Penamaluru
Constituency No. 78 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Penamaluru Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictKrishna
LS constituencyMachilipatnam
Established2009
Total electors267,751
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  YSRCP
Elected year2019

Penamaluru 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]

Kolusu Partha Sarathy 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 267,751 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Kankipadu
Vuyyuru
Penamaluru

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
2009 Kolusu Parthasarathy Indian National Congress
2014 Bode Prasad Telugu Desam Party
2019 Kolusu Parthasarathy YSR Congress Party

Election results

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penamaluru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Kolusu Parthasarathy 101,485 47.43 +9.35
TDP Bode Prasad 90,168 42.14 -12.83
BSP L.Karunakar Das 15,388 7.19
Majority 11,317 5.29
Turnout 2,13,929
YSRCP gain from Telugu Desam Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penamaluru[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Bode Prasad 102,330 54.97
YSRCP V R Vidyasagar Kukkala 70,882 38.08
INC Nerella Sobhan Babu 3,336 1.79
Majority 31,448 16.90
Turnout 186,128 80.19 -0.52
TDP gain from INC Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penamaluru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kolusu Parthasarathy 61,346 37.44
TDP Chalasani Venkateswara Rao 61,169 37.33
PRP Dhanekula Murali Mohana Rao 31,930 19.49
Majority 177 0.14
Turnout 163,851 80.19
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.
  5. "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 13. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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