Vemuru Assembly constituency

Vemuru
Constituency No. 89 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Vemuru Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Bapatla
LS constituency	Bapatla
Established	1955
Total electors	194,748
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nakka Ananda Babu
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Vemuru Assembly constituency is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Bapatla 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 Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Nakka Ananda Babu is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. ^[3] As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 194,748 electors in the constituency. ^[4] The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

Mandals

Vemuru

Kollur

Tsundur

Bhattiprolu

Amruthalur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Kalluri Chandramouli		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Yadlapati Venkata Rao		Swatantra Party
1972
1978			Indian National Congress (I)
1983	N. Bhaskara Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Kodali Veeraiah
1989	Alapati Dharma Rao		Indian National Congress
1994	Alapati Rajendra Prasad		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004	Satishpaul Raj		Indian National Congress
2009	Nakka Ananda Babu		Telugu Desam Party
2014
2019	Merugu Nagarjuna		YSR Congress Party
2024	Nakka Ananda Babu		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nakka Ananda Babu	94,922	54.92
	YSRCP	Varikuti Ashok Babu	72,901	42.18
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,763	1.02
Majority			22,021	12.73
Turnout			1,72,851
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Merugu Nagarjuna	81,671	47.59
	TDP	Nakka Ananda Babu	71,672	41.76
	JSP	Appikatla Bharat Bhushan	13,038	7.60
Majority			9,999	5.83
Turnout			171,618	87.52	+1.95
Registered electors			195,274
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nakka Ananda Babu	77,222	48.89
	YSRCP	Merugu Nagarjuna	75,095	47.54
Majority			2,127	1.35
Turnout			158,723	85.57	+3.87
Registered electors			185,485
	TDP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nakka Ananda Babu	55,168	37.86	−6.90
	INC	Merugu Nagarjuna	52,938	36.33	−17.07
	PRP	Kathi Padma Rao	23,356	16.03
Majority			2,230	1.53
Turnout			145,710	82.03	−0.47
Registered electors			177,633
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Satishpaul Raj	52,756	53.40	+14.26
	TDP	Alapati Rajendra Prasad	44,035	44.58	−14.29
Majority			8,721	8.82
Turnout			98,823	82.53	+14.12
Registered electors			119,747
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Alapati Rajendra Prasad	56,523	58.87%
	INC	Alapati Dharma Rao	37,576	39.14%
Margin of victory			18,947	19.73%
Turnout			98,018	69.81%
Registered electors			140,407
	TDP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Alapati Rajendra Prasad	46,226	49.76%
	INC	Alapati Dharma Rao	36,302	38.79%
Margin of victory			10,194	10.97%
Turnout			94,374	74.06%
Registered electors			1,27,433
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Alapati Dharma Rao	50,779	54.90%
	TDP	Yadlapati Venkata Rao	40,952	44.28%
Margin of victory			9,827	10.62%
Turnout			94,726	72.44%
Registered electors			130,758
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Veeraiah Kodali	43,098	54.39%
	INC	Prasad Rao P.L.V	34,982	44.15%
Margin of victory			8,116	10.24%
Turnout			79,998	69.67%
Registered electors			114,816
	TDP hold		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	N. Bhaskara Rao	48,268	63.83%
	INC	Yadlapati Venkata Rao	23,623	31.24%
Margin of victory			24,645	32.59%
Turnout			76,709	70.22%
Registered electors			109,247
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Yadlapati Venkata Rao	34,624	42.92%
	JP	Veeraiah Kodali	34,118	42.29%
Margin of victory			506	0.63%
Turnout			82,095	78.15%
Registered electors			105,050
	INC(I) gain from SWA		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	Yadlapati Venkata Rao	29,692	45.22%
	INC	Lankapalli Raghavaiah	28,395	43.24%
Margin of victory			1,297	1.98%
Turnout			66,746	75.22%
Registered electors			88,729
	SWA hold		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	Yadlapati Venkata Rao	35,130	53.66%
	INC	V.Nannapaneni	30,333	46.34%
Margin of victory			4,797	7.33%
Turnout			67,063	83.84%
Registered electors			79,992
	Swantantra Party gain from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kalluri Chandramouli	23,264	43.51%
	SWA	Yadlapati Venkata Rao	16,245	30.38%
Margin of victory			7,019	13.13%
Turnout			54,813	77.31%
Registered electors			70,903
	INC hold		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kalluri Chandramouli	33,137	67.84%
	CPI	Gorikapudi Joseph	15,709	32.16%
Margin of victory			17,428	35.68%
Turnout			48,846	76.98%
Registered electors			63,450
	INC gain from		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. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 22, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
5. "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 14. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

Further reading

• "AP Past Election Statistics". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

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