Palasa Assembly constituency

Palasa 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 Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Most Successful parties from Palasa Assembly

1. TDP(2 Times) (50%)
2. INC (1 Time) (25%)
3. YSRCP (1 time) (25%)

Palasa
Constituency No. 2 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Palasa Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Srikakulam
Lok Sabha constituency	Srikakulam
Established	2008
Total electors	204,109
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gouthu Sireesha
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Gouthu Sireesha is the current MLA, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 204,109 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).^[5]

Mandals

The three mandals that form the assembly constituency.^[2]

Mandals
Palasa
Mandasa
Vajrapu Kotturu

Mandals in Palasa Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Juttu Jagannaikulu		Indian National Congress
2014	Gouthu Syam Sunder Sivaji		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Seediri Appalaraju		YSR Congress Party
2024	Gouthu Sireesha		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palasa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gouthu Sireesha	101,560	60.44
	YSRCP	Seediri Appalaraju	61,210	36.43
	INC	Trinath Babu Majji	1,064	0.63
	NOTA	None of the above	2,762	1.64
Majority			40,350	24.01
Turnout			1,68,035
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palasa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Seediri Appalaraju	76,603	51.9	13.7
	TDP	Gouthu Sireesha	60,356	40.9	10.1
	JSP	Kotha Purnachandra Rao	6,133	4.2	New
	BJP	Korrayi Balakrishna Yadav	1,574	1.1	New
	INC	Majji Sharada	1,255	0.9	0.5
	Independent	Nalanagula Manoj Kumar	1,005	0.8	New
Majority			16,247	11.0	1.8
Turnout			1,47,647	72.9	1.1
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing	11.9

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palasa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Syam Sunder Sivaji Gouthu	69,658	51.0	16.2
	YSRCP	Baburao Vajja	52,133	38.2	New
	JSP	Kanithi Viswanatham	6,151	4.5	New
	INC	Nageswara Rao Vanka	1,863	1.4	39.1
Majority			17,525	12.8	6.0
Turnout			1,36,566	71.8	1.9
	TDP gain from INC		Swing	27.65

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palasa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Juttu Jagannaikulu	47,931	40.5
	TDP	Syam Sunder Sivaji Gouthu	41,117	34.8
	PRP	Nageswara Rao Vanka	22,213	18.8	New
Majority			6,814	5.8
Turnout			118,288	73.7
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly