Kandukur Assembly constituency

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

Kandukur
Constituency No. 109 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Kandukur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Nellore
Lok Sabha constituency	Nellore
Established	1951
Total electors	218,859
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Inturi Nageswara Rao
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Inturi Nageswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 218,859 electors in the constituency.^{[2][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

The five mandals that form the assembly constituency are:^[3]

Mandal
Lingasamudram
Voletivaripalem
Kandukur
Gudluru
Ulavapadu

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Nalamothu Chenchurama Naidu		Indian National Congress
1955	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary
1962	Nalamothu Chenchurama Naidu
1967
1972	M. Audinarayana Reddy		Independent politician
1978	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary		Indian National Congress
1983	M. Audinarayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1989	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy
1994	Divi Sivaram		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy		Indian National Congress
2009
2014	Potula Ramarao		YSR Congress Party
2019	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy
2024	Inturi Nageswara Rao		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nalamothu Chenchurama Naidu	20,101	17.40%	17.40%
	Independent	Chukka Kotilingam	16,922	14.65%
	Independent	Guntapalli Venkatasubbiah	16,038	13.88%
	KMPP	Divi Kondiah Chowdary	15,740	13.62%
	RPI	B. Anandam	9,546	8.26%
	Independent	Ellamugu Sundara Rao	4,818	4.17%
	Independent	Bathineni Perumalla Naidu	4,495	3.89%
	Socialist	Bathula Sankara Reddi	4,420	3.83%
	Independent	Nathulapati Ekasi	3,702	3.20%
Margin of victory			337	0.29%
Turnout			1,15,546	80.80%
Registered electors			1,42,998
	INC win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary	21,506	57.42
	CPI	Ravi Pati Vankaiah	14,409	38.47
Majority			7,097	18.95
Turnout			37,453	62.05
Registered electors			60,357
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Chenchu Rama Naidu	23,905	50.55
	SWA	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary	22,233	47.02
Majority			1,672	3.54
Turnout			488,36	71.94
Registered electors			67,880
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Chenchu Rama Naidu	34,927	54.62
	SWA	V.Y.K.Reddy	29,015	45.38
Majority			5,912	9.25
Turnout			66,113	80.08
Registered electors			82,561
	INC hold		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Audinarayana Reddy	36,892	54.05
	INC	N. Chenchu Rama Naidu	31,459	46.09
Majority			5,433	7.96
Turnout			70,060	74.33
Registered electors			94,258
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary	35,361	46.68
	JP	Audinarayana Reddy Manugunta	23,056	30.44
	Independent	Bataarusetty Kondaiah	9,571	12.64%
	INC	Angirekula Venkateswara Rao	5862	7.74%
Majority			12,305	16.24
Turnout			77,536	73.36
Registered electors			105,692
	INC(I) gain from Independent		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Adinarayana Reddy Manugunta	29,134	37.29%
	TDP	Venkatasubbaiah Gutha	26,293	33.65%
	INC	Kondaiah Chowdary Divi	22,704	29.06%
Majority			2,841	3.64
Turnout			79,420	68.24
Registered electors			116,376
	Independent gain from INC(I)		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Audinarayana Reddy Manugunta	45,765	49.51
	TDP	Venkatasubbaiah Gutta	44,480	48.12
Majority			1,285	1.39
Turnout			93,670	72.74
Registered electors			128,782
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy	56,626	54.81
	TDP	Moruboyina Malakondaiah	46,428	44.94
Majority			10,198	9.87
Turnout			155,210	68.22
Registered electors			155,210
	INC hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Divi Sivaram	52,376	48.54%
	Independent	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy	46,351	42.95%
	INC	Bhattarusetty Kondaiah	5916	5.48
	BSP	Matle Venkatasubbaiah	2151	1.99
Majority			6,025	5.58
Turnout			109,427	73.60
Registered electors			148,677
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Divi Sivaram	63,964	50.47%
	INC	Maheedhar Reddy	62,439	49.26%
Majority			1,525	1.20
Turnout			129,328	73.16
Registered electors			176,773
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy	67,207	52.56	+3.30
	TDP	Divi Sivaram	59,328	46.40	−4.07
Majority			7,879	6.16
Turnout			127,896	83.38	+11.68
Registered electors			153,392
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy	74,553	48.22	−4.34
	TDP	Divi Sivaram	70,310	45.47	−0.93
	PRP	Vallepu Raghavulu	5,885	3.81
Majority			4,243	2.75
Turnout			154,613	83.52	+0.16
Registered electors			185,120
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Pothula Ramarao	84,538	48.83
	TDP	Divi Sivaram	80,732	46.64
	BSP	Ekula Venkateswarlu	4572	2.64
Majority			3,806	2.19
Turnout			173,113	88.95	+15.43
Registered electors			194,679
	YSRCP gain from INC

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Manugunta Maheedhar Reddy	101,275	51.69%
	TDP	Pothula Ramarao	86339	44.07%
	JSP	Puli Mallikarjuna Rao	2322	1.19%
Majority			14936	7.66
Turnout			196,510	89.75
Registered electors			218,961
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kandukur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Inturi Nageswara Rao	109,173	52.8
	YSRCP	Burra Madhusudhan Rao	90,615	43.82
	INC	Gouse Mohiddin Syed	2,300	1.11
	NOTA	None of the above	1,025	0.5
Majority			18,558	8.98
Turnout			2,06,773
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly