Dharmavaram Assembly constituency

Dharmavaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Sri Sathya Sai 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 Hindupur Lok Sabha constituency.

Dharmavaram
Constituency No. 160 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Dharmavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Sri Sathya Sai
Lok Sabha constituency	Hindupur
Established	1951
Total electors	240,323
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Satya Kumar Yadav
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Satya Kumar Yadav is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 from Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2] As of 2019, there are a total of 240,323 electors in the constituency.^{[3][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Dharmavaram
Bathalapalle
Tadimarri
Mudigubba

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Srinivasalu Kasetty		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1955	Ramachariu Pappoor		Indian National Congress
1962	P. Venkateswara Choudary
1967			Swatantra Party
1972			Indian National Congress
1978	Gonuguntla Ananathareddy
1983	Garudammagari Nagireddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989
1994	Guta Venkata Naidu
1999	Kethireddy Surya Pratap Reddy
2004	Gonuguntla Jayalakshmamma
2009	Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy		Indian National Congress
2014	Gonuguntla Suryanarayana		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2024	Satya Kumar Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Dharmavaram^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Srinivasalu Kasetty	30,466	65.33%
	INC	Venkatareddy, Gonuguntla	14,394	30.87%	30.87%
	Independent	Govindappa Jyoti	1,775	3.81%
Margin of victory			16,072	34.46%
Turnout			46,635	70.88%
Registered electors			65,795
	KMPP win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharmavaram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gonuguntla Jayalakshmamma	64,743	48.80	+3.63
	CPI	G Nagi Reddy	60,956	45.94	−6.75
Majority			3,787	2.86
Turnout			132,681	71.41	+6.86
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharmavaram^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy	61,260	41.19
	Independent	Gonuguntla Suryanarayana	42,088	28.30
	PRP	G Sadhasiva Reddy	20,691	13.91
Majority			19,172	12.89
Turnout			148,737	75.18	−3.77
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharmavaram^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gonuguntla Suryanarayana	99,246	48.15
	YSRCP	Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy	85,035	44.68
Majority			14,211	7.46
Turnout			190,311	84.48	+9.30
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharmavaram^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy	106,909	50.74
	TDP	Gonuguntla Suryanarayana	91,243	43.31
Majority			15,666	7.43
Turnout			210,679	89.12	+5.30
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharmavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satya Kumar Yadav	106,544	48.46
	YSRCP	Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy	1,02,810	46.76
	INC	Rangana Aswartha Narayana	3,758	1.71
	NOTA	None of the above	1,787	0.81
Majority			3,734	1.70
Turnout			2,19,848
	BJP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly