Srungavarapukota Assembly constituency

Srungavarapukota Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram 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 Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Srungavarapukota
Constituency No. 19 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Srungavarapukota Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Lok Sabha constituency	Visakhapatnam
Established	1951
Total electors	212,623
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kolla Lalitha Kumari
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Kolla Lalitha Kumari 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 212,623 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951). This assembly is currently part of Vizinagaram. There are ongoing requests from people of Vepada mandal to include this in Vizag.

Mandals

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

Mandal
Srungavarapukota
Lakkavarapukota
Kothavalasa
Vepada
Jami

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	C. V. Somayajulu		Socialist Party
1955	Chaganti Venkata Somayajulu		Praja Socialist Party
1957 by-election	Gujjala Dharam Naidu		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Kolla Appala Naidu		Independent
1972	Kakaralapudi V R S P Raju		Indian National Congress
1978	Sanyasidora Duru		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Dukku Labudu Bariki		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989
1994
1999	Hymavathi Devi Sobha
2004	Kumbha Ravibabu		Indian National Congress
2009	Kolla Lalitha Kumari		Telugu Desam Party
2014
2019	Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao		YSR Congress Party
2024	Kolla Lalitha Kumari		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srungavarapukota

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kolla Lalitha Kumari	1,11,026	58.36
	YSRCP	Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao	72,236	37.97
	INC	Gedela Tirupati	1918	1.01
Majority			38,790	20.38
Turnout			1,90,254
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srungavarapukota

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao	91,451	49.73
	TDP	Kolla Lalitha Kumari	80,086	43.55
	CPI	P. Kameshwararao	3,116	1.71
Majority			11,365	6.18
Turnout			1,83,901	86.49	+1.40
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srungavarapukota

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kolla Lalitha Kumari	82,142	47.73
	YSRCP	Rongali Jagannadham	53,605	31.15
	INC	Indukuri Raghu Raju	30,696	17.83
Majority			28,537	16.58
Turnout			172,112	85.10	+2.33
	TDP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srungavarapukota

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kolla Lalitha Kumari	40,142	25.51	−19.26
	INC	Allu Kesava Venkata Joginaidu	36,702	23.33	−26.76
	Independent	Indukuri Raghu Raju	31,248	19.86
	Independent	Valluri Jayaprakash Babu	20,284	12.89
	PRP	Gorle Maheswararao	19,330	12.29
Majority			3,440	2.18
Turnout			157,337	82.77	+8.60
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srungavarapukota

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Kumbha Ravibabu	55,224	50.09	+3.82
	TDP	Hymavathi Devi Sobha	49,362	44.77	−2.19
Majority			5,862	5.32
Turnout			110,255	74.17	+5.02
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1952

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	C. V. Somayajulu	17,451	59.66%
	INC	T. Venkataramanayya	5,577	19.07%	19.07%
	KMPP	Allu Joginaiudu	4,550	15.55%
	Independent	V. Sriramamurthy	1,674	5.72%
Margin of victory			11,874	40.59%
Turnout			29,252	38.41%
Registered electors			76,151
	Socialist win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly