Kovvur Assembly constituency
| Kovvur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 54 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Location of Kovvur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | East Godavari |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Rajahmundry |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 176,409 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | TDP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Kovvur is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in East Godavari 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 Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Muppidi Venkateswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 176,409 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
History
It is considered a stronghold of TDP, which won all the election battles here since its inception in 1983 except in 1999 when congress won with sufficient majority. Currently, Taneti Vanita (YSR Congress) is the present Kovvur constituency's MLA, who won 2019 Assembly elections against Vangalapudi Anitha (TDP) with a majority of 25,248 votes.[5]
Mandals
The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Kovvur |
| Chagallu |
| Tallapudi |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952[6] | P. Sreeramachandra Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | Alluri Bapineedu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | K. B. Rayudu | Independent | |
| 1972 | Alla Hanumantha Rao | ||
| 1978 | Munshi Abdul Aziz | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | G. S. Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2009 | T. V. Rama Rao | ||
| 2014 | K. S. Jawahar | ||
| 2019 | Taneti Vanitha | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Muppidi Venkateswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Pinnamaneeni Sreeramachandra Rao | 32,655 | 17.73% | ||
| INC | Alluri Bapineedu | 25,930 | 14.08% | 14.08% | |
| KMPP | Mallapudi Rajeswara Rao | 22,664 | 12.30% | ||
| Independent | Kalaputi Adeyya | 22,459 | 12.19% | ||
| KMPP | Pendyala Sree Ramachandra Venkatakrishna Ranga Rao | 21,440 | 11.64% | ||
| INC | N. Sreenivasa Rao | 18,091 | 9.82% | 9.82% | |
| Independent | Kaigala Suryachandra Rao | 13,744 | 7.46% | ||
| RPI | Erlapati Venkanna | 12,570 | 6.82% | ||
| Independent | Jeedigunta Suryanarayana Rao | 5,698 | 3.09% | ||
| Independent | Jonnalagadda Sreenivasa Sastry | 4,950 | 2.69% | ||
| Independent | Venpala Venkateswara Rao | 3,994 | 2.17% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,725 | 3.65% | |||
| Turnout | 1,84,195 | 136.86% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,34,587 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
1955
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Alluri Bapineedu | 47,730 | 31.66 | 17.58 | |
| INC | Taneti Veeraraghavulu | 42,357 | 28.10 | 2.16 | |
| CPI | Cholla Chittaranjan | 28,806 | 19.11 | ||
| CPI | Pinnamaneeni Rao | 24,207 | 16.06 | 1.67 | |
| Independent | Kalaputi Adeyya | 3,856 | 2.56 | 9.63 | |
| PSP | Kandavalli Sudarsanam | 3,789 | 2.51 | ||
| Majority | 61,281 | 40.65 | 37 | ||
| Turnout | 150,745 | 143.44 | |||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Alluri Bapineedu | 27,873 | |||
| Independent | Koduri Krishnarao | 27,666 | − | ||
| Majority | 207 | ||||
| Turnout | 55,539 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | K. B. Rayudu | 34,556 | 52.70 | ||
| INC | A. Bapineedu | 30,168 | 46.01 | ||
| Independent | A. Khani | 472 | 0.72 | ||
| Independent | P.S.R Rao | 372 | 0.57 | ||
| Majority | 4,388 | 6.69 | |||
| Turnout | 65,568 | 83.94 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1972
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alla Hanumantha Rao | 32,228 | 46.16 | 12.3 | |
| INC | Kuntamukkujla Buchirayunu | 30,616 | 43.85 | 2.16 | |
| Independent | Yinnamuri Ranganayakulu | 3,526 | 5.05 | ||
| Independent | Kanuri Gandhi | 2,480 | 3.55 | ||
| Independent | Maddukuri Brahmandau | 741 | 1.06 | ||
| Independent | Pinnomashiv R.C. Rao | 225 | 0.32 | 0.25 | |
| Majority | 1,612 | 2.31 | 4.38 | ||
| Turnout | 69,816 | 74.42 | 9.52 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
1978
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | Munshi Abdul Aziz | 37,046 | 44.1 | ||
| JP | Alluri Choudary | 35,428 | 42.2 | 18.3 | |
| INC | Krishna Rao Mullapudi | 9,783 | 11.6 | 32.25 | |
| Independent | Immamuri Rangayakulu | 750 | 0.9 | ||
| Independent | Peethala Tatayya | 700 | 0.8 | ||
| Independent | Rama Somayajulu Kalluri | 311 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 1,618 | 1.9 | 0.41 | ||
| Turnout | 85,402 | 80.2 | 5.78 | ||
| INC(I) hold | Swing | ||||
1983
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao | 65,893 | 79.3% | ||
| INC | Munshi Abdul Aziz | 10,983 | 13.2% | 30.9% | |
| JP | Threeparala Laxmi | 2,809 | 3.4% | 38.8 | |
| BJP | Chaparla Rao | 1,161 | 1.34% | ||
| INC(J) | Kuntamukkala Satyanarayana | 1,046 | 1.3% | ||
| Independent | Tatapudi Krishivara Rao | 479 | 0.6% | ||
| Independent | Peethala Thatayya | 238 | 0.3% | 0.5 | |
| Independent | Maddukuri Brahamanandam | 196 | 0.2% | ||
| Independent | Potru Krishna Rangarao | 171 | 0.2% | ||
| Independent | Posina Satyanarayana | 94 | 0.1% | ||
| Margin of victory | 54,910 | 65% | 63.1 | ||
| Turnout | 84,472 | 72.3% | 7.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 116,815 | ||||
| TDP gain from INC(I) | Swing | ||||
1985
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao | 61,899 | 67 | 12.3 | |
| INC | Immanni Rao | 29,116 | 31.5 | 18.3 | |
| Independent | Yelamanchili Mukundarao | 454 | 0.5 | ||
| Independent | Md. Fijulla | 395 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Gangisetti Musileswararao | 373 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Kundula Venkatrao | 172 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 32,783 | 35.1 | 29.9 | ||
| Turnout | 93,526 | 71.7 | 0.6 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao | 60,116 | 52.9 | 14.1 | |
| INC | Rafiulla Baig | 52,824 | 46.4 | 14.9 | |
| Independent | Lakshmi Penmatcha | 466 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Veeramalla Krishna | 217 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Anupindi Rao | 136 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 7,292 | 6.3 | 28.8 | ||
| Turnout | 116,32 | 77.8 | 6.1 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1994
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Pendyala Rao | 66,395 | 55.2% | 2.3 | |
| INC | G.S. Rao | 50,153 | 41.7% | 4.7% | |
| BSP | Santha Bethala | 1,832 | 1.5% | ||
| BJP | Shaik Subhani | 513 | 0.4% | ||
| Independent | Guduri Sarveswararao | 460 | 0.4% | ||
| Independent | Kethagani Pichayya | 378 | 0.4% | ||
| Independent | Velicheti Ramakrishna | 212 | 0.2% | ||
| Independent | Jayaraju Komarapu | 167 | 0.1% | ||
| Marxist Communist Party of India (SRIVASTAVA) | Maddipatla Satyanarayana | 99 | 0.1% | ||
| Independent | Kommireddi Ramarao | 78 | 0.1% | ||
| Independent | Balusu Rao | 64 | 0.1% | ||
| Independent | Edupuganti Ramarao | 22 | 0.0% | ||
| Margin of victory | 16,242 | 13.3% | 7 | ||
| Turnout | 122,091 | 77.6% | 0.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 157,309 | ||||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | G.S. Rao | 63,721 | 51% | 9.3 | |
| INC | Alluri Bapineedu | 25,930 | 14.08% | 14.08% | |
| TDP | Pendyala Rao | 57,185 | 45.8% | 9.4 | |
| Independent | Borra Rao | 3,073 | 2.5% | ||
| Independent | P.V. Rao | 279 | 0.2% | ||
| Independent | Gandham Rao | 240 | 0.2% | 9.82% | |
| Independent | Kurasala Murthy | 170 | 0.1% | ||
| Independent | Dayana Rama Krishna | 107 | 0.1% | ||
| Independent | Valavala Sarva Rayudu | 53 | 0.0% | ||
| Independent | Kodamanchili Rao | 49 | 0.0% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,536 | 5.1% | 8.2 | ||
| Turnout | 128,921 | 76.6% | 1 | ||
| Registered electors | 168,316 | ||||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao | 65,329 | 48.26 | +2.47 | |
| INC | G S Rao | 63,998 | 47.27 | −3.76 | |
| Majority | 1,331 | 28.89 | |||
| Turnout | 135,378 | 79.52 | +5.33 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | T V Rama Rao | 55,669 | 41.80 | −6.46 | |
| INC | Koyye Moshenu Raju | 40,191 | 30.18 | −17.09 | |
| PRP | Bunga Saradhi | 29,285 | 21.99 | ||
| Majority | 15,478 | 11.62 | |||
| Turnout | 133,179 | 83.78 | +4.26 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kothapalli Samuel Jawahar | 74,661 | 51.88 | ||
| YSRCP | Taneti Vanitha | 61,916 | 43.02 | ||
| Majority | 12,745 | 8.86 | |||
| Turnout | 143,910 | 85.30 | +1.52 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Taneti Vanitha | 79,892 | 52.35 | ||
| TDP | Vangalapudi Anitha | 54,644 | 35.80 | ||
| BSP | Ravi Kumar Murthy Tamballapalli | 11,677 | 7.65 | ||
| Majority | 25,248 | 16.54 | |||
| Turnout | 1,52,611 | 86.41 | 0.1 | ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Muppidi Venkateswara Rao | 92,743 | 58.29 | ||
| YSRCP | Talari Venkat Rao | 58,797 | 36.95 | ||
| INC | Arigela Aruna Kumari | 1,897 | 1.19 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,465 | 1.55 | ||
| Majority | 33,946 | 21.34 | |||
| Turnout | 1,59,111 | ||||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
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- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "View Previous Years Question Papers". www.indiastudychannel.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012.
- ^ "Kovvur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
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