Peddapuram Assembly constituency

Peddapuram
Constituency No. 39 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Peddapuram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Kakinada
LS constituency	Kakinada
Established	1951
Total electors	201,863
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nimmakayala Chinarajappa
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Peddapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada 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 Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Nimmakayala Chinarajappa is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. ^[3] As of 2024, there are a total of 201,863 electors in the constituency. ^[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Samalkota
Peddapuram

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Thota Ramaswami		Indian National Congress
1955	Durvasula Venkatasubbarao		Communist Party of India
1962	Pantham Padmanabham		Indian National Congress
1967	Vundavalli Narayana Murthy		Communist Party of India
1972	Kondapalli Krishnamurty		Indian National Congress
1978	Vundavalli Narayana Murthy		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Balasu Ramarao		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Pantham Padmanabham		Indian National Congress
1994	Boddu B. R. Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004	Thota Gopal Krishna		Indian National Congress
2009	Pantam Gandhi Mohan		Praja Rajyam Party
2014	Nimmakayala Chinarajappa		Telugu Desam Party
2019
2024

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thota Ramaswami	10,337	29.66%	29.66%
	Independent	D. V. Subha Rao	8,636	24.78%
	KLP	Gokina Chandra Rao	7,274	20.87%
	Socialist	Pantan Padmanabham	4,632	13.29%
	KMPP	Prativadi Bhayarkare Venkachar Yulu Alias Bhayankaracharyulu	3,972	11.40%
Margin of victory			1,701	4.88%
Turnout			34,851	63.75%
Registered electors			54,665
	INC win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thota Gopal Krishna	56,579	53.57	+6.31
	TDP	Boddu Bhaskara Rama Rao	45,995	43.55
Majority			10,584	10.02
Turnout			105,609	72.77	+2.20
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	Pantam Gandhi Mohan	46,211	34.17
	TDP	Boddu Bhaskara Rama Rao	43,155	31.91
	INC	Thota Gopala Krishna	36,519	27.00
	Bharatiya Janata party	Yarlagadda Ramkumar	3188	2.35
Majority			3,056	2.26
Turnout			135,244	75.02	+2.25
	PRP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nimmakayala Chinarajappa	75,914	50.49
	YSRCP	Thota Subbarao Naidu	65,251	43.40
Majority			10,663	7.09
Turnout			150,357	77.14	+2.12
	TDP gain from PRP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nimmakayala Chinarajappa	67,393	41.36
	YSRCP	Thota Vani	63,366	38.89
	JSP	Tummala Ramaswamy (Babu)	25,816	15.85
	BJP	Yarlagadda Ramkumar	1550
Majority			4,027	2.47
Turnout
	TDP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nimmakayala Chinarajappa	105,685	59.09
	YSRCP	Davuluri Dorababu	65,234	36.47
	INC	Dorababu Tummala	2,168	1.21
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,020	1.13
Majority			40,451
Turnout			1,78,849
	TDP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 18, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
3. "Assembly Election 2024". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
4. "Electors Summary". Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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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