Pedana
Constituency No. 74 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Pedana Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictKrishna
LS constituencyMachilipatnam
Established2008
Total electors166,177
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  YSRCP
Elected year2019

Pedana Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna 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 the Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Jogi Ramesh is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 166,177 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]

Mandal
Gudur
Pedana
Bantumilli
Kruthivennu

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
2009 Jogi Ramesh Indian National Congress
2014 Kagitha Venkata Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Jogi Ramesh YSR Congress Party

Election results

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pedana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Jogi Ramesh 61,920 42.46%
TDP Kagitha Krishnaprasad 54,081 37.08%
JSP Ankem Lakshmi Srinivas 25,733 17.64%
Majority 7,839 5.38%
Turnout 145848 87.76
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pedana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Kagita Venkata Rao 71,779 53.00
YSRCP Buragadda Vedavyas 58,085 42.89
Majority 13,694 10.11
Turnout 135,442 88.50 +2.52
TDP gain from INC Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pedana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jogi Ramesh 44,480 35.17
TDP Kagitha Venkata Rao 43,045 34.22
PRP Myla Veeraju 29,172 23.06
Majority 1,192 0.95
Turnout 126,484 85.98
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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