Pendurthi Assembly constituency

Pendurthi
Constituency No. 31 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Pendurthi Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
District
Lok Sabha constituencyAnakapalli
Established1978
Total electors307056
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  JSP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2024

Pendurthi Assembly constituency is a constituency partially in Visakhapatnam district and Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency.

Panchakarla Ramesh Babu is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Jana Sena Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 268,532 electors in the constituency.[needs update] The constituency was established in 1978, as per the Delimitation Orders (1978).

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:

Mandal
Pedagantyada (excluding areas included in Gajuwaka(GVMC)), Visakhapatnam dist
Parawada, Anakapalle dist
Sabbavaram, Anakapalle dist
Pendurthi, Visakhaptnam dist

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
1978 Gudivada Appanna Indian National Congress (I)
1980 by-election Dronamraju Satyanarayana
1983 P. Appalanarasimham Telugu Desam Party
1985 Alla Rama Chandra Rao
1989 Gudivada Gurunadha Rao Indian National Congress
1994 M. Anjaneyulu Communist Party of India
1999 P. G. V. R. Naidu Telugu Desam Party
2004 Tippala Gurumurthy Reddy Indian National Congress
2009 Panchakarla Ramesh Babu Praja Rajyam Party
2014 Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy Telugu Desam Party
2019 Annamreddy Adeep Raj YSR Congress Party
2024 Panchakarla Ramesh Babu Janasena Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JSP Panchakarla Ramesh Babu 149,611 65.01 Increase55.22
YSRCP Annamreddy Adeep Raj 67,741 29.43 Decrease20.36
INC Bhagat Piridi 4,224 1.84 Increase0.90
NOTA None of the Above 2,834 1.23 Decrease0.67
Majority 81,870 35.37 Increase18.46
Turnout 2,30,144
JSP gain from YSRCP Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Annamreddy Adeep Raj 99,759 49.79
TDP Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy 70,899 35.38
JSP Chintalapudi Venkataramaiah 19,626 9.79
Majority 28,860 16.91
Turnout
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy 94,531 51.87
YSRCP Gandi babji 75,883 41.64
Majority 18,648 10.23
Turnout 182,248 78.26 +2.79
TDP gain from PRP Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PRP Panchakarla Ramesh Babu 51,700 32.99
INC Gandi Babji 48,428 30.91
TDP Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy 43,461 27.74
Majority 3,272 2.08
Turnout 156,695 75.47 +16.68
PRP gain from INC Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Tippala Gurumurthy Reddy 132,609 52.60 +11.08
TDP Gudivada Nagamani 114,459 45.40 −6.56
Majority 18,150 7.20
Turnout 252,118 58.79 −1.18
INC gain from TDP Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP P. G. V. R. Naidu 117,411 52.0
INC Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao 93,822 41.5 Increase5.2
CPI M. Anjaneyulu (incumbent) 11,750 5.2 Decrease48.5
RMEP Mamidi Somi Naidu 1,005 0.4
Natural Law Karri Chaya Devi 544 0.2
BSP Boni Satyam 487 0.2 Decrease2.3
Independent Prsadamma Nunna Deva 374 0.2
SS Amarapini Srinivasa Rao 364 0.2
Independent Kaila Vidya Sagar 228 0.1
Majority 23,589 10.1 Decrease7
Turnout 232,818 61.8 Decrease1.5
TDP gain from CPI Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI M. Anjaneyulu 95,408 53.7
INC Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao 64,421 36.3 Decrease17
BJP P.V. Chalapathi Rao 10,063 5.7
BSP Pampana Arjunarao 4,414 2.5 Increase1.9
Independent P.R.S. Apprao 2,401 1.4
Independent Wesli Prameelababu 531 0.3
National Students Party Mamidi Sominaidu 493 0.3 Steady0.0
Majority 30,987 17.1 Increase8.5
Turnout 181,400 63.3 Decrease4.3
CPI gain from INC Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Gudivada Gurunadha Rao 83,380 53.3 Increase8.3
TDP Palla Simhachalam 69,477 44.5 Decrease9.2
Independent Jagupalli Apparao 1,011 0.7
BSP Nattala Baburao 961 0.6 Increase1.9
MCPI(S) Sudarayya Patrudu Maji 602 0.4
Independent Bhogavilli Nageswararao 468 0.3
Independent Mamidi Sominaidu 418 0.3 Steady0.0
Majority 13903 8.6 Steady0.0
Turnout 161,539 67.6 Increase5.4
INC gain from TDP Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Alla Rama Chandra Rao 56,498 53.7 Decrease7.1
INC Gudivada Gurunadha Rao 47,289 45.0 Increase22.7
Independent G. K. Prasad 825 0.8
Independent Manidi Somu Naidu 362 0.3 Increase0.1
Independent N. R. K. Raju 154 0.2
Majority 9,209 8.6 Decrease28.8
Turnout 107,088 62.2 Increase0.7
TDP hold Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Pethakamsetti Appala Narasimham 51,019 60.8
INC Dronamraju Satyanarayana (incumbent) 18,736 22.3 Decrease10.7
CPI(M) Gangadhara Reddi Sabbilla 10,342 12.3 Decrease3
BJP Appalaramiah Kadiala 2,135 2.5
Independent Kolusu China Apparao 511 0.6
Independent Guntakala Narasimha Murthy 398 0.5
Independent Nakkana Apparao 323 0.4
Independent Muthy Yelangisatyanarayana 299 0.4
Independent Mamidi Somunaidy 194 0.2
Majority 32,283 37.4 Increase 29.72
Turnout 86,382 61.5
TDP gain from INC(I) Swing

1980 By-Election

1980 Pendurthi By-Election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Dronamraju Satyanarayana 23,687 33 Decrease8.5
Independent Palla Simhachalam 18,1725 25.32 Decrease9.2
CPI(M) Gangadhara Reddi Sabbilla 10,981 15.3 Decrease11.7
CPI P.Sanyasirao 7,755 10.8 Decrease13.1
Independent S.Mummana 7,383 10.29
JP Y.Tatatikonda 3,079 4.29
Independent S.Apparao 723 1.01
Majority 5,515 7.68 Decrease6.12
Turnout 71,780
INC(I) hold Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Gudivada Appanna 28,895 41.5
CPI(M) Gangadhara Reddi Sabbella 18,848 27
CPI Pothina Sanyasi Rao 16,678 23.9
Independent Gurumurthy Reddy Gorusu 2,998 4.3
Independent Suryanarayana Jeenapati 968 1.4
Independent Kotni Satyanarayana 769 1.1
Independent Bonu Lakshmana Rao 558 0.8
Majority 10,047 13.8
Turnout 72,547 70.9
INC(I) win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 18, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election Results - Pendurthi". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Pendurthi Constituency Election Results 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

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