Rajam Assembly constituency

Rajam is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Rajam
Constituency No. 9 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Rajam Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Lok Sabha constituency	Vizianagaram
Established	2008
Total electors	219,313
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kondru Murali Mohan
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Kondru Murali Mohan 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 219,313 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Rajam
Vangara
Santhakaviti
Regidi Amadalavalasa

Mandals in Rajam Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly (Vunukuru)

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Chelikani Sreeranga Naikulu		Krishikar Lok Party
1962	Palavalasa Sangamnaidu		Indian National Congress
1967	M. B. Parankusam		Independent politician
1972	Palavalasa Rukminamma		Indian National Congress
1978	Mudili Babu Parankusam		Janata Party
1983	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao
1989	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao
1994	Palavalasa Rajasekharam		Indian National Congress
1999	Kimidi Ganapathi Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao

Members of the Legislative Assembly (Honjaram)

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu		Krishikar Lok Party

Members of the Legislative Assembly (Boddam)

Year	Member	Political party
1962	Allu Dasavatharam		Indian National Congress

Members of the Legislative Assembly (Rajam)

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Kondru Murali Mohan		Indian National Congress
2014	Kambala Jogulu		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Kondru Murali Mohan		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

Honjaram

1952

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu	16,731	36.67%
	Independent	Chelikami Sreeranganayakulu	15,846	34.73%
	INC	Pydi Narasimha Appa Rao	13,051	28.60%	28.60%
Margin of victory			885	1.94%
Turnout			45,628	55.61%
Registered electors			82,048
	KLP win (new seat)

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kondru Murali Mohan	61,771	46.0
	TDP	Kavali Pratibha Bharathi	34,638	25.8
	PRP	Kambala Jogulu	27,923	20.8
	BJP	Paka Rajarao	4,234	3.2
	Independent	Bosi Manmadharao	1,741	1.3
	LSP	Adinarayana Dukka	1,645	1.2
	BSP	Bhupathi Apparao	1,271	1.0
Majority			27,133	0.3
Turnout			133,223	74.2	1.5
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kambala Jogulu	69,192	47.0	New
	TDP	Kavali Pratibha Bharathi	68,680	46.7	20.9
	INC	Kondru Murali Mohan	4,790	3.3	42.7
	Independent	P.M.J. Babu	1,205	0.8	New
	LSP	Tunia Shankar Babu Rao	1,141	0.8	0.4
	BSP	Mannena Chaitanya Kumar	737	0.5	0.5
	AAP	Paila M.M.R.R. Suresh Kumar	491	0.3	New
	JSP	Savarapu Praveena	480	0.3	New
Majority			512	0.3	19.9
Turnout			1,47,887	74.2	1.5
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kambala Jogulu	83,561	52.6	5.6
	TDP	Kondru Murali Mohan	66,713	42.0	4.7
	JSP	Mucha Srinivasa Rao	4,987	3.1	New
	INC	Kambala Rajvardhan	2,214	1.4	1.9
	BJP	Chaitanya Kumar Mannema	967	0.6	New
Majority			16,848	10.6	10.3
Turnout			1,58,947	73.9	0.3
	YSRCP hold		Swing	5.15

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kondru Murali Mohan	94,385	53.4
	YSRCP	Dr.Tale Rajesh	73,663	41.7
	INC	Kambala Rajavardhan	3,684	2
	NOTA	None of the above	2,536	1.44
Majority			20,722	11.74
Turnout			1,76,494	75.82
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing