Payakaraopet Assembly constituency

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]

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

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).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Kotauratla
Nakkapalli
Payakaraopeta
S.Rayavaram

Mandals in Payakaraopet Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet

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

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet

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

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet

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

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet

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

2004

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

1952

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju	9,757	30.78%
	INC	Sunkari Appala Naiudu	5,730	18.08%	18.08%
	KMPP	Raparti Jagannatha Rao	5,723	18.06%
	Socialist	Katha Radhakrihnamurthy	5,462	17.23%
	Independent	Mohammed Galab	2,548	8.04%
	Independent	Kasturi Subha Rao	1,265	3.99%
	Independent	M. Madhuramruta Rao	1,210	3.82%
Margin of victory			4,027	12.71%
Turnout			31,695	50.19%
Registered electors			63,155
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly