Salur Assembly constituency

Salur
Constituency No. 13 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Salur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Parvathipuram Manyam
LS constituency	Araku
Established	1951
Total electors	190,619 [1] [ needs update ]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gummadi Sandhya Rani
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Salur is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. ^[2] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency. ^[3]

Gummadi Sandhya Rani is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. ^[4] As of 2019, there are a total of 190,619 electors in the constituency. ^{[1] [ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are: ^[3]

Mandal
Salur
Pachipenta
Mentada
Makkuva

Mandals in Saluru Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora		Krishikar Lok Party
1955	Allu Yerukunaidu		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju		Independent
1967	B. Rajayya
1972	Mutyallu Janni		Indian National Congress
1978	S. R. T. P. S. Veerapa Raju		Communist Party of India
1983	B. Rajaiah		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju		Indian National Congress
1994	Rajendra Prathap Bhanj Deo		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004
2009	Rajanna Dora Peedika		Indian National Congress
2014			YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Gummadi Sandhya Rani		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salur ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora	19,408	53.40%
	INC	Alur Yorukumaiudu	6,760	18.60%	18.60%
	Socialist	Alaganji Ramamurthy	6,231	17.14%
	Independent	Kottakki Chiranjividas	3,944	10.85%
Margin of victory			12,648	34.80%
Turnout			36,343	46.85%
Registered electors			77,570
	KLP win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	R. P. Bhanj Deo	48,580	51.32	−6.86
	INC	Rajanna Dora Peedika	46,087	48.68	+8.45
Majority			2,493	2.64
Turnout			94,667	74.64	+2.52
	TDP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajanna Dora Peedika	49,517	40.94	−7.74
	TDP	Gummadi Sandhya Rani	47,861	39.57	−11.75
	PRP	Hanumantha Rao T.V.	13,479	11.14
Majority			1,656	1.37
Turnout			121,002	71.57	−3.07
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Rajanna Dora Peedika	63,755	47.28
	TDP	Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Deo	58,758	43.57
Majority			4,997	3.71
Turnout			134,857	77.04	+5.47
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Rajanna Dora Peedika	78,430
	TDP	R.P. Bhanj Deo	58,401
Majority			20,029
Turnout
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gummadi Sandhya Rani	80,211	50.65
	YSRCP	Rajanna Dora Peedika	66,478	41.98
	INC	Muvvala Pushpa Rao	2,239	1.41
	NOTA	None of the above	5,743	3.63
Majority			13,733	8.67
Turnout			1,58,355
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
2. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
4. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
5. "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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