Penukonda Assembly constituency

Penukonda
Constituency No. 158 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Penukonda Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Sri Sathya Sai
LS constituency Hindupur
Established 1951
Total electors 220,383
Reservation None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party   YSRCP
Elected year 2019

Penukonda Assembly constituency is a constituency in Sri Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one the seven assembly segments of the Hindupur Lok Sabha constituency.

Malagundla Sankaranarayana is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 220,383 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Parigi
Penukonda
Gorantla
Somandepalle
Roddam


Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
Madras state
1952 Lakshminarayana Reddy Independent
Andhra state
1955 Chithambara Reddy Indian National Congress
United Andhra
1962 Narasi Reddy Independent
1967 Indian National Congress
1972 Somandepalli Narayana Reddy
1978
1983 S. Ramachandra Reddy Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989 Sane Chenna Reddy Indian National Congress
1991 (By-poll) Sane Venkata Ramana Reddy
1994 Paritala Ravindra Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004
2009 B K Parthasarathi
Andhra
2014 B K Parthasarathi Telugu Desam Party
2019 Malagundla Sankaranarayana YSR Congress Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Penukonda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lakshminarayana Reddy 16,423 37.08%
INC Chitambara Reddy 14,237 32.14% 32.14%
KMPP Suryanarayana Reddy 12,205 27.56%
Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha Venkataramappa 1,426 3.22%
Margin of victory 2,186 4.94%
Turnout 44,291 64.38%
Registered electors 68,796
Independent win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penukonda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Paritala Ravindra 71,000 57.06 -13.76
INC Gangula Bhanumathi 49,758 39.45 +25.80
Majority 22,211 17.61
Turnout 126,126 75.34 +11.95
TDP hold Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penukonda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP B K Parthasarathi 68,500 44.89 -12.16
INC K T Sreedhar 54,015 35.45 -4.00
PRP K Ramesh Babu 19,577 12.85
Majority 14,385 9.44
Turnout 152,382 75.26 -0.08
TDP hold Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penukonda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP B K Parthasarathi 79,793 47.46
YSRCP Malagundla Sankaranarayana 62,378 37.11
Majority 17,415 10.35
Turnout 168,110 83.43 +8.17
TDP hold Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penukonda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Malagundla Sankaranarayana 96,607 51.08%
TDP B K Parthasarathi 81,549 43.12%
Majority 15,058 7.96%
Turnout 1,89,114 85.81 +2.38
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

See also