Chintalapudi Assembly constituency

Chintalapudi is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Eluru 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 Eluru Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Chintalapudi
Constituency No. 68 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Chintalapudi Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Eluru
Lok Sabha constituency	Eluru
Established	1951
Total electors	263,337
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Songa Roshan Kumar
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Songa Roshan Kumar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^{[3] [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
Chintalapudi
Lingapalem
Kamavarapukota
Jangareddigudem

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Motaparithi Kunerao		Communist Party of India
1962	Revulagadda Yesupadam		Indian National Congress
1967	G. Vishnumurthy
1972	Koneswararao Dannapaneni		Independent
1978	Gadde Venkateswara Rao		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao		Independent
1985			Telugu Desam Party
1989
1994
1999
2004	Ghanta Murali Ramakrishna		Indian National Congress
2009	Maddala Rajesh Kumar
2014	Peethala Sujatha		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Vunnamatla Rakada Eliza		YSR Congress Party
2024	Songa Roshan Kumar		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Motaparithi Kunerao	24,003	45.95%
	INC	Kamadana Venkatarama Surya Prakasa Rao	16,667	31.91%	31.91%
	KMPP	Kummareddi Suryanarayana	11,562	22.14%
Margin of victory			7,336	14.05%
Turnout			52,232	72.81%
Registered electors			71,734
	CPI win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ghanta Murali Ramakrishna	75,044	49.58	+16.40
	TDP	Kotagiri Vidyadher Rao	73,538	48.53	−8.50
Majority			1,506	1.05
Turnout			151,546	86.68	+4.78
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Maddala Rajesh Kumar	62,078	33.35	−11.23
	TDP	Karra Raja Rao	60,661	32.55	−10.98
	PRP	K M Ambedkar	45,778	27.03
Majority			1,417	0.80
Turnout			177,513	83.73	−2.95
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Peethala Sujatha	105,417	52.04
	YSRCP	Burla Devi Priya	90,253	44.56
Majority			15,164	7.48
Turnout			202,553	84.40	+0.67
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Vunnamatla Eliza	115,755	53.53
	TDP	Karra Rajarao	79,580	36.8
Majority			36,175	16.73
Turnout			216,232	84.40	+0.67
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Songa Roshan Kumar	118,521	53.18
	YSRCP	Kambham Vijaya Raju	91,549	41.08
	INC	Vunnamatla Eliza	4,902	2.20
	NOTA	None Of The Above	4,103	1.84
Majority			26,972	12.1
Turnout			2,22,871
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly