Polavaram Assembly constituency

Polavaram
Constituency No. 67 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Polavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Eluru
Lok Sabha constituency	Eluru
Established	1955
Total electors	245,483
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chirri Balaraju
Party	JSP
Elected year	2024

Polavaram Assembly constituency is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Eluru 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 Eluru Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Chirri Balaraju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Jana Sena Party. ^{[3] [ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

Mandals

The 7 mandals that form the assembly constituency are: ^[2]

Mandal
Polavaram
Buttayagudem
Jeelugumilli
Koyyalagudem
T.Narasapuram
Kukkunoor
Velerupadu

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Pusuluri Kodanad Ramayya		Indian National Congress
1962	Karatam Baburao		Communist Party of India
1967	K. R. Reddi		Indian National Congress
1972	Kanithi Ramulu
1978	Nagabhushanam Rasaputra		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Modiyam Lakshmana Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1987	Badisa Durga Rao		Indian National Congress
1989
1994	Punem Singanna Dora		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Vanka Srinivasa Rao
2004	Tellam Balaraju		Indian National Congress
2009
2012			YSR Congress Party
2014	Modiyam Srinivasa Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Tellam Balaraju		YSR Congress Party
2024	Chirri Balaraju		Jana Sena Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Polavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Chirri Balaraju	101,453	46.33
	YSRCP	Tellam Rajya Lakshmi	93,518	42.70
	INC	Srujana Duvvela	3,568	1.63
	NOTA	None of the above	5,611	2.56
Majority			7,935	3.63
Turnout			2,18,999
	JSP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Polavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Tellam Balaraju	110,523
	TDP	Boragam Srinivasarao	68,453	32.09	−18.96
	JSP	Chirri Balaraju	13,378	6.27	+6.27
	BJP	Boragam Venkata Lakshmi	1,119	0.52
	NOTA	None of the above	6,004	2.81	N/A
Majority			42,070	19.80
Turnout			212,466	86.55	+0.56
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Polavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Modiyam Srinivasa Rao	83,767	51.05
	YSRCP	Tellam Balaraju	68,047	41.47
Majority			15,720	9.58
Turnout			164,079	85.99	−1.01
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Polavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tellam Balaraju	50,298	34.76	−18.86
	TDP	Punem Singanna Dora	44,634	30.85	−7.60
	PRP	Boragam Srinivasulu	36,483	25.22
Majority			5,664	3.91
Turnout			144,662	87.00	+12.18
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Polavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tellam Balaraju	66,614	53.62	+9.16
	TDP	Sunnam Bujji	47,772	38.45	−6.04
Majority			18,842	15.17
Turnout			124,229	74.82	+3.71
	INC gain from TDP		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. 20, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. "Polavaram Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

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