Nandigama Assembly constituency

Nandigama is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in NTR 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 Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Nandigama
Constituency No. 83 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Nandigama Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	NTR
LS constituency	Vijayawada
Established	1955
Total electors	195,011
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Tangirala Sowmya
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Tangirala Sowmya is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election with the Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 195,011 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Kanchikacherla
Chandarlapadu
Veerullapadu
Nandigama (Part)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Pillalamarri Venkateswarlu		Communist Party of India
1962
1967	Adusumalli Suryanarayana Rao		Indian National Congress
1972	Vasantha Nageswara Rao
1978	Mukkapati Venkateswara Rao		Janata Party
1983	Vasantha Nageswara Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Mukkapati Venkateswara Rao		Indian National Congress
1994	Devineni Venkata Ramana		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao
2004
2009	Tangirala Prabhakara Rao
2014
2014 by-election	Tangirala Sowmya
2019	Monditoka Jagan Mohana Rao		YSR Congress Party
2024	Tangirala Sowmya		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandigama^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Pillalamarri Venkateswarlu	24,066	50.23%
	INC	Kotaru Venkateswarlu	23,848	49.77%
Margin of victory			218	0.45%
Turnout			47,914	75.22%
Registered electors			63,698
	CPI win (new seat)

1962

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Pillalamarri Venkateswarlu	19,941	43.24%
	INC	Bandi Tirupathayya	18,213	39.49%
Margin of victory			1,728	3.75%
Turnout			47,380	76.55%
Registered electors			61,898
	CPI hold		Swing

1967

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adusumalli Suryanarayana Rao	25,162	46.70%
	CPI	P Kodanadaramayya	17,431	32.35%
Margin of victory			7,731	14.35%
Turnout			55,260	81.55%
Registered electors			67,760
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1972

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vasantha Nageswara Rao	38,155	60.94%
	Independent	V Satyanarayana Prasad	21,964	35.08%
Margin of victory			16,191	25.86%
Turnout			63,838	78.73%
Registered electors			81,088
	INC hold		Swing

1978

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Mukkapati Venkateswara Rao	31,771	41.35%
	INC(I)	Gude Madhusudhana Rao	24,493	31.88%
	INC	Adusumalli Suryanarayana Rao	20,564	26.77%
Margin of victory			7,278	9.47%
Turnout			78,206	81.98%
Registered electors			95,396
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1983

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vasantha Nageswara Rao	37,117	51.31%
	INC	Mukkapati Venkateswara Rao	26,619	36.80%
Margin of victory			10,498	14.51%
Turnout			73,314	73.80%
Registered electors			99,343
	TDP gain from JP		Swing

1985

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vasantha Nageswara Rao	45,206	50.65%
	INC	Sri Goplakrishna Sai Bobbellapati	43,268	48.47%
Margin of victory			1,938	2.17%
Turnout			90,064	78.33%
Registered electors			114,975
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mukkapati Venkateswara Rao	51,421	50.63%
	TDP	Mullela Pullaiah Babu	49,008	48.25%
Margin of victory			2,413	2.38%
Turnout			103,728	77.34%
Registered electors			134,124
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Devineni Venkata Ramana	57,854	53.20%
	INC	Sri Gopalakrishna Sai Bobbellapati	47,603	43.77%
	BSP	Kalekuri Prasad	1,467	1.35%
Margin of victory			10,251	9.43%
Turnout			110,099	76.58%
Registered electors			143,766
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandigama^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao	65,673	57.08%
	INC	Vasantha Venkata Krishna Prasad	42,162	36.64%
Margin of victory			23,511	20.43%
Turnout			117,587	76.34%
Registered electors			154,034
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandigama^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao	63,445	50.69	−6.39
	INC	Vasantha Nageswara Rao	59,160	47.26	+10.62
Majority			4,285	3.43
Turnout			125,173	80.18	+5.48
Registered electors			156,120
	TDP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandigama^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Tangirala Prabhakara Rao	60,489	43.32	−7.37
	INC	Parameswara Rao Velpula	55,318	39.62	−7.64
Majority			5,171	3.70
Turnout			139,629	81.67	+1.49
Registered electors			170,965
	TDP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandigama^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Tangirala Prabhakar Rao	77,537	49.98
	YSRCP	M Jagan Mohan Rao	72,463	46.71
Majority			5,074	3.27
Turnout			155,136	84.29	+2.61
Registered electors			184,092
	TDP hold		Swing

2014 (By-poll)

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: : Nandigama^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Tangirala Sowmya	99,748	78.27
	INC	Bodapati Baburao	24,921	19.55
Majority			74,827	58.71
Turnout			127,434	69.23	+2.61
Registered electors			184,064
	TDP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandigama^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Monditoka Jagan Mohana Rao	87,493	51.32
	TDP	Tangirala Sowmya	76,612	44.94
Majority			10,881	6.38
Turnout			170,474	87.67	+4.46
Registered electors			154,034
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nandigama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Tangirala Sowmya	102,201	56.16
	YSRCP	Monditoka Jagan Mohana Rao	74,806	41.1
	INC	Manda Vajraiah	1,486	0.82
	NOTA	None of the above	928	0.51
Majority			27,395	15.06
Turnout			1,81,991
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

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2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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