Razole Assembly constituency
| Razole | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 45 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Location of Razole Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Konaseema |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Amalapuram |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 186,819 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JSP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Razole is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Deva Varaprasad is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 186,819 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Razole |
| Malikipuram |
| Sakhinetipalle |
| Mamidikuduru (Part) |
The villages of Mamidikuduru Mandal that are covered by the constituency are Mamidikuduru, Geddada, Edarada, Komarada, Magatapalle and Gogannamatham. The other part of this mandal is a part of Gannavaram Assembly constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Alluru Venkararamaraju | Communist Party of India | |
| 1955 | |||
| 1962 | Gaddem Mahalakshmi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | G. R. Nayinala | ||
| 1972 | Bikkina Gopalakrishnarao | Independent | |
| 1978 | Rudraraju Ramalingaraju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Mangena Gangaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Alluru Venkata Suryanarayana Raju | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Alluri Krishnam Raju | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | ||
| 2014 | Gollapalli Surya Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | Janasena Party | |
| 2024 | Deva Varaprasad | ||
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Alluri Venkataramaraju | 41,847 | 20.08% | ||
| KMPP | Akula Buliswami | 37,307 | 17.90% | ||
| CPI | Ganji Nagaswara Rao | 34,688 | 16.65% | ||
| KMPP | Pamula Venkataratnam | 27,386 | 13.14% | ||
| INC | Boyi Bhimanna | 27,311 | 13.11% | 13.11% | |
| INC | Mupparti Venkataratnam | 23,118 | 11.10% | 11.10% | |
| RPI | Pamula Prakass Rao | 12,653 | 6.07% | ||
| Independent | Kanteti Narasimharaju | 4,051 | 1.94% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,540 | 2.18% | |||
| Turnout | 2,08,361 | 128.80% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,61,776 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
1955
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Alluru Venkararamaraju | 41,515 | 24.18 | 4.10 | |
| KMPP | Akula Buliswamy | 38,599 | 22.49 | 4.59 | |
| CPI | Ganji Nageswararao | 35,779 | 20.84 | 4.19 | |
| Independent | Pamula Prakasarao | 27,589 | 16.07 | 2.93 | |
| Independent | Alluru Raju | 20,132 | 11.73 | ||
| Independent | Neethipudi Rao | 5,156 | 3 | ||
| Independent | Undru Rao | 2,891 | 1.68 | ||
| Majority | 38,695 | 22.53 | 20.35 | ||
| Turnout | 171,661 | 138.22 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gaddem Mahalakshmi | 30,460 | 57.79 | ||
| CPI | Bhupathi Narayanamurty | 22,244 | 42.20 | 2.82 | |
| Majority | 8,216 | 15.59 | 6.94 | ||
| Turnout | 52,704 | ||||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | G. R. Nayinala | 17,825 | 32.39 | 25.30 | |
| Independent | S. Balla | 13,680 | 24.86 | ||
| CPI | R. Kanumuru | 9,224 | 16.76 | 25.44 | |
| Independent | B. Akula | 9,173 | 16.67 | ||
| Independent | V. Geddada | 5,122 | 9.31 | ||
| Majority | 4,145 | 7.53 | 8.06 | ||
| Turnout | 55,024 | 79.13 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1972
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Bikkina Gopalakrishnarao | 37,921 | 56.70 | +13.10 | |
| INC | Rudraraju Ramalingaraju | 28,959 | 43.30 | −13.07 | |
| Majority | 8,962 | 13.40 | 5.87 | ||
| Turnout | 66,880 | 80.53 | 1.40 | ||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1978
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rudraraju Ramalingaraju | 37,992 | 51.7 | 8.4 | |
| INC(I) | Sayyaparaju Gandhiraju | 17,652 | 24 | ||
| JP | Balla Sreeramulu | 17,135 | 23.3 | ||
| Independent | Kanety Rao | 700 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 20,340 | 27.3 | 13.9 | ||
| Turnout | 74,505 | 81.3 | 0.77 | ||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1983
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju | 36,674 | 51.7 | ||
| INC | Rudraraju Bhimaraju | 22,567 | 31.8 | 7.8 | |
| Independent | Yenumala Raju | 7,308 | 10.3 | ||
| CPI | Alluri Raju | 4,350 | 6.1 | ||
| Majority | 14,107 | 19.7 | 7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 71,757 | 77.7 | 3.6 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1985
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju | 47,230 | 63.5 | 11.8 | |
| INC | Ponnada Rao | 24,167 | 32.5 | 0.7 | |
| Independent | Kollu Venkanna | 2,055 | 2.8 | ||
| Independent | Katt Prasad | 614 | 0.8 | ||
| Independent | Gollamandala Babu | 277 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 23,063 | 30.7 | 11 | ||
| Turnout | 75,009 | 76.8 | 0.9 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gangaiah Mangena | 46,413 | 50 | 17.5 | |
| TDP | Alluru Venkata Raju | 45,802 | 49.4 | 14.1 | |
| Independent | Alluru Surya Narayana Raju | 570 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 611 | 0.6 | 30.1 | ||
| Turnout | 94,868 | 80.6 | 3.8 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1994
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Alluru Raju | 48,505 | 49.8 | 0.4 | |
| INC | Gangayya Mangena | 41,231 | 42.3 | 7.7 | |
| BSP | Kudupudi Rao | 7,063 | 7.3 | ||
| BJP | Petchetti Rao | 400 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Chinta Subhash | 164 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | R. Bhai | 111 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 7,274 | 7.4 | 6.8 | ||
| Turnout | 98,594 | 79.5 | 1.1 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Alluru Raju | 49,204 | 49.7 | 0.1 | |
| INC | Alluru Krishnamraju | 48,626 | 49.1 | 6.8 | |
| Anna Telugu Desam Party | Pemmadi Rao | 584 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Pratthi Rao | 473 | 0.5 | ||
| Ajeya Bharat Party | Satyanarayana Chiranjeevi | 176 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 578 | 0.6 | 6.8 | ||
| Turnout | 100,972 | 78.7 | 0.8 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Alluri Krishnam Raju | 68,104 | 62.19 | +13.10 | |
| TDP | Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju | 40,086 | 36.60 | −13.07 | |
| Majority | 28,018 | 25.59 | |||
| Turnout | 109,517 | 83.95 | +6.76 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | 52,319 | 39.76 | −22.43 | |
| PRP | Nalli Venkata Krishna Mallik | 46,450 | 35.30 | ||
| TDP | Bathula Ramu | 25,286 | 19.21 | −17.39 | |
| Majority | 5,869 | 4.46 | |||
| Turnout | 131,598 | 79.50 | −4.45 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gollapalli Surya Rao | 66,960 | 49.52 | ||
| YSRCP | Bonthu Rajeswara Rao | 62,277 | 46.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 856 | 0.63 | ||
| Independent | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | 318 | 0.24 | ||
| Majority | 4,683 | 3.47 | |||
| Turnout | 135,230 | 77.71 | −1.79 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao | 50,053 | 32.92 | +32.92 | |
| YSRCP | Bonthu Rajeswara Rao | 49,239 | 32.91 | −13.45 | |
| TDP | Gollapalli Surya Rao | 44,592 | 30.47 | −18.92 | |
| Majority | 814 | 0.56 | |||
| Turnout | 1,45,641 | ||||
| JSP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Deva Varaprasad | 95,514 | 60.13 | 27.21 | |
| YSRCP | Gollapalli Surya Rao | 56,503 | 35.57 | 2.66 | |
| INC | Sarella Prasanna Kumar | 1,435 | 0.90 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,628 | 1.02 | ||
| Majority | 39,011 | 24.56 | |||
| Turnout | 1,58,840 | ||||
| JSP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 19, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "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.