Achanta Assembly constituency

Achanta
Constituency No. 56 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Achanta Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	West Godavari
Lok Sabha constituency	Narasapuram
Established	1962
Total electors	174,229
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pithani Satyanarayana
Party	TDP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Achanta Assembly constituency is a constituency in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency.

Pithani Satyanarayana is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 174,229 electors in the constituency.^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gottimukkala Venkanna	30,783	52.83	0.90
	CPI(M)	Digu Raju	25,853	44.37	−5.08
	RPI(K)	Arunakumar Ganta	1,635	2.81
Majority			4,930	8.46	4.18
Turnout			58,271	67.57	11
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Kota Dhana Raju	39,504	54.4
	CPI(M)	Didupatti Sundrara Raju	30,227	33.9	−10.47
	INC	Dasari Perumallu	11,531	15.9	36.93
Majority			17,882	24.2	15.74
Turnout			74,025	77.1	9.53
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kota Bhaskara Rao	45,631	64.3
	INC	Kota Dhanaraju	17,264	24.3	30.1
	CPI(M)	Edi Ramarao	7,611	10.7	19.1
	Independent	Dundi Subbarao	260	0.4
	INC(J)	Vipparthi Ramaswamy	225	0.3
Majority			28,367	39.4	15.2
Turnout			71,978	72.6	4.5
	TDP hold		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Chittaranjan Alugu	51,016	67.5	56.8
	INC	Ambuja Kamidi	19,294	25.5	1.2
	Independent	Babu Bhujangarao Mocherla	4,523	6
	Independent	Bhaskara Rao Kotam	396	0.5	63.8
	Independent	Narasimha Murthy	290	0.4
	Independent	Venkanna Polamuri	86	0.1
Majority			31,722	41.5	2.1
Turnout			76,444	71.4	1.2
	CPI(M) gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Digupati Raja Gopal	53,510	60.1	7
	INC	Bunga Saradhi	30,872	34.7	8.8
	BSP	Paka Satyanarayana	3,216	3.6
	BJP	Karni Sundara Rao	804	0.9
	Independent	Chikatla Surya Rao	307	0.3
	Independent	Kota Rao	290	0.3
Majority			22,638	25	15.9
Turnout			90,424	72.1	2.5
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Johar Mocharla	52,954	59.5
	INC	Bunga Saradhi	30,227	33.9	−9.1
	CPI(M)	Digupati Raja Gopal (incumbent)	5,866	6.6	53.5
Majority			22,727	24.6	0.4
Turnout			92,317	69.9	2.2
	TDP gain from CPI(M)		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

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