Kavali Assembly constituency

Kavali 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.

Kavali
Constituency No. 114 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Kavali 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	229,896
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dagumati Venkata Krishna Reddy
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Dagumati Venkata Krishna Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[1] As of 2019, there are a total of 229,896 electors in the constituency.^{[2][needs update]}

History of the constituency

The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951). From 1976-2008, it had the following Taluk:^[3]

• Kavali Taluk (Excluding Bogole firka)

Mandals

Following the delimitation of the assembly constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following mandals:

Mandal
Kavali
Bogole
Allur
Dagadarthi

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	B. Ramakrishna Reddy		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1955			Praja Party
1962	Yalampalli Penchalaiah		Indian National Congress
1967	Gottipati Subbanaidu		Swatantra Party
1972	Gottipati Kondapa Naidu		Independent
1978	Kaliki Yanadi Reddy		Indian National Congress
1983	Patallapalli Vengalrao		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Kaliki Yanadi Reddy		Indian National Congress
1989
1994
1999	Vanteru Venugopal Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Magunta Parvathamma		Indian National Congress
2009	Beeda Masthan Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Ramireddy Pratap Kumar Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Dagumati Venkata Krishna Reddy		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dagumati Venkata Krishna Reddy	106,536	53.27
	YSRCP	Ramireddy Pratap Kumar Reddy	75,588	37.80
	INC	Podalakuri Kalyan	2,340	1.17
	NOTA	None of the above	2,030	1.02
Majority			30,948	15.47
Turnout			1,99,982
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Ramireddy Pratap Kumar Reddy	95,828	49.12%	+0.15%
	TDP	Katamreddy Vishnu Vardhan Reddy	81,711	41.89%	−4.27%
	JSP	Pasupuleti Sudhakar	10,647	5.46%	+5.46%
	BJP	Kandukuri Satyanarayana	2546	1.31%
Majority			14,117	7.24%
Turnout			1,97,135	77.17%	−
Registered electors			255,469
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Ramireddy Prathap Kumar Reddy	89,589	48.97	+48.97
	TDP	Beedha Masthan Rao	84,620	46.26	+1.51
Majority			4,969	2.71
Turnout			1,82,939	79.61	+8.78
Registered electors			229,896
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2009

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Beeda Masthan Rao	69,219	44.75	+4.96
	INC	K. Vishnuvardhan Reddy	50,192	32.45	−25.53
	PRP	Ramireddy Prathap Kumar Reddy	27,352	17.68
Majority			19,027	12.30
Turnout			154,690	70.83	−1.42
Registered electors			218,392
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Magunta Parvathamma	68,167	57.68	+17.34
	TDP	Madala Jankairam	47,018	39.79	−17.02
Majority			21,149	17.89
Turnout			118,179	72.25	+2.06
Registered electors			223,822
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vanteru Venugopala Reddy	63,630	56.81%
	INC	Kaliki Yanadi Reddy	45,185	40.34%
Margin of victory			18,445	16.47%
Turnout			113,893	71.37%
Registered electors			159,592
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kaliki Yanadi Reddy	42,968	40.81%
	TDP	Vanteru Venugopala Reddy	35,528	33.74%
Margin of victory			7,440	7.07%
Turnout			107,268	70.47%
Registered electors			152,214
	INC hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kaliki Yanadi Reddy	54,115	54.28%
	TDP	Pattallapalli Vengala Rao	44,252	44.39%
Margin of victory			9,863	9.89%
Turnout			102,785	70.66%
Registered electors			145,462
	INC hold		Swing

1985

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kaliki Yanadi Reddy	46,286	54.97%
	TDP	Venkata Narayana Muvvala	36,453	43.30%
Margin of victory			9,833	11.68%
Turnout			85,350	68.08%
Registered electors			125,366
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Pattallapalli Vengala Rao	42,916	55.11%
	INC	Kaliki Yanadi Reddy	32,744	42.05%
Margin of victory			10,172	13.06%
Turnout			79,200	68.62%
Registered electors			115,410
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Kaliki Yanadi Reddy	44,456	60.45%
	JP	Gottipati Kondapa Naidu	23,419	31.84%
	Independent	Dama Chenchaiah	2,956	4.02%
	INC	Vanteru Ramana Reddy	1,861	2.53%
Margin of victory			21,037	28.61%
Turnout			75,059	74.81%
Registered electors			100,334
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gottipati Kondapa Naidu	27,874	50.18%
	Independent	Ayyapareddy Vemireddy	21,425	38.57%
Margin of victory			6,449	11.61%
Turnout			56,945	64.58%
Registered electors			88,180
	INC gain from SWA		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	G Subba Naidu	26,540	52.27%
	INC	G. C Kondaiah	24,231	47.73%
Margin of victory			2,309	4.55%
Turnout			52,925	72.17%
Registered electors			73,331
	SWA gain from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kavali (ST)^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yelampalli Penchalaiah	20,558	54.49%
	SWA	Chelamaharla Penchalaiah	14,535	38.52%
Margin of victory			6,023	15.96%
Turnout			39,201	54.51%
Registered electors			71,916
	INC gain from KSP		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KSP	Bathena Ramakrishna Reddy	18,295	53.84%
	CPI	Allampati Ramachandra Reddy	15,685	46.16%
Margin of victory			2,610	7.68%
Turnout			33,980	53.57%
Registered electors			63,427
	KSP gain from KMPP		Swing

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Kavali^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Bathena Ramakrishna Reddy	31,321	63.78%
	INC	R.Dasaratharami Reddy	15,027	30.60%
	Independent	S. Pitchayya Benjamin	2,757	5.61%
Margin of victory			16,294	33.18%
Turnout			49,105	63.96%
Registered electors			76,773
	KMPP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha