Rayadurg Assembly constituency

Rayadurg
Constituency No. 148 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Rayadurg Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Anantapur
LS constituency	Anantapur
Established	1951
Total electors	249,553
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kalava Srinivasulu
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Rayadurg Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the constituencies in the Anantapur Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1]

Kalava Srinivasulu is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 249,553 electors in the constituency.^{[ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
D. Hirehal
Rayadurg
Kanekal
Bommanahal
Gummagatta

Mandals in Rayadurg Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

^ indicates by-election

Year	Member	Political party
1952	G. Nagabushanam		Indian National Congress
1955	Seshadri
1962	Lakka Chinnapa Reddy
1967	J. Thippeswamy		Swatantra Party
1972			Indian National Congress
1978	K.B.Chennamllappa
1983	P. Venngopal Reddy		Independent
1985	Bandi Hulikuntappa		Indian National Congress
1989	Patil Venugopal Reddy
1994	Bandi Hulikuntappa		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Patil Venugopala Reddy		Indian National Congress
2004	Mettu Govinda Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
2009	Kapu Ramachandra Reddy		Indian National Congress
2012^			YSR Congress Party
2014	Kalava Srinivasulu		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Kapu Ramachandra Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2024	Kalava Srinivasulu		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Rayadurg ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Nagabushanam	20,812	54.05%	54.05%
	Independent	K. Chinna Basappa Chowdary	14,544	37.77%
	Independent	Moguru Chandrakantha Naidu	1,855	4.82%
	Independent	N. Ranga Rao	1,295	3.36%
Margin of victory			6,268	16.28%
Turnout			38,506	63.62%
Registered electors			60,524
	INC win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rayadurg ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Mettu Govinda Reddy	66,188	52.00	-0.80
	INC	Patil Venugopal Reddy	56,083	44.06	-0.49
Majority			10,105	7.94
Turnout			127,287	72.75	-5.24
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rayadurg ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kapu Ramachandra Reddy	76,259	48.93	-4.87
	TDP	Mettu Govinda Reddy	62,168	39.89	-12.11
	PRP	Bosula Manohar	9,670	6.20
Majority			14,091	9.04
Turnout			155,854	78.65	+5.90
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rayadurg ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kalava Srinivasulu	92,344	47.91
	YSRCP	Kapu Ramachandra Reddy	90,517	46.96
Majority			1,827	0.95
Turnout			192,751	85.35	+12.60
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rayadurg ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kapu Ramachandra Reddy	112,000	51.46%
	TDP	Kalava Srinivasulu	91,994	41.96%
Majority			14,049	6.5%
Turnout			216,112	86.6%	+1.25%
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rayadurg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kalava Srinivasulu	130,309	57.09
	YSRCP	Mettu Govinda Reddy	88,650	38.84
	INC	M. B. Chinnapayya	3,388	1.48
	NOTA	None of the above	2,370	1.04
Majority			41,659	18.25
Turnout			2,28,267
	TDP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
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, 2004". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 18 May 2022.
4. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
5. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
6. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 14 September 2021.

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