Tanuku Assembly constituency

Tanuku Assembly constituency is a constituency in West Godavari 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 Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Tanuku
Constituency No. 61 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Tanuku Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	West Godavari
Lok Sabha constituency	Narasapuram
Established	1951
Total electors	232,126
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arimilli Radha Krishna
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Arimilli Radha Krishna 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 232,126 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Tanuku Assembly constituency consists of three mandals.

Mandal
Tanuku
Attili
Iragavaram

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Chitturi Indrayya		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1955	Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	G. Satyanarayana		Independent
1978	Kantipudi Appa Rao		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Chitturi Venkareswara Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Mullapudi venkata krishna rao
1989	Mullapudi venkata krishna rao
1994	Mullapudi venkata krishna rao
1999	Y. T. Raja
2004	Chitturi Bapineedu		Indian National Congress
2009	Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao
2014	Arimilli Radha Krishna		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao		YSR Congress Party
2024	Arimilli Radha Krishna		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Arimilli Radha Krishna	129,547	66.51
	YSRCP	Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao	57,426	29.48
	INC	Kadali Rama Rao	2,422	1.24
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1722	0.88
Majority			72,121	37.02
Turnout			1,94,768
	TDP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao	75,975	40.31	+1.25
	TDP	Arimilli Radha Krishna	73,780	39.14	−17.17
	JSP	Pasupuleti Venkata Rama Rao	31,961	16.96	+16.96
Majority			2,195	1.16
Turnout			188,494	81.20	−0.66
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Arimilli Radha Krishna	101,015	56.31	+24.5
	YSRCP	Cheerla Radha Krishna	70,067	39.06	+39.06
Majority			30,948	17.25
Turnout			179,400	81.87	−0.68
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao	53,211	32.34	−18.22
	TDP	Y T Raja	51,760	31.81	−14.91
	PRP	Akula Sreeramulu	47,798	29.37
Majority			1,451	0.53
Turnout			162,732	82.55	+2.88
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chitturi Bapineedu	65,189	50.92	+11.71
	TDP	Y T Raja	59,812	46.72	−12.50
Majority			5,377	4.20
Turnout			128,018	79.37	+4.56
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Chitturi Indrayya	20,835	42.24%
	INC	Chitturi Subba Rao	14,399	29.20%	29.20%
	CPI	Kotipalli Appanna	12,428	25.20%
	Independent	Kalpatraju Kondayya	892	1.81%
	Socialist	Y. Narasimha Rao	766	1.55%
Margin of victory			6,436	13.05%
Turnout			49,320	78.84%
Registered electors			62,557
	KMPP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly