Nuzvid Assembly constituency

Nuzvid Assembly constituency is a constituency in Eluru 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 Eluru Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Nuzvid
Constituency No. 70 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Nuzvid Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Eluru
Lok Sabha constituency	Eluru
Established	1951
Total electors	230,650
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kolusu Parthasarathy
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Kolusu Parthasarathy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 230,650 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Agiripalli
Chatrai
Musunuru
Nuzvid

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao		Indian National Congress
1955
1962
1967
1972
1978	Paladugu Venkata Rao		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Kotagiri Hanumantha Rao		Independent
1985			Telugu Desam Party
1989	Paladugu Venkata Rao		Indian National Congress
1994	Kotagiri Hanumantha Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004	Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao		Indian National Congress
2009	Chinnam Rama Kotaiah		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Kolusu Parthasarathy		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kolusu Parthasarathy	108,229	51.12
	YSRCP	Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao	95,851	45.27
	INC	Krishna Mareedu	2,405	1.14
	NOTA	None of the above	2,771	1.31
Majority			12,378	5.85
Turnout			2,11,717
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao	101,950	50.84%
	TDP	Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao	85,740	42.75%
	JSP	Vikunta Baskara Rao Basava	5,464
Majority			16,210
Turnout			188,586	87.84%
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao	95,565	50.67
	TDP	Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao	84500	45.16
Majority			10,397	5.51
Turnout			188,586	87.85	−0.80
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Chinnam Rama Kotaiah	70,206	41.32	−1.08
	INC	Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao	65,063	38.30	−17.34
	PRP	Muttamsetti Vijaya Nirmala	24,786	14.59
Majority			5,143	3.02
Turnout			169,896	88.65	+10.75
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao	80,706	55.64	+21.77
	TDP	Hanumantha Rao Kotagiri	61,498	42.40	+7.53
Majority			19,208	13.24
Turnout			145,050	77.90	+3.90
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao	30,671	55.49%	55.49%
	Independent	P. V. Raghavayya	24,607	44.51%
Margin of victory			6,064	10.97%
Turnout			55,278	78.98%
Registered electors			69,991
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly