| Payakaraopet | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 33 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Location of Payakaraopet Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Anakapalli |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Anakapalli |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 240,285 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | TDP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Payakaraopet is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Anakapalli 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 Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency. [2]
Vangalapudi Anitha is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. [3] As of 2019, there are a total of 240,285 electors in the constituency. [4] [ needs update ] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are: [2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Kotauratla |
| Nakkapalli |
| Payakaraopeta |
| S.Rayavaram |
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju | Independent | |
| 1962 | Mande Pitchaiah | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Gantlana Suryanarayana | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Maruthi Adeyya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | Sumana Gantela | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Kakara Nookaraju | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | Chengala Venkatarao | ||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Golla Baburao | Indian National Congress | |
| 2012 | YSR Congress Party | ||
| 2014 | Vangalapudi Anitha | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Golla Baburao | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Vangalapudi Anitha | Telugu Desam Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Vangalapudi Anitha | 120,042 | 57.86 | ||
| YSRCP | Kambala Jogulu | 76,315 | 36.78 | ||
| INC | Dr. Boni Tata Rao | 2,087 | 1.01 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,107 | 1.98 | ||
| Majority | 43,727 | 21.08 | |||
| Turnout | 2,07,486 | ||||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Golla Baburao | 98,745 | 50.45% | ||
| TDP | B. Bangarayya | 67,556 | 34.52% | ||
| JSP | Nakka Raja Babu | 15,921 | 8.13% | ||
| Majority | 31,189 | 15.93% | |||
| Turnout | 1,95,725 | 81.45% | |||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Vangalapudi Anitha | 86,355 | 48.02 | ||
| YSRCP | Changala Venkata Rao | 83,527 | 46.44 | ||
| Majority | 2,828 | 1.58 | |||
| Turnout | 179,843 | 80.69 | +5.80 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Golla Baburao | 50,698 | 32.11 | +6.44 | |
| TDP | Chengala Venkata Rao | 50,042 | 31.69 | −11.46 | |
| PRP | Gurindapalli Dhanaraju | 49,264 | 31.20 | ||
| Majority | 656 | 0.42 | |||
| Turnout | 157,890 | 74.89 | +4.08 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Changala Venkata Rao | 40,794 | 43.15 | −8.73 | |
| Independent | Sumana Gantela | 27,105 | 28.67 | ||
| INC | Vijaya Kumari Ambati | 24,171 | 25.57 | −17.85 | |
| Majority | 13,689 | 14.48 | |||
| Turnout | 94,544 | 70.81 | +5.44 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Chengala Venkatarao | 46,478 | 51.9 | ||
| INC | Gantela Sumana | 38,902 | 43.4 | ||
| Anna Telugu Desam Party | Kakara Nookaraju | 2,935 | 3.3 | ||
| Marxist Communist Party Of India (S.S.SRIVASTAVA) | Bhupathi Apparao | 928 | 1.0 | ||
| Independent | Godugu Raju | 342 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 7,576 | 8.2 | |||
| Turnout | 92,556 | 67.5 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kakara Nookaraju | 39,666 | 49.6 | ||
| INC | Gantela Sumana | 35,657 | 44.6 | ||
| BJP | Beera Nagabhushanam | 2,401 | 3.0 | ||
| BSP | Kolaventi Sundararao | 1,381 | 1.7 | ||
| Independent | Kakara Soorayamma | 490 | 0.6 | ||
| Jharkhand Party | Matia Sudhakararao | 308 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 4,009 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 82,262 | 66.1 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kakara Nookaraju | 38,764 | 51.5 | ||
| INC | Gautala Sumaua | 35,486 | 47.1 | ||
| Independent | Geddam Kumar | 1,068 | 1.4 | ||
| Majority | 3,278 | 4.2 | |||
| Turnout | 78,855 | 67.7 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kakara Nookaraju | 42,821 | 74.6 | ||
| INC | G. V. Harsha Kumar | 13,053 | 22.8 | ||
| Independent | Beera Nagabhushanam | 654 | 1.1 | ||
| Independent | Cherukuri Musalayya | 450 | 0.8 | ||
| Independent | Matha Polayya | 402 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 29,768 | 50.7 | |||
| Turnout | 58,752 | 59.2 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Sumana Gantela | 34,030 | 60.9 | ||
| INC | Nelaparthi Ramarao | 10,252 | 18.4 | ||
| Independent | Gara Raju | 7,746 | 13.9 | ||
| BJP | Nadupuri Sanyasirao | 3,076 | 5.5 | ||
| INC(J) | Adayya Maruthi | 764 | 1.4 | ||
| Majority | 23,778 | 41.4 | |||
| Turnout | 57,422 | 59.8 | |||
| TDP gain from INC(I) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | Maruthi Adeyya | 29,490 | 58.7 | ||
| INC | Gara China Nookaraju | 14,023 | 27.9 | ||
| JP | Gantala Suryanarayana | 5,543 | 11.0 | ||
| Independent | Beera Nagabhushanam | 1,215 | 2.4 | ||
| Majority | 15,467 | 29.7 | |||
| Turnout | 52,053 | 59.4 | |||
| INC(I) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gantlana Suryanarayana | 21,844 | 71.84 | ||
| Independent | Beera Nagabhushanam | 3,592 | 11.81 | ||
| Independent | Boda Suryanarayana | 3,563 | 11.72 | ||
| Independent | J.C. Guruvullu | 1,407 | 4.63 | ||
| Majority | 18,252 | 60.03 | |||
| Turnout | 30,406 | 38.40 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gantlana Suryanarayana | 13,804 | 35.28 | ||
| SWA | B. Nagabhushanan | 12,165 | 31.09 | ||
| CPI(M) | B. Narasimhulu | 7,687 | 19.65 | ||
| RPI | N. Satyam | 2,941 | 7.52 | ||
| Independent | G. Nookaraji | 2,528 | 6.46 | ||
| Majority | 1,639 | 4.19 | |||
| Turnout | 39,125 | 56.41 | |||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Mande Pitchaiah | 13,450 | 54.15 | ||
| INC | Muthyala Pothuraju | 11,386 | 45.84 | ||
| Majority | 2,064 | 8.31 | |||
| Turnout | 24,836 | ||||
| CPI gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju | 9,757 | 30.78% | ||
| INC | Sunkari Appala Naiudu | 5,730 | 18.08% | 18.08% | |
| KMPP | Raparti Jagannatha Rao | 5,723 | 18.06% | ||
| Socialist | Katha Radhakrihnamurthy | 5,462 | 17.23% | ||
| Independent | Mohammed Galab | 2,548 | 8.04% | ||
| Independent | Kasturi Subha Rao | 1,265 | 3.99% | ||
| Independent | M. Madhuramruta Rao | 1,210 | 3.82% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,027 | 12.71% | |||
| Turnout | 31,695 | 50.19% | |||
| Registered electors | 63,155 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||