Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency

Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram 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 Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Cheepurupalli
Constituency No. 15 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Lok Sabha constituency	Vizianagaram
Established	1951
Total electors	198,832
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3][4] As of 2019, there are a total of 198,832 electors in the constituency.^{[5][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:^[2]

Mandal
Cheepurupalli
Garividi
Gurla
Merakamudidam

Mandals in Cheepurupalli Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu		Independent
1955	Modandi Satyanarayana Raju		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Kotla Sanyasi Appala Naidu		Swatantra Party
1967	T. R. Rao		Independent
1972	Pydapu Naidu routhu		Indian National Congress
1978	Chigilipalli Syamalarao		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Tripurana Venkata Ratnam		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Kemburi Rama Mohan Rao
1989	Tankala Saraswatamma
1994	Gadde Babu Rao
1999
2004	Botsa Satyanarayana		Indian National Congress
2009
2014	Kimidi Mrunalini		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Botsa Satyanarayana		YSR Congress Party
2024	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu	23,446	19.32%
	Independent	Mudundi Satyanarayanaraju	23,289	19.19%
	INC	Peddinti Ramaswamy Naidu	15,888	13.09%	13.09%
	INC	Pothula Gunnayya	14,953	12.32%	12.32%
	Socialist	Tentu Lakshmanajudu	14,790	12.19%
	KLP	Mondata Parannaidu	10,746	8.85%
	KLP	Kothapalle Pannayya	8,853	7.29%
	Independent	Gollapalli Sambayya	5,716	4.71%
	Independent	Beri Geddayya	3,693	3.04%
Margin of victory			157	0.13%
Turnout			1,21,374	80.16%
Registered electors			1,51,407
	Independent win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Botcha Satyanarayana	58,008	52.62	+18.98
	TDP	Gaddae Babu Rao	46,974	42.61	+4.29
Majority			11,034	10.01
Turnout			110,229	73.63	+4.32
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Botcha Satyanarayana	60,677	42.65	−9.97
	TDP	Gadde Babu Rao	54,735	38.47	−4.14
	PRP	Sunitha Routhu	16,418	11.54
Majority			5,942	4.18
Turnout			142,281	79.87	+6.24
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kimidi Mrunalini	63,787	41.61
	INC	Botcha Satyanarayana	42,945	27.88
	YSRCP	Bellana Chandra Sekhar	42,179	27.52
Majority			20,842	13.59
Turnout			154,054	81.38	+1.51
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Botcha Satyanarayana	89,262	53.81
	TDP	Kimidi Nagarjuna	62,764	37.84
	JSP	Mylipalli Srinivasa Rao	3,659	2.21
Majority			26,498	15.97
Turnout			154,054	81.38	+1.51
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao	88,225	50.98
	YSRCP	Botcha Satyanarayana	76,254	44.06
	INC	Aadinarayana	4,075	2.36
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,855	1.65
Majority			11,971	6.06
Turnout			1,73,055	82.52
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly