Gudur Assembly constituency

Gudur
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gudur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Tirupati
LS constituency Tirupati
Established 1951
Total electors 236,496
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party YSR Congress Party
Elected year 2019

Gudur Assembly constituency is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Tirupati districtof Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency.

Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 236,496 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Gudur
Chillakur
Kota
Vakadu
Chittamur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
Madras state
1952 Pelleti Gopalakrishna Reddy Indian National Congress
Andhra state
1955 Pelleti Gopalakrishna Reddy Indian National Congress
United Andhra
1962 Pelleti Gopalakrishna Reddy Indian National Congress
1967 V. Ramachandra Reddy Independent
1972 Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy
1978 Patra Prakasa Rao Indian National Congress (I)
1983 Ogi Masthanaiah Independent
1985 Balli Durga Prasad Rao Telugu Desam Party
1989 Patra Prakasa Rao Indian National Congress
1994 Balli Durga Prasad Rao Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004 Patra Prakasa Rao Indian National Congress
2009 Balli Durga Prasad Rao Telugu Desam Party
Andhra
2014 Pasim Sunil Kumar YSR Congress Party
2019 Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gudur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pellati Gopalakrishna Reddy 18,175 40.94% 40.94%
Independent Katamareddy Raja Rami Reddy 15,052 33.90%
CPI Chani Chinna Subbiah 7,376 16.61%
KMPP Guddeti Veerasubramahyam 2,658 5.99%
Independent Tatiparthi Peter Luthar 1,137 2.56%
Margin of victory 3,123 7.03%
Turnout 44,398 63.32%
Registered electors 70,116
INC win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Patra Prakasa Rao 62,809 52.28 +11.79
TDP Dr. Vukkala Rajeswaramma 53,978 44.93 -6.70
Majority 8,831 7.35
Turnout 120,132 71.79 +6.22
INC gain from TDP Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Balli Durga Prasda Rao 64,330 42.09 -2.84
INC Panabaka Krishnaiah 53,092 34.74 -17.54
PRP Babu Ravindra Manapati 27,318 17.87
Majority 11,238 7.35
Turnout 152,836 72.55 +0.76
TDP gain from INC Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Pasim Sunil Kumar 80,698 48.01
TDP Dr.Bathala Radha Jyothsna Latha 71,650 42.63 +0.54
Majority 9,048 5.38
Turnout 168,083 78.11 +5.46
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli 109,759 59.58 +11.57
TDP Pasim Sunil Kumar 64,301 34.90
Majority 45,459 24.70
Turnout 1,84,230 77.90
YSRCP hold Swing