Etcherla Assembly constituency

Etcherla Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam 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]

Etcherla
Constituency No. 7 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Etcherla Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Srikakulam
Lok Sabha constituency	Vizianagaram
Established	1967
Total electors	231,279
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nadukuditi Eswara Rao
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Nadukuditi Eswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatiya Janta Party.^[3][4] As of 2019, there are a total of 231,279 electors in the constituency.^{[5][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Etcherla
Laveru
Ranasthalam
G.Sigadam

Mandals in Etcherla Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1967	N. A. Naidu		Indian National Congress
1972	Balllada Hariappala Reddy		Independent
1978	Kothapalli Narasayya		Janata Party
1983	K. Pratibha Bharati		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989
1994
1999
2004	Kondru Murali Mohan		Indian National Congress
2009	Meesala Neelakantam
2014	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Gorle Kiran Kumar		YSR Congress Party
2024	Nadukuditi Eswara Rao		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kondru Murali Mohan	58,676	52.6	8.5
	TDP	Kavalipratibha Bharathi	52,987	47.5	7.6
Majority			5,689	5.1	5.4
Turnout			1,11,640	76.7	6.3
	INC gain from TDP		Swing	8.05

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Meesala Neelakantam	59,365	39.1	13.5
	TDP	Nayana Suryanarayana Reddy	44,350	29.2	18.3
	PRP	Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao	29,957	19.7	New
	Independent	Gorle Haribabunaidu	6,893	4.5	New
	LSP	Appalanaidu Gurugubilli	3,287	2.2	New
	BJP	Paidi Venugopalam	3,037	2.0	New
	RJD	Appararao Dabbada	2,612	1.7	New
	BSP	Gudivada Kuppayya	2,300	1.5	New
Majority			15,015	9.9	4.8
Turnout			1,51,801	80.8	4.1
	INC hold		Swing	2.4

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao	85,769	49.5	20.3
	YSRCP	Gorle Kiran Kumar	81,028	46.8	New
	INC	Ravikiran Kilari	2,148	1.2	37.9
	LSP	Amminaidu Paidi	1,344	0.8	1.4
	BSP	Gudivada Kuppayya	1,023	0.6	0.9
	AAP	Dhanalakoti Ramanah	849	0.5	New
	JSP	Venkatarao Vandana	517	0.3	New
Majority			4,741	2.7	7.2
Turnout			1,74,001	82.8	2.0
	TDP gain from INC		Swing	29.1

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Gorle Kiran kumar	106,672	52.3	5.5
	TDP	Kimidi Kala Venkata Rao	80,961	42.4	7.1
	JSP	Badana Venkata Janardhan Rao	5,068	2.7	New
	INC	Kottakotla Simhadri Naidu	2,135	1.1	0.1
	BJP	Surya Prakash Rokkam	1,022	0.5	New
Majority			18,711	9.8	7.1
Turnout			1,90,744	84.2	1.4
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing	6.3

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nadukuditi Eswara Rao	112,770	54.59	54.09
	YSRCP	Gorle Kiran kumar	83,681	40.51	11.79
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,952	1.91
	INC	K. Malleswara Rao	2,452	1.19	0.09
Majority			29,089	14.08
Turnout			2,06,562
	BJP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly