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
Lok Sabha 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 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] [ needs update ]} 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 Ramarao		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	Pantham 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)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Durvasula Venkatasubbarao	18,745	44.59
	KLP	Challa Apparao	17,570	41.80	20.93
	PSP	Katha Murty	5,721	13.61
Majority			1,175	2.79	2.09
Turnout			42,036	67.84	4.09
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pantham Padmanabham	32,269	78.49
	CPI	Durvasula Venkata Subbarao	8,842	21.50	23.09
Majority			23,427	56.99	54.20
Turnout			41,111
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Vundavalli Narayana Murthy	23,774	40.90	19.40
	INC	Krishnamurty Kondapalli	21,470	36.94	41.55
	Independent	S. Veerraju	9,423	16.21
	CPI(M)	Bedampudi Israel	2,370	4.08
	SWA	C.V. Allaka	1,090	1.88
Majority			2,304	3.96	56.99
Turnout			58,127	76.62
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kondapalli Krishnamurty	44,274	68.87	31.93
	CPI	Vundavalli Narayana Murthy	17,326	26.95	13.95
	Independent	Bedampudi Israel	2,686	4.18
Majority			26,948	41.92	37.96
Turnout			64,286	75.12	1.50
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Vundavalli Narayana Murthy	43,595	58.2	31.25
	JP	Yeleti Dhanayya	23,375	31.2	4.9
	INC	Kondapalli Krishnamurthy (incumbent)	5,753	7.7	61.17
	Republican Party Of India (Khobragade)	Bedampudi Israel	1,517	2.0
	Independent	Gudala Nagaraju	688	0.9
Majority			20,220	26.5	15.42
Turnout			76,244	77.7	2.58
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Balasu Ramarao	48,509	63.9
	INC	Goli Ramarao	19,098	25.2	33
	Independent	Malakala Pallama Raju	8,332	11
Majority			29,411	38.3	11.8
Turnout			76,863	73.6	4.1
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Balasu Ramarao	45,647	62.7	1.2
	INC	Durvasula Satyanarayanamurty	25,272	34.7	9.5
	Independent	Reddi Rap	487	0.7
	Independent	Bala Apparao	452	0.6
	Independent	Thotakura Ramanna	303	0.4
	Independent	Dimmala Nageswararao	175	0.2
	Independent	Gudala Nagaraju	174	0.2	0.3
	Independent	Pallela Narayanamurty	160	0.2
Majority			20,375	27.6	10.7
Turnout			73,768	66	7.6
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pantham Padmanabham	56,237	58.5	23.8
	TDP	Boddu Bhaskara Rama Rao	38,348	39.9	22.8
	Independent	Ismail Mohammed	548	0.6
	Independent	Gudala Nagaraju	497	0.5	0.2
	Independent	Kothim Rao	319	0.3
	Independent	Korukonda Kumari	196	0.2
Majority			17,889	18	9.6
Turnout			99,123	76.7	10.7
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Boddu Rao	55,148	54.8	14.9
	INC	Pantham Padmanabham	42,690	42.4	16.1
	Independent	Padma Vasireddi	937	0.9
	BSP	Haranadh Raja Dunna	709	0.7
	BJP	Marina Rambabu	547	0.5
	Independent	Miriyala Narayana	175	0.2
	Independent	Gudala Nagaraju	174	0.2	0.3
	Independent	Mattapalli Sanjeevarao	160	0.2
	Independent	Tumpala Ramalakshmi	99	0.1
	Independent	Veera Korukonda	80	0.1
Majority			12,458	12.2	5.8
Turnout			102,478	75.8	0.9
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Boddu Rao	55,878	52.2	2.6
	INC	Mohan Gandhi	50,572	47.3	4.9
	Ajeya Bharat Party	A.A.V.V.Ramakrishna	324	0.3
	Independent	Duddumpudi Satyanarayana	241	0.2
Majority			5,306	4.9	7.3
Turnout			109,157	72.0	3.8
	TDP hold		Swing

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
	BJP	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 ^[6]

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	22.61
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.
6. "Peddapuram Constituency Election Results 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.

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