| Cheepurupalli | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 15 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Location of Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Vizianagaram |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Vizianagaram |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 198,832 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | TDP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao 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 198,832 electors in the constituency.[needs update] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Cheepurupalli |
| Garividi |
| Gurla |
| Merakamudidam |

| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu | Independent | |
| 1955 | Modandi Satyanarayana Raju | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Kotla Sanyasi Appala Naidu | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | T. R. Rao | Independent | |
| 1972 | Pydapu Naidu routhu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Chigilipalli Syamalarao | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1983 | Tripurana Venkata Ratnam | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Kemburi Rama Mohan Rao | ||
| 1989 | Tankala Saraswatamma | ||
| 1994 | Gadde Babu Rao | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Botsa Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | Kimidi Mrunalini | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Botsa Satyanarayana | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kalavenkatarao Kimidi | 88,225 | 50.98 | ||
| YSRCP | Botcha Satyanarayana | 76,254 | 44.06 | ||
| INC | Aadinarayana Jammu | 4,087 | 2.36 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,855 | 1.65 | ||
| Majority | 11,971 | 6.92 | |||
| Turnout | 173,055 | 84.04 | |||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Botcha Satyanarayana | 89,262 | 53.81 | ||
| TDP | Nagarjuna Kimidi | 62,764 | 37.84 | ||
| INC | Adinarayana Jammu | 4,562 | 2.75 | ||
| JSP | Mylipilli Srinivasa Rao | 3,659 | 2.21 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,353 | 2.02 | ||
| BJP | Shankar Lal Sharma Dhandu | 1,055 | 0.64 | ||
| Majority | 26,498 | 15.97 | |||
| Turnout | 165,883 | 83.36 | |||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kimidi Mrunalini | 63,787 | 41.41 | ||
| INC | Botcha Satyanarayana | 42,945 | 27.88 | ||
| YSRCP | Bellana Chandra Sekhar | 42,179 | 27.38 | ||
| LSP | Reddi Lakhnu Naidu | 1,048 | 0.68 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 765 | 0.50 | ||
| Majority | 20,842 | 13.53 | |||
| Turnout | 154,055 | 81.34 | |||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Botcha Satyanarayana | 60,677 | 42.65 | −9.97 | |
| TDP | Gadde Babu Rao | 54,735 | 38.47 | −4.14 | |
| PRP | Sunitha Routhu | 16,418 | 11.54 | ||
| Majority | 5,942 | 4.18 | |||
| Turnout | 142,281 | 79.87 | +6.24 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Botcha Satyanarayana | 58,008 | 52.62 | +18.98 | |
| TDP | Gadde Babu Rao | 46,974 | 42.61 | +4.29 | |
| Majority | 11,034 | 10.01 | |||
| Turnout | 110,229 | 73.63 | +4.32 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gadde Rao | 38,089 | 38.3 | ||
| INC | Meesala Neelakantam | 33,438 | 33.6 | ||
| Independent | Kemburu Rao | 21,503 | 21.6 | ||
| Anna Telugu Desam Party | Kutikuppala Rao | 3,111 | 3.1 | ||
| Independent | Saketi Rao | 1,114 | 1.1 | ||
| Ajeya Bharat Party | Avala Padmanabham | 614 | 0.6 | ||
| RPI | Appa Rao Dandi | 571 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Badana Naidu | 499 | 0.5 | ||
| Independent | Appa Basina | 459 | 0.5 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,651 | 4.5 | |||
| Turnout | 104,496 | 72.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 143,406 | −368 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gadde Rao | 56,988 | 56.2 | ||
| INC | Meesala Neeelakantam | 39,923 | 39.4 | ||
| BJP | Koka Devi | 2,881 | 2.8 | ||
| BSP | Gunupuru Rao | 960 | 1.0 | ||
| Independent | Madugula Babu | 250 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Pasumarthi Rao | 346 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Seepana Sriramulu | 93 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 17,065 | 16.4 | |||
| Turnout | 104,042 | 72.4 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Tankala Saraswatamma | 49,121 | 55.4 | ||
| INC | Meesala Neeelakantam | 38,089 | 43.0 | ||
| LKD | Duggirala Babu | 845 | 1.0 | ||
| Independent | Velicheti Rao | 331 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Velivela Raghunadh | 270 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 11,032 | 11.9 | |||
| Turnout | 92,975 | 70.5 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kemburi Rao | 45,349 | 71.7 | ||
| Independent | Meesala Neeelakantam | 13,052 | 20.6 | ||
| Independent | Ponnada Naidu | 1,966 | 3.1 | ||
| Independent | Hamasa Suryanarayana | 1,240 | 2.0 | ||
| Independent | Boddepalli Rao | 903 | 1.4 | ||
| Independent | Varaha Raju | 723 | 1.1 | ||
| Majority | 32,297 | 50.0 | |||
| Turnout | 64,616 | 61.1 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Tripurana Ratnam | 41,887 | 61.7 | ||
| INC | Gorle Naidu | 19,318 | 28.5 | ||
| CPI(M) | Chowdari Tejeswararao | 3,533 | 5.2 | ||
| BJP | Kotla Naidu | 2,760 | 4.1 | ||
| Independent | Killi Nageswararao | 408 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 22,569 | 32.4 | |||
| Turnout | 69,650 | 70.3 | |||
| TDP gain from INC(I) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | Chigilipalli Syamalarao | 27,943 | 41.5 | ||
| Independent | Akkalanaidu Tankala | 17,034 | 25.3 | ||
| JP | Ravuthu Paidapunaidu | 13,083 | 19.4 | ||
| INC | Kutcherlapati Raju | 7,465 | 11.1 | ||
| Independent | Bevara Venugopalanaidu | 1,867 | 2.8 | ||
| Majority | 10,909 | 15.6 | |||
| Turnout | 70,073 | 73.7 | |||
| INC(I) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pydapu Routhu | 23,485 | 53.37 | ||
| Independent | Mudundi Satyanarayanaraju | 20,520 | 46.63 | ||
| Majority | 2,965 | 6.74 | |||
| Turnout | 44,005 | 61.87 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | T.R. Rao | 24,532 | 60.30 | ||
| INC | K.S. Appalanaidu | 7,976 | 19.61 | ||
| CPI | M.A. Naidu | 5,191 | 12.76 | ||
| SWA | B.S. Naidu | 2,984 | 7.33 | ||
| Majority | 16,556 | 40.69 | |||
| Turnout | 40,683 | 68.77 | |||
| Independent gain from SWA | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | Kotla Naidu | 18,021 | 56.76 | New | |
| INC | Mudundi Satyanarayanaraju | 13,724 | 43.23 | ||
| Majority | 4,297 | 13.53 | |||
| Turnout | 31,745 | ||||
| SWA gain from Praja Socialist Party + Krishikar Lok Party | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSP | Modandi Raju | 30,183 | 38.62 | ||
| KLP | Tadde Naidu | 17,466 | 22.35 | ||
| KLP | Kottapalli Punnayya | 10,260 | 13.13 | ||
| CPI | Modallavalssa Naidu | 7,988 | 10.22 | ||
| Independent | Ayyagari Rao | 6,860 | 8.78 | ||
| CPI | Mamidi Kuramayya | 5,401 | 6.91 | ||
| Majority | 22,977 | 51.75 | |||
| Turnout | 78,158 | 78.36 | |||
| Praja Socialist Party + Krishikar Lok Party gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu | 23,446 | 19.32 | ||
| Independent | Mudundi Satyanarayanaraju | 23,289 | 19.19 | ||
| INC | Peddinti Ramaswamy Naidu | 15,888 | 13.09 | 13.09 | |
| INC | Pothula Gunnayya | 14,953 | 12.32 | 12.32 | |
| Socialist Party (India) | Tentu Lakshmanajudu | 14,790 | 12.19 | ||
| KLP | Mondata Parannaidu | 10,746 | 8.85 | ||
| KLP | Kothapalle Pannayya | 8,853 | 7.29 | ||
| Independent | Gollapalli Sambayya | 5,716 | 4.71 | ||
| Independent | Beri Geddayya | 3,693 | 3.04 | ||
| Margin of victory | 157 | 0.13 | |||
| Turnout | 1,21,374 | 80.16 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,51,407 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||