Venkatagiri Assembly constituency

Venkatagiri Assembly constituency is a constituency partially in Tirupati district and Nellore 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 Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency.

Venkatagiri
Constituency No. 122 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Venkatagiri Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Tirupati Tirupati (partially) Nellore (partially)
LS constituency	Tirupati
Established	1951
Total electors	240,253
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kurugondla Ramakrishna
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Kurugondla Ramakrishna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there a total of 240,253 electors in the constituency.^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal	Districts
Rapur	Nellore district
Sydapuram
Kaluvoya
Balayapalli	Tirupati district
Venkatagiri
Dakkili

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Padileti Venkataswami Reddy		Indian National Congress
1955	Padileti Venkataswami Reddy		Indian National Congress
1956 by-election	Allam Krishnaiah		Indian National Congress
1962	Allam Krishnaiah
1967	Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah		Independent
1972	Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah		Indian National Congress
1978	Nallapareddy Sreenivasulu Reddy
1983	Nallareddy Chandrasekhara Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	V. Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra[2]
1989	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Raja VVRK. Yachendra Velugoti		Telugu Desam Party
1999[3]	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi		Indian National Congress
2004
2009	Kurugondla Ramakrishna		Telugu Desam Party
2014			Telugu Desam Party
2019	Anam Ramanarayana Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2024	Kurugondla Ramakrishna		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Padileti Venkatasami Reddi	23,557	48.19%	48.19%
	KLP	Katikinani Kalyan Rao	17,463	35.72%
	KMPP	Aravadbhoomi Ramachandra Reddi	6,724	13.75%
	Independent	Yaganti Ramalingam	1,141	2.33%
Margin of victory			6,094	12.47%
Turnout			48,885	57.01%
Registered electors			85,742
	INC win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi	57,830	49.66	+4.34
	TDP	Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra V	51,135	43.91	+8.53
Majority			6,695	5.75
Turnout			116,450	78.98	+5.12
	INC hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	69,731	43.62	−0.29
	INC	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi	62,965	39.39	−10.27
	PRP	Meraga Murali Yadav	19,970	12.49
Majority			6,766	4.23
Turnout			159,851	76.72	−2.26
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	83,669	47.43
	YSRCP	Kommi Lakshmi Naidu	78,034	44.23
Majority			5,635	3.20
Turnout			176,417	81.68	+4.96
	TDP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Anam Ramanarayana Reddy	109,204	57.26
	TDP	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	70,484	36.96
	BSP	Pallipati Raja	2,253	1.18
	BJP	S. S. R. Naidu	1,700	0.89
Majority			38,720	20.30
Turnout			1,90,714	79.39
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	104,398	52.31
	YSRCP	Nedurumalli Ramkumar Reddy	88,104	44.15
	INC	Panta Srinivasulu	1,935	0.97
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,037	1.52
Majority			16,294	8.16
Turnout			1,99,565
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
3. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1999". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
5. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
6. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
7. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
8. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

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