Udayagiri Assembly constituency

Udayagiri Assembly constituency is a constituency in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Nellore Lok Sabha constituency.

Udayagiri
Constituency No. 123 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Udayagiri Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Nellore
Lok Sabha constituency	Nellore
Established	1951
Total electors	231,202
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kakarla Suresh
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Kakarla Suresh is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 231,202 electors in the constituency.^{[1][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandal

There are Eight Mandals.

Mandals
Jaladanki
Seetharamapuram
Udayagiri
Varikuntapadu
Vinjamur
Duttalur
Kaligiri
Kondapuram

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Kovi Ramayya Chowdary		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1955	Sheik Moula Saheb		Indian National Congress
1962	P. Venkat Reddy
1967	N. Dhanenkula		Swatantra Party
1972	Ponneboyina Chenchuramaiah		Indian National Congress
1978	Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu		Janata Party
1983			Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy		Indian National Congress
1989	Madala Janakiram
1994	Kambam Vijaya Rami Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy		Indian National Congress
2009
2012 by-election			YSR Congress Party
2014	Bollineni Venkata Ramarao		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2024	Kakarla Suresh		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Kovi Ramayya Chowdary	18,022	49.77%
	INC	Bezawada Gopala Reddy	15,644	43.20%	43.20%
	Socialist	Maddur Chinna Reddi	2,544	7.03%
Margin of victory			2,378	6.57%
Turnout			36,210	58.03%
Registered electors			62,398
	KMPP win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shaik Moula Saheb	8,446	35.39%
	CPI	Kotapati Guruswami Reddy	7,868	32.97%
Margin of victory			578	2.42%
Turnout			23,865	45.79%
Registered electors			51,003
	INC gain from KMPP		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P Venkata Reddy	17,128	50.58%
	CPI	S Papi Reddy	10,726	31.68%
Margin of victory			6,402	18.91%
Turnout			35,482	63.60%
Registered electors			55,791
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	Narasimhulu Dhanekula	29,500	54.13%
	INC	Ramaiah Chowdary Kovi	19,826	36.38%
Margin of victory			9,674	17.75%
Turnout			56,667	66.42%
Registered electors			85,316
	SWA gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ponneboyina Chenchu Ramaiah	30,082	55.23%
	SWA	Mada A Thimmaiah	15,868	29.13%
Margin of victory			14,214	26.10%
Turnout			55,529	58.47%
Registered electors			94,973
	INC gain from SWA		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu	33,268	47.99%
	INC(I)	Janakiram Madala	23,608	34.05%
	INC	Ponneboyina Chenchu Ramaiah	7,390	10.66%
	Independent	Rajaram Reddy Ganapam	3,278	4.73%
Margin of victory			9,660	13.93%
Turnout			70,436	67.79%
Registered electors			103,904
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu	42,694	59.53%
	INC	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy	22,194	30.95%
Margin of victory			20,500	28.59%
Turnout			72,790	66.68%
Registered electors			109,166
	BJP gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy	34,464	49.25%
	Independent	Kambham Vijayarami Reddy	18,951	27.08%
Margin of victory			15,513	22.17%
Turnout			70,976	61.88%
Registered electors			114,705
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Janakiram Madala	46,556	51.87%
	TDP	Kambham Vijayarami Reddy	42,794	47.68%
Margin of victory			3762	4.19%
Turnout			92,318	68.33%
Registered electors			135,106
	INC hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kambham Vijayarami Reddy	51,712	61.58%
	INC	Janakiram Madala	26,793	31.91%
Margin of victory			24,919	19.67%
Turnout			85,601	69.04%
Registered electors			123,990
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:^[12] Udayagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kambham Vijayarami Reddy	43,995	49.98
	INC	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy	39,220	44.56
Majority			4,775	5.42
Turnout			90,201	66.37
Registered electors			120,191
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy	55,076	61.66
	TDP	Kambham Vijayarami Reddy	32,001	35.83
Majority			23,075	25.83
Turnout			89,319	74.31	+9.54
Registered electors			120,191
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy	69,352	46.92	−14.74
	TDP	Kambham Vijayarami Reddy	55,870	37.80	+1.97
	PRP	Sunkara Anjanadri	14,512	9.82
Majority			13,482	9.12
Turnout			147,807	72.53	−1.78
Registered electors			203,782
	INC hold		Swing

2012

2012 Andhra Pradesh by-elections: Udayagiri^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy	75,103	46.82
	TDP	Bollineni Venkata Rama Rao	44,505	27.74
	INC	Kambham Vijayarami Reddy	34,489	21.50
Majority			30,598	19.08
Turnout			1,60,410	81.85
Registered electors			1,95,963
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bollineni Venkata Rama Rao	85,873	48.93
	YSRCP	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy	82,251	46.87
Majority			3,622	2.06
Turnout			175,505	77.64	+5.11
Registered electors			226,246
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy	106,487	57.31
	TDP	Bollineni Venkata Rama Rao	69,959	37.65
	BJP	Gundlapalli Bharat Kumar	3,102	1.67
Majority			36,528	19.66
Turnout			185933	80.42
Registered electors			231,202
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Udayagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Suresh Kakarla	101,537	50.54
	YSRCP	Mekapati Rajagopal Reddy	91,916	45.75
	INC	Somu Anil Kumar Reddy	2,512	1.25
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,072	1.03
Majority			9,621	4.79
Turnout			2,00,892
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• India portal

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha