Chirala Assembly constituency
Chirala | |
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Constituency No. 106 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Bapatla |
LS constituency | Bapatla |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 190,408 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Independent |
Elected year | 2019 |
Chirala Assembly constituency is a constituency in Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency.
Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party and subsequently extended support to YSR Congress Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 190,408 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
Mandal |
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Chirala |
Vetapalem |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year | Member | Political party | |
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Madras state | |||
1952 | Pragada Kotaiah | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
Andhra state | |||
1955 | Pragada Kotaiah | Indian National Congress | |
United Andhra | |||
1962 | Jagarlamudi Lakshminarayana Chowdary | Communist Party of India | |
1967 | Pragada Kotaiah | Indian National Congress | |
1972 | Kotaiah Guddanti | ||
1978 | Mutte Venkateswarlu | Indian National Congress (I) | |
1981 (By-poll) | Sajja Chandramouli | Janata Party | |
1983 | Chimata Sambu | Telugu Desam Party | |
1985 | Sajja Chandramouli | ||
1989 | Konijeti Rosaiah | Indian National Congress | |
1994 | Paleti Rama Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
1999 | |||
2004 | Konijeti Rosaiah | Indian National Congress | |
2009 | Amanchi Krishna Mohan | ||
Andhra | |||
2014 | Amanchi Krishna Mohan | Navodayam Party | |
2019 | Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy | Telugu Desam Party |
Election results
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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KMPP | Pragada Kotaiah | 16,521 | 31.89% | ||
Independent | Uthukuri Upendra Gupta | 8,290 | 16.00% | ||
KLP | Doggapati Raghavaiah | 8,247 | 15.92% | ||
Independent | Sabhanam Ramasubba Rao | 6,149 | 11.87% | ||
Independent | Nukalapati Joseph | 5,437 | 10.49% | ||
INC | Salagala Benjamin | 5,123 | 9.89% | 9.89% | |
Independent | Bavanam Kotireddi | 1,365 | 2.63% | ||
Independent | S. A. Basid | 678 | 1.31% | ||
Margin of victory | 8,231 | 15.89% | |||
Turnout | 51,810 | 70.28% | |||
Registered electors | 73,719 | ||||
KMPP win (new seat) |
1955
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Pragada Kotaiah | 24,598 | 57.04 | ||
CPI | Jagarlamudi Lakshmi Narayana Chowdary | 18,525 | 42.96 | ||
Margin of victory | 6,073 | 14.08% | |||
Turnout | 43,123 | 69.32% | |||
Registered electors | 62,205 | ||||
INC gain from KMPP | Swing |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI | Jagarlamudi Lakshmi Narayana Chowdary | 25,164 | 45.05 | ||
INC | Pragada Kotaiah | 20,136 | 36.05 | ||
Margin of victory | 5,028 | 9.00% | |||
Turnout | 57,252 | 80.81% | |||
Registered electors | 70,851 | ||||
CPI gain from INC | Swing |
1967
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Pragada Kotaiah | 25,704 | 46.67 | ||
Independent | Konijeti Rosaiah | 23,138 | 42.01 | ||
Margin of victory | 2,566 | 4.66 | |||
Registered electors | 74,697 | ||||
Turnout | 57,298 | 76.71 | |||
INC gain from CPI | Swing |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Kotaiah Guddanti | 29,476 | 49.01 | ||
Independent | Sajja Chandramouli | 28,878 | 48.02 | ||
Margin of victory | 598 | 0.99 | |||
Registered electors | 82,908 | ||||
Turnout | 61,065 | 73.65 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC(I) | Mutte Venkateswarlu | 36,114 | 43.47 | ||
JP | Sajja Chandramouli | 34,257 | 41.23 | ||
Margin of victory | 1,857 | 2.24 | |||
Registered electors | 111,408 | ||||
Turnout | 84,384 | 75.74 | |||
INC gain from INC | Swing |
1983
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Chimata Sambu | 50,205 | 60.33 | ||
INC | Bandla Bala Venkateswarlu | 16,518 | 19.85 | ||
Margin of victory | 33,687 | 40.48 | |||
Registered electors | 133,603 | ||||
Turnout | 84,276 | 63.08 | |||
TDP gain from INC(I) | Swing |
1985
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Sajja Chandramouli | 44,156 | 51.57 | ||
INC | Ande Narasimha Rao | 35,384 | 41.32 | ||
Margin of victory | 8,772 | 10.24 | |||
Registered electors | 131,597 | ||||
Turnout | 86,830 | 65.98 | |||
TDP hold | Swing |
1989
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Konijeti Rosaiah | 64,235 | 60.08 | ||
TDP | Chimata Sambu | 40,902 | 38.26 | ||
Margin of victory | 23,333 | 21.83 | |||
Registered electors | 159,095 | ||||
Turnout | 109,772 | 69.00 | |||
INC gain from TDP | Swing |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Paleti Rama Rao | 54,039 | 49.38 | ||
INC | Konijeti Rosaiah | 50,433 | 46.08 | ||
Margin of victory | 3,606 | 3.29 | |||
Registered electors | 152,178 | ||||
Turnout | 110,809,394 | 72.82 | |||
TDP gain from INC | Swing |
1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Paleti Rama Rao | 60,806 | 54.77 | ||
INC | Anjalee Devi Goli | 47,298 | 42.60 | ||
Margin of victory | 13,508 | 12.17 | |||
Registered electors | 180,481 | ||||
Turnout | 113,394 | 62.83 | |||
TDP hold | Swing |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Konijeti Rosaiah | 73,497 | 61.93 | +19.33 | |
TDP | Paleti Rama Rao | 43,420 | 36.59 | -18.18 | |
Majority | 30,077 | 25.34 | |||
Turnout | 118,670 | 75.26 | +13.74 | ||
INC gain from TDP | Swing |
2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Amanchi Krishna Mohan | 56,600 | 43.63 | -18.30 | |
TDP | Janjanam Srinivasarao | 45,314 | 34.93 | -1.66 | |
PRP | Paleti Rama Rao | 21,482 | 16.56 | ||
Majority | 11,286 | 9.70 | |||
Turnout | 129,737 | 79.20 | +3.94 | ||
INC hold | Swing |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Navodayam Party | Amanchi Krishna Mohan | 57,544 | 37.30 | ||
TDP | Pothula Suneetha | 47,209 | 30.60 | ||
YSRCP | Balaji Yadam | 40,955 | 26.47 | ||
Majority | 10,335 | 6.70 | |||
Turnout | 154,700 | 81.56 | +2.36 | ||
Navodayam Party gain from INC | Swing |
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy | 83,901 | 53.27 | +22.67 | |
YSRCP | Amanchi Krishna Mohan | 66,482 | 42.21 | +15.74 | |
Majority | 17,419 | 26.20 | |||
Turnout | 157,511 | na | na | ||
TDP gain from Navodayam Party | Swing |