majority			16,150	14.9	0.2
Turnout			1,08,295	69.8	2.7
	INC gain from TDP		Swing	14.75

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	55,337	46.1	New
	TDP	Nimmaka Jayakrishna	53,717	44.8	17.3
	CPI(M)	Pattika Kumar	3,165	2.6	New
	INC	Nimmaka Sugreevulu	3,162	2.6	39.8
	CPI	Kurangi Manmadha Rao	2,483	2.1	New
Majority			1,620	1.3	13.6
Turnout			1,21,428	72.2	2.4
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	72,054	52.7	New
	TDP	Nimmaka Jayakrishna	54,074	39.55	7.13
	NOTA	NOTA	3548	2.6	New
	BJP	Suneetha Thadangi	1169	0.86	New
	INC	H Prasad Rao	1001	0.73	New
Majority			17,980	1.3	13.6
Turnout			1,36,712	73.91	2.4
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Nimmaka Jayakrishna	75,208	50.69
	YSRCP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	61,917	41.73
	NOTA	None Of The Above	4,260	2.87
Majority			13,291	8.96
Turnout			1,48,375
	JSP gain from YSRCP		Swing

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. 16, 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.
5. "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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