Ponnur Assembly constituency

Ponnur
Constituency No. 88 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Ponnur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Guntur
LS constituency	Guntur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,28,234
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Ponnur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Guntur 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 Guntur Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar of the Telugu Desam Party is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. ^{[3] [4]} As of 2019, there are a total of 227,727 electors in the constituency. ^[1] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Ponnur
Chebrolu
Pedakakani

Members of the Legislative Assembly Ponnur

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Kolla Venkaiah		Communist Party of India
1955	Govada Paramdhamaiah		Krishikar Lok Party
1962	Nannapaneni Venkata Rao		Indian National Congress
1967	A. P. Pamulapati		Indian National Congress
1972	Doppapudi Ranga Rao		Independent
1978	Gogineni Nageswara Rao		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Dhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Chittineni Venkata Rao		Indian National Congress
1994	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019	Kilari Venkata Rosaiah		YSR Congress Party
2024	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	110,410	56.95
	YSRCP	Ambati Murali Krishna	77,495	39.97
	INC	Jakka Ravindranath	2,400	1.24
	NOTA	None of the above	1,248	0.64
Majority			32,915	16.98
Turnout			1,93,875
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kilari Venkata Rosaiah	87,570	45.88
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	86,458	45.30
	JSP	Boni Parvathi (Naidu)	12,033	6.30
Majority			1,112	0.58
Turnout			1,90,861	83.61	-1.06
Registered electors			2,28,234
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

Mandal Wise Voting

	YSRCP	TDP	JSP	Others	NOTA	Total
Pedakakani	25,787	24,417	3,406	942	265	54,817
Chebrolu	25,351	25,115	4,192	1,165	446	56,269
Ponnur	17,497	18,355	2,225	678	223	38,978
Ponnur Urban	17,947	17,925	2,117	764	249	39,002
Postal Votes	988	646	93	52	16	1,795
Total	87,570	86,458	12,033	3,601	1,199	190,861
Percentage	45.88%	45.30%	6.30%	1.89%	0.63%	100.00%

Source: CEO Andhra Pradesh

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	88,386	50.15
	YSRCP	Ravi Venkata Ramana	80,625	45.74
Majority			7,761	4.41
Turnout			176,251	84.67	+3.62
	TDP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	61,008	38.51	-15.70
	INC	Marupudi Leeladhara Rao	58,840	37.14	-7.51
	PRP	Tella Venkateswara Rao	30,317	19.14
Majority			2,168	1.37
Turnout			158,425	81.05	+4.45
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	51,288	54.21	-3.57
	INC	Mannava Raja Kishore	42,243	44.65	-3.23
Majority			9,025	9.56
Turnout			94,606	76.60	+10.82
	TDP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	54,865	57.78%
	INC	Chittineni Prathap Babu	39,332	41.42%
Margin of victory			15,533	16.36%
Turnout			96,318	66.73%
Registered electors			144,347
	TDP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	52,087	56.13%
	INC	Talasila Venkata Ramaiah	30,358	32.72%
Margin of victory			21,729	23.42%
Turnout			94,067	69.47%
Registered electors			135,408
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chittineni Venkata Rao	46,831	48.37%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary	45,177	46.66%
Margin of victory			1,654	1.71%
Turnout			100,984	75.87%
Registered electors			133,100
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary	43,714	52.60%
	INC	Chittineni Venkata Rao	37,303	44.89%
Margin of victory			6,411	7.71%
Turnout			84,125	71.63%
Registered electors			117,451
	TDP hold		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary	49,478	65.76%
	INC	Nageswara Rao Gogineni	25,766	34.24%
Margin of victory			23,712	31.51%
Turnout			76,355	71.94%
Registered electors			106,131
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Nageswara Rao Gogineni	30,066	42.80%
	JP	Talasila Venkata Ramaiah	22,614	32.19%
Margin of victory			7,452	10.61%
Turnout			71,523	71.10%
Registered electors			100,592
	INC(I) gain from Independent		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Doppapudi Ranga Rao	26,649	44.98%
	INC	Manu Anta Rao Yalavarti	26,307	44.40%
Margin of victory			342	0.58%
Turnout			60,271	69.97%
Registered electors			85,135
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A.P Pamulapati	32,996	58.15%
	CPI(M)	Kolla Venkaiah	20,821	45 .70%
Margin of victory			12,175	21.46%
Turnout			58,221	80.61%
Registered electors			72,230
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nannapaneni Venkata Rao	31,534	58.85%
	SWA	Pamulapati Butchi Naidu Chowdary	20,608	38.46%
Margin of victory			10,926	20.39%
Turnout			55,482	80.32%
Registered electors			69,074
	INC hold		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	Govada Paramdamiah	31,077	64.93%
	CPI	Jonnalagadda Joshi	16,788	35.07%
Margin of victory			14,289	29.85%
Turnout			47,865	71.71%
Registered electors			66,746
	KLP hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Kolla Venkaiah	20,054	36.94%
	KLP	Coginam Lakshminarayana	11,240	20.71%
	KMPP	Ambati Tirupati Nayudu	9,059	16.69%
	INC	Raminoni Norayana	8,140	14.99%	14.99%
	Independent	P. V. Krishnaiah Chowdary	3,396	6.26%
	Independent	Borugadda Ananda Rao	1,591	2.93%
	Independent	Bhodeti Jacob	805	1.48%
Margin of victory			8,814	16.24%
Turnout			54,285	74.15%
Registered electors			73,206
	CPI win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

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