Pithapuram Assembly constituency

Pithapuram
Constituency No. 37 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Kakinada
Lok Sabha constituency	Kakinada
Established	1951
Total electors	229,591
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pawan Kalyan Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Party	JSP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Pendem Dorababu

Pithapuram 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]

Pawan Kalyan is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. ^{[3] [4]} As of 2024, there are a total of 230,188 electors in the constituency. ^[5] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Gollaprolu
Pithapuram
Kothapalle

Mandals in Pithapuram Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	R. V. Jagga Rao		Communist Party of India
1955	Vadrevu Gopalkrishna		Praja Party
1960 by-election	Peketi Thammiraju
1962	Rao Bhavanna		Indian National Congress
1967	Yalla Suryanarayanamurty
1972
1978	Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Venna Nageswara Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao		Indian National Congress
1994	Venna Nageswara Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Veera Bhadra Rao Sangisetti		Independent
2004	Pendem Dorababu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Vanga Geetha		Praja Rajyam Party
2014	S. V. S. N. Varma		Independent
2019	Pendem Dorababu		YSR Congress Party
2024	Pawan Kalyan		Janasena Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Pawan Kalyan	134,394	64.87
	YSRCP	Vanga Geetha Viswanath	64,115	30.95
	NOTA	None of the above	2,027	0.98
	INC	Madepalli Satyananda Rao	1,231	0.59
Majority			70,279	33.92
Turnout			207,169	86.63
	JSP party gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Pendem Dorababu	83,459	44.71
	TDP	S. V. S. N. Varma	68,467	36.68
	JSP	Makineedi Seshu Kumari	28,011	15.00
Majority			14,992	8.03
Turnout			186,682	83.31
	YSRCP gain from Independent		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. V. S. N. Varma	97,511	57.59
	YSRCP	Pendem Dorababu	50,431	29.78
	TDP	P. V. Viswam	15,187	8.90
Majority			47,080	27.81
Turnout			169,330	79.45	+1.16
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	Vanga Geetha	46,623	31.19
	TDP	S. V. S. N. Varma	45,587	30.50
	INC	Mudragada Padmanabham	43,431	29.05
Majority			1,036	0.69
Turnout			149,479	78.29	+6.56
	PRP gain from BJP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pendem Dorababu	46,518	50.47
	INC	K. V. Chandra Mohana Rao	28,628	31.06
Majority			17,899	19.41
Turnout			92,182	71.73	+3.08
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	R. V. Jagga Rao	18,920	38.55
	INC	R. Atachayya Rao	12,438	25.35	25.35
	KMPP	V. G. Krishna	10,357	21.10
	Independent	K. Rajalingeswara Rao	3,373	6.87
	Socialist	C. Bhavanarao	1,445	2.94%
	KLP	Triupathi Rao	1,375	2.80
	Independent	C. Sathiraju	1,166	2.38%
Margin of victory			6,482	13.21
Turnout			49,074	66.92
Registered electors			73,335
	CPI win (new seat)

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. 18, 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. generator, metatags. "JanaSena Party Official Website". JanaSena Party Official Website. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
5. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
6. "Andhrapradesh Assembly Elections 2024 - Pithapuram". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
7. "Pithapuram Constituency Election Results 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
8. "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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