Kothapeta Assembly constituency

Kothapeta
Constituency No. 47 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Kothapeta Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Konaseema
Lok Sabha constituency	Amalapuram
Established	1955
Total electors	241,555
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bandaru Satyananda Rao
Party	TDP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Kothapeta Assembly constituency is a constituency in Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency.

Bandaru Satyananda 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 241,555 electors in the constituency.^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manthena Raju	28,902	51.89	0.43
	Independent	S. Murtyarea	25,759	46.24
	ABJS	V.R. Bhamidipati	1,042	1.87
Majority			3,143	5.65	2.72
Turnout			55,703	83.50
	INC hold		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Denduluri Bhanutilakam	36,813	57.31	5.42
	Independent	V. Mantena	26,968	41.98	−4.26
	RPI(K)	Jagannadha Rao Badda	459	0.71	−
Majority			9,845	15.33	9.68
Turnout			64,240	79.79	3.71
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Manthena Raju	31,679	43%
	INC	Chirla Reddy	28,110	38.2%	19.11
	INC(I)	Saka Satyam	12,601	17.1%	19.3
	Independent	Chandra Rao Merla	865	1.2%
	Independent	Saripella Sita Ramaraju	378	0.5%
Majority			3,569	4.8%	10.53
Turnout			74,725	84.1	4.31
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Chirla Somasundara Reddy	39,887	54.2%	16
	INC	Kosuri Raju	19,185	26.1%	9
	Independent	Bandaru Murthy	13,769	18.7%
	BJP	Mattaparthi Setty	488	0.7%
	Independent	Addanki Satyanarayana	207	0.3%
Majority			20,702	27.8%	23
Turnout			74,417	79.2	4.9
	TDP gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	I. S. Raju	30,563	39	15.2
	Independent	Chirla Reddy	29,166	37.2%	17
	INC	Kosuri Raju	17,936	22.9%	3.22
	Independent	Bandaru Rao	260	0.3%
	Independent	K. Menakshi	176	0.2%
	Independent	Seshavatharam Saladi	157	0.2%
	Independent	MushiChollangi Suryanarayana	150	0.2%
Majority			1,397	1.8%	26
Turnout			79,270	79.1	0.1
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chirla Reddy	53,431	56.5	19.3
	TDP	Bandaru Satyananda Rao	41,076	43.5	4.5
Majority			12,355	12.7	10.9
Turnout			96,907	79	0.1
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bandaru Satyananda Rao	55,117	56.4%	12.9
	INC	Chirla Reddy	39,576	40.5%	16
	BSP	Bokka Verriyya	2,540	2.6%
	BJP	Satyavolu Srinivas	587	0.6%
Majority			15,541	15.7%	3
Turnout			99,006	78.8	0.2
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kothapeta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bandaru Satyananda Rao	42,620	41.8%	14.6
	Independent	Chirla Reddy	26,507	26.0%	14.5
	INC	Swaminaidu Saladi	21,574	21.2%	19.3
	Ajeya Bharat Party	Srinuvasu Pithani	353	0.4%
	NTRTDP(LP)	Mushini Durga Ganesh	129	0.1%
Majority			16,113	15.4%	0.3
Turnout			104,905	76.2	2.6
	TDP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

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