Gannavaram (SC) (Assembly constituency)

Gannavaram (Assembly constituency) is an SC reserved constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency, along with Ramachandrapuram, Mummidivaram, Amalapuram (SC), Razole, Kothapeta, and Mandapeta.[2] Kondeti Chitti Babu is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 189,258 electors in the constituency.[4]

Gannavaram
Constituency
DistrictEast Godavari district
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate189,258
Current constituency
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAKondeti Chitti Babu
ReservationSC

Mandals

The four mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

No Mandal Name
1 P.Gannavaram
2 Ambajipeta
3 Ainavilli
4 Mamidikuduru (Part)

The villages within the Mamidikuduru mandal falling in this constituency are Pedapatnam, Appanapalle, Botlakurru Doddavaram, Pasarlapudi, Pedapatnam, Nagaram, Mogalikuduru, Makanapalem, Lutukurru, Pasarlapudilanka and Adurru. The other part of this mandal comes under Razole assembly constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
2009 Pamula Rajeswari Devi Indian National Congress
2014 Pulaparty Narayana Murty Telugu Desam Party
2019 Kondeti Chittibabu YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Gannavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Pamula Rajeswari Devi 44,756 33.26
TDP Pulaparty Narayana Murty 41,651 30.96
Praja Rajyam Janga Goutham 41,359 30.74
Majority 3,105 2.30
Turnout 134,551 78.60
INC win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±
TDP Pulaparty Narayana Murty 74,967 52.49
YSRCP Chittibabu Kondeti 61,462 43.04
Majority 13,505 9.45
Turnout 142,815 78.02 -0.58
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Gannavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±
YSRCP Chittibabu Kondeti 67373 43.13
Jana Sena Pamula Rajeswari Devi 36259 23.21
TDP Nelapudi Stalin Babu 45166 28.91
Majority 31112
Turnout
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

See also

References
  1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "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.
  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.
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