Chandragiri Assembly constituency

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

Chandragiri
Constituency No. 166 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Chandragiri Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Tirupati
LS constituency	Chittoor
Established	1951
Total electors	291,734
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pulivarthi Venkata Mani Prasad
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Pulivarthi Nani is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[2] As of 2019, there are a total of 291,734 electors in the constituency.^{[3][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Chandragiri Assembly constituency consists of Six Mandals.

Mandals
Tirupati Rural
Chandragiri
Pakala
Ramachandrapuram
Chinnagottigalu
Yerravaripale

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results are as follows:^[4]

Year	Winner	Political party
1952	A. Adikesavalu Naidu		Indian National Congress
1978	Nara Chandrababu Naidu		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Medasani Venkatarama Naidu		Telugu Desam Party
1985	N. R. Jayadeva Naidu
1989	Galla Aruna Kumari		Indian National Congress
1994	Nara Ramamurthy Naidu		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Galla Aruna Kumari		Indian National Congress
2004
2009
2014	Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Pulivarthi Venkata Mani Prasad		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Adikesavalu Naiudu	23,988	46.99%
	Independent	V. Raja Reddi	18,006	35.27%
	CPI	V. Dasaratha Rao	4,514	8.84%
	SP	Rama Chandra Reddi	1,944	3.81%
		K. Narasayya	1,576	3.09%
	KMPP	M. Krishnamurthy	1,024	2.01%
Margin of victory			5,982	11.72%
Turnout			51,052	64.95%
Registered electors			78,604
	INC win (new seat)

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Nara Chandrababu Naidu	35,092	44.23
	JP	Kongara Pattabhi Rama Chowdary	32,598	41.08	new
	INC	P. Balasubramanyam Chowdary	6,482	8.17
Majority			2,494	3.15
Turnout			79,338	77.3
	INC(I) gain from		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Venkatarama Naidu Medasani	50,010	59.49	new
	INC	Nara Chandrababu Naidu	32,581	38.76
Majority			17,429	20.73
Turnout			84,058	77.68	0.4
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	N.R.Jayadevanaidu	44,155	50.09	9.40
	INC	P.Balasubramanyam Chowdary	42,475	48.18	9.42
Majority			1,680	1.91
Turnout			88,141	71.2	6.5
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aruna Kumari Galla	54,270	49.84	1.66
	TDP	N.R.Jayadevanaidu	54,005	49.60	0.49
Majority			265	0.14
Turnout			108,872	75	3.8
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nara Ramamurthy Naidu	60,311	54.62	5.02
	INC	Aruna Kumari Galla	43,959	39.81	10.03
Majority			16,352	14.81
Turnout			110,402	76.6	1.6
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aruna Kumari Galla	57,915	50.37	10.56
	TDP	Nara Ramamurthy Naidu	55,644	48.39	6.23
Majority			2,271	1.98
Turnout			114,970	73.1	3.5
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aruna Kumari Galla	46,838	40.21	10.16
	TDP	E. Ramanadham Naidu	32,446	27.86	20.53
	Independent	Nara Ramamurthy Naidu	31,525	27.07
Majority			14,392	12.35
Turnout			116,471	75.87	2.77
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aruna Kumari Galla	71,942	42.10	1.89
	TDP	R.K.Roja	60,962	35.68	7.82
	PRP	Saikam Sairamani	29,833	17.46	new
Majority			10,980	6.42
Turnout			170,871	77.98	2.11
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy	100,924	49.06
	TDP	Aruna Kumari Galla	96,406	46.86	11.18
Majority			4,518	2.20
Turnout			205,724	83.27	5.29
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy	127,790	56.00	6.94
	TDP	Pulivarthi Venkata Mani Prasad	86,035	37.70	9.16
	JSP	Dr Setty Surendra	4,531	1.99	new
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,777	0.78
	BJP	P. Madhu Babu	1,158	0.51
Majority			41,755	18.3
Turnout			228,192	89.0	5.73
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chandragiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Pulivarthi Venkata Mani Prasad	143,667	56.73	19.03
	YSRCP	Chevireddy Mohit Reddy	99,815	34.16	21.84
	INC	Kanuparthy Srinivasulu	2,971	1.01	0.33
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,700	0.58	0.2
Majority			43,852	22.57
Turnout			255,249	79.89	9.11
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
2. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
4. "Chandragiri Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Chandragiri, Andhra Pradesh". www.elections.in. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

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