Ongole Assembly constituency

Ongole
Constituency No. 108 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Ongole Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictPrakasam
Lok Sabha constituencyOngole
Established1951
Total electors229,317
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  TDP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2024

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

Damacharla Janardhana Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections from Telugu Desam Party with a vote majority of 34,206. As of 2019, there are a total of 229,317 electors in the constituency.[needs update] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Ongole
Kothapatnam

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
1952 Kasukurthi Malakondiah Communist Party of India
1955 Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu Indian National Congress
1957 Bollineni Venkata Lakshmi Narayana Independent
1962
1967 C. R. Reddy Indian National Congress
1972 Srungarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu
1978
1983 Pongupati Koteswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989 Bachala Balaiah Indian National Congress
1994 Edara Hari Babu Telugu Desam Party
1999 Balineni Srinivasa Reddy Indian National Congress
2004
2009
2012 YSR Congress Party
2014 Damacharla Janardhana Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Balineni Srinivasa Reddy YSR Congress Party
2024 Damacharla Janardhana Rao Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Kasukurthi Malakondiah 37,716 22.49%
CPI Madala Narayannaswami 33,718 20.11%
Independent Dhara Gopalasastri 16,455 9.81%
KLP Bachina Subha Rao 16,284 9.71%
KLP Kakuman Kotaiah 10,588 6.31%
KMPP Dunmpa Ramakrishna Reddi 10,525 6.28%
INC Sagi Vijayaramaraju 9,809 5.85% 5.85%
Independent Kommuri Raghavaiah 8,024 4.78%
KMPP Dhara Ramaswami 7,890 4.70%
INC Talluri Jiyyardoss 7,562 4.51% 4.51%
Independent Bollapalli Ramadasu 2,535 1.51%
Margin of victory 3,998 2.38%
Turnout 1,67,706 103.34%
Registered electors 1,62,288
CPI win (new seat)

1957 (By-poll)

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1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent B.V.L. Narayana 40,911
INC T.A. Devi 30,820
Independent Smt.T.A. Devi 2,376
Margin of victory 10,091
Turnout
Independent gain from CPI Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bollineni Venkatalakshmi Narayana 24,506 55.02%
INC Ronda Narapa Reddy 18,419 41.35%
Margin of victory 6,087 13.67%
Turnout 46,629 63.93%
Registered electors 72,941
Independent hold Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C.R.Reddy 27,503 48.48%
Independent Bollineni Venkatalakshmi Narayana 19,491 34.35%
Margin of victory 8,012 14.12%
Turnout 59,660 77.01%
Registered electors 77,467
INC gain from Independent Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Srungavarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu 32,154 57.42%
CPI Nalluri Anjaiah 20,921 37.36%
Margin of victory 11,233 20.06%
Turnout 57,159 60.70%
Registered electors 94,167
INC hold Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Srungavarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu 32,574 44.97%
JP Balineni Venkateswara Reddy 27,494 37.96%
Margin of victory 5,080 7.01%
Turnout 73,705 69.47%
Registered electors 106,100
INC(I) gain from INC Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ponugupati Koteswara Rao 50,394 56.92%
INC Thatiparti Subba Reddy 20,546 23.21%
Margin of victory 29,848 33.71%
Turnout 89,776 67.99%
Registered electors 132,046
TDP gain from INC(I) Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ponugupati Koteswara Rao 53,654 53.82%
INC Pasupuleti Malakondaiah Naidu 44,630 44.77%
Margin of victory 9,024 9.05%
Turnout 100,765 68.79%
Registered electors 146,479
TDP hold Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bachala Balaiah 68,704 57.93%
TDP Kamepalli Venkata Ramana Rao 49,214 41.49%
Margin of victory 19,490 16.43%
Turnout 120,586 65.25%
Registered electors 185,229
INC gain from TDP Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Edara Hari Babu 53,487 50.16%
INC Venkateswarlu Yedlapudi 33,608 31.52%
Margin of victory 19,879 18.64%
Turnout 107,742 65.27%
Registered electors 165,061
TDP gain from INC Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Balineni Srinivasa Reddy 44,707 39.27%
TDP Yakkala Tulasi Rao 38,485 33.80%
Margin of victory 6,222 5.46%
Turnout 118144 59.65%
Registered electors 198,048
INC gain from TDP Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Balineni Srinivasa Reddy 72,380 58.50 +19.23
TDP Sidda Raghava Rao 48,209 38.96 −5.16
Majority 24,171 19.54
Turnout 123,733 69.64 +12.15
INC hold Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Balineni Srinivasa Reddy 67,214 42.94 −15.56
TDP Edara Hari Babu 44,300 28.26 −10.70
PRP Anand Parvathareddy 33,716 21.54
Majority 22,986 14.68
Turnout 156,523 66.81 −2.83
INC hold Swing

2012

2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Balineni Srinivasa Reddy 77,222 48.80
TDP Damacharla Janardhana Rao 49,819 31.48
Majority
Turnout 1,58,238
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Damacharla Janardhana Rao 93,025 51.29
YSRCP Balineni Srinivasa Reddy 80,597 44.44
Majority 12,428 6.85
Turnout 181,376 77.58 +10.77
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Balineni Srinivasa Reddy 101,022 52.08 +7.64
TDP Damacharla Janardhana Rao 78,777 40.61 −10.69
JSP Sk. Reyaz 10,304 5.31 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 1,333 0.69 N/A
Majority 22,245 11.47 +0.70
Turnout 1,93,971 TBA TBA
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ongole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Damacharla Janardhana Rao 118,800 56.76
YSRCP Balineni Srinivasa Reddy 84,774 40.5
INC Turakapalli Naga Lakshmi 2,067 0.99
NOTA None Of The Above 1,310 0.63
Majority 34,026 16.25
Turnout 2,09,303
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ongole Loksabha".
  3. ↑ "Election results". Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Bye-election results 1952-95". www.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original (XLS) on 11 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Ongole Constituency Election Results 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.

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