Payakaraopet Assembly constituency

Payakaraopet
Payakaraopet
Constituency No. 33 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Payakaraopet Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Anakapalli
Lok Sabha constituency	Anakapalli
Established	1951
Total electors	240,285
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vangalapudi Anitha
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Payakaraopet is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Anakapalli 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 Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

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Vangalapudi Anitha 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 240,285 electors in the constituency.^[4]^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Year	Member
1952	Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju	Independent
1962	Mande Pitchaiah	Communist Party of India
1967	Gantlana Suryanarayana	Indian National Congress
1972	Gantlana Suryanarayana	Indian National Congress
1978	Maruthi Adeyya	Indian National Congress
1983	Sumana Gantela	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Kakara Nookaraju
1989
1994
1999	Chengala Venkatarao
2004	Chengala Venkatarao
2009	Golla Baburao	Indian National Congress
2012	Golla Baburao	YSR Congress Party
2014	Vangalapudi Anitha	Telugu Desam Party
2019	Golla Baburao	YSR Congress Party
2024	Vangalapudi Anitha	Telugu Desam Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Vangalapudi Anitha	120,042	57.86
	YSRCP	Kambala Jogulu	76,315	36.78
	INC	Dr. Boni Tata Rao	2,087	1.01
	NOTA	None of the above	4,107	1.98
Majority			43,727	21.08
Turnout			2,07,486
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Golla Baburao	98,745	50.45%
	TDP	B. Bangarayya	67,556	34.52%
	JSP	Nakka Raja Babu	15,921	8.13%
Majority			31,189	15.93%
Turnout			1,95,725	81.45%
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vangalapudi Anitha	86,355	48.02
	YSRCP	Changala Venkata Rao	83,527	46.44
Majority			2,828	1.58
Turnout			179,843	80.69	+5.80
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Golla Baburao	50,698	32.11	+6.44
	TDP	Chengala Venkata Rao	50,042	31.69	−11.46
	PRP	Gurindapalli Dhanaraju	49,264	31.20
Majority			656	0.42
Turnout			157,890	74.89	+4.08
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Mandals

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Changala Venkata Rao	40,794	43.15	−8.73
	Independent	Sumana Gantela	27,105	28.67
	INC	Vijaya Kumari Ambati	24,171	25.57	−17.85
Majority			13,689	14.48
Turnout			94,544	70.81	+5.44
	TDP hold		Swing

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Chengala Venkatarao	46,478	51.9	2.3
	INC	Gantela Sumana	38,902	43.4	1.2
	Anna Telugu Desam Party	Kakara Nookaraju	2,935	3.3
	Marxist Communist Party Of India (S.S.SRIVASTAVA)	Bhupathi Apparao	928	1.0
	Independent	Godugu Raju	342	0.4
Majority			7,576	8.2	3.3
Turnout			92,556	67.5	1.4
	TDP hold		Swing

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kakara Nookaraju	39,666	49.6	1.9
	INC	Gantela Sumana	35,657	44.6	2.5
	BJP	Beera Nagabhushanam	2,401	3.0
	BSP	Kolaventi Sundararao	1,381	1.7
	Independent	Kakara Soorayamma	490	0.6
	Jharkhand Party	Matia Sudhakararao	308	0.4
Majority			4,009	4.9	0.7
Turnout			82,262	66.1	1.6
	TDP hold		Swing

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kakara Nookaraju	38,764	51.5	23.1
	INC	Gautala Sumaua	35,486	47.1	24.3
	Independent	Geddam Kumar	1,068	1.4	21.4
Majority			3,278	4.2	46.5
Turnout			78,855	67.7	8.5
	TDP hold		Swing