Rajam Assembly constituency
| Rajam | |
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| Constituency No. 9 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
 Location of Rajam Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Vizianagaram |
| LS constituency | Vizianagaram |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 219,313 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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Incumbent Kambala Jogulu
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| Party | YSRCP |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Rajam is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
Kambala Jogulu 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 219,313 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
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| Rajam |
| Vangara |
| Santhakaviti |
| Regidi Amadalavalasa |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Vunukuru)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra state | |||
| 1955 | Chelikani Sreeranga Naikulu | Krishikar Lok Party | |
| United Andhra | |||
| 1962 | Palavalasa Sangamnaidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | M. B. Parankusam | Independent politician | |
| 1972 | Palavalasa Rukminamma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Mudili Babu Parankusam | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1989 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1994 | Palavalasa Rajasekharam | Indian National Congress | |
| 1999 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2004 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Honjaram)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madras state | |||
| 1952 | Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu | Krishikar Lok Party | |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Boddam)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Andhra | |||
| 1962 | Allu Dasavatharam | Indian National Congress | |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Rajam)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Andhra | |||
| 2009 | Kondru Murali Mohan | Indian National Congress | |
| Andhra | |||
| 2014 | Kambala Jogulu | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | |||
Election results
Honjaram
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLP | Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu | 16,731 | 36.67% | ||
| Independent | Chelikami Sreeranganayakulu | 15,846 | 34.73% | ||
| INC | Pydi Narasimha Appa Rao | 13,051 | 28.60% | 28.60% | |
| Margin of victory | 885 | 1.94% | |||
| Turnout | 45,628 | 55.61% | |||
| Registered electors | 82,048 | ||||
| win (new seat) | |||||
Rajam (2009–present)
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Kambala Jogulu | 83,561 | 52.6 |
 5.6
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| TDP | Kondru Murali Mohan | 66,713 | 42.0 |
 4.7
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| JSP | Mucha Srinivasa Rao | 4,987 | 3.1 | New | |
| INC | Kambala Rajvardhan | 2,214 | 1.4 |
1.9
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| BJP | Chaitanya Kumar Mannema | 967 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 16,848 | 10.6 |
10.3
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| Turnout | 1,58,947 | 73.9 |
0.3
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| YSRCP hold | Swing |
5.15
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2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Kambala Jogulu | 69,192 | 47.0 | New | |
| TDP | Kavali Pratibha Bharathi | 68,680 | 46.7 |
20.9
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| INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 4,790 | 3.3 |
42.7
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| Independent | P.M.J. Babu | 1,205 | 0.8 | New | |
| LSP | Tunia Shankar Babu Rao | 1,141 | 0.8 |
0.4
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| BSP | Mannena Chaitanya Kumar | 737 | 0.5 |
0.5
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| AAP | Paila M.M.R.R. Suresh Kumar | 491 | 0.3 | New | |
| JSP | Savarapu Praveena | 480 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 512 | 0.3 |
19.9
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| Turnout | 1,47,887 | 74.2 |
1.5
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| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 61,771 | 46.0 | ||
| TDP | Kavali Pratibha Bharathi | 34,638 | 25.8 | ||
| PRP | Kambala Jogulu | 27,923 | 20.8 | ||
| BJP | Paka Rajarao | 4,234 | 3.2 | ||
| Independent | Bosi Manmadharao | 1,741 | 1.3 | ||
| LSP | Adinarayana Dukka | 1,645 | 1.2 | ||
| BSP | Bhupathi Apparao | 1,271 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 27,133 | 20.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,34,396 | 72.7 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- List of the constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly