Rapur Assembly constituency

Rapur
Former constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Nellore
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Rapur Assembly constituency was a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India until 2008. ^[1]

Overview

It was part of Nellore Lok Sabha constituency along with other six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Kandukur, Kavali, Atmakur, Nellore City, Nellore Rural and Udayagiri in Nellore district.

Mandals:
1. Rapur
2. Kaluvay
3. Sydapuram
4. Podalkur
5. Manubolu

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Dandamudi Dasaratha Ramayya Naidu		Indian National Congress
1972	Nuvvula Venkataratnam Naidu		Independent politician
1978	Nuvvula Venkataratnam Naidu		Indian National Congress
1983	Malireddy Adinarayana Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Anam Ramnarayana Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Nuvvula Venkataratnam Naidu		Indian National Congress
1994	Y. Sreenivasulu Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Anam Ramnarayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
2004	Anam Ramnarayana Reddy		Indian National Congress

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Rapur ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Dasaratharamiah Naidu	10,805	27.53%	27.53%
	CPI	Ganga Ramanaiah	8,368	21.32%
	Independent	Bollu Chenchu Narasimham	7,361	18.76%
	Socialist	Malireddy Pattabhirami Reddi	4,751	12.11%
	Independent	Nunna Venkatarumiah	3,159	8.05%
	Independent	M. B. D. Krishna Prasad	2,500	6.37%
	Independent	Basirani Sundararama Naidy	1,452	3.70%
	Independent	Kollapanenl Lakshminaryanana	851	2.17%
Margin of victory			2,437	6.21%
Turnout			39,247	58.28%
Registered electors			67,347
	INC win (new seat)

1994

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1994: Rapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Y. Sreenivasulu Reddy	52,180	47.18
	INC	Anam Ramnarayana Reddy	43,781	38.68
	Independent	Ravula Ankaiah Goud	12458	11.00
	BJP	Midathala Ramesh	2,509	2.22
Majority			8,389	7.41
Turnout			1,13,204	74.70	+0.59
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Atmakur ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anam Rama Narayana Reddy	76,907	51.92
	TDP	Y. Sreenivasulu Reddy	58,263	39.33
	PRP	Khajavali Shaik	8,772	5.92
Majority			18,644	12.59
Turnout			148,137	78.04	−2.86
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Atmakur ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kommi Lakshmaiah Naidu	43,347	36.25
	BJP	Bollineni Krishnaiah	38,950	32.58
	INC	Bommireddy Sundararami Reddy	32,686	27.34
Majority			4,397	3.67
Turnout			119,562	80.90	+10.29
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
2. "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.
3. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1999". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 18 May 2022.
4. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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