Jaggampeta (Assembly constituency)

Jaggampeta Assembly constituency is a 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 Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Tuni, Pithapuram, Kakinada Rural, Peddapuram and Kakinada City.[2] Jyothula Naga Veera Venkata Vishnu Satya Marthanda Rao 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 211,402 electors in the constituency.[4]

Jaggampeta
Constituency
DistrictEast Godavari
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate211,402
Current constituency
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAJyothula Naga Veera Venkata Vishnu Satya Marthanda Rao
ReservationGeneral

Overview

It is part of the Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Tuni, Pithapuram, Kakinada Rural, Peddapuram, Kakinada City, and Prathipadu.

Mandals

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

No Mandal Name
1 Gokavaram
2 Jaggampeta
3 Gandepalle
4 Kirlampudi

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
1962 Vaddi Mutyala Rao Indian National Congress
1967 K. Pantam Independent
1978 Pantham Padmanabham Indian National Congress
1978 Pantham Padmanabham Indian National Congress (I)
1983 Thota Subbarao Telugu Desam Party
1985 Thota Subbarao Telugu Desam Party
1989 Thota Subbarao Telugu Desam Party
1991 (By-Polls) Thota Venkata Chalam Indian National Congress
1994 Jyothula Nehru Telugu Desam Party
1999 Jyothula Nehru Telugu Desam Party
2004 Thota Narasimham Indian National Congress
2009 Thota Narasimham Indian National Congress
2014 Jyothula Nehru YSR Congress Party
2019 Jyothula Chantibabu YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Jaggampeta
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Thota Narasimham 51,184 34.84
Praja Rajyam Jyothula Nehru 50,395 34.31
TDP Jyothula Chanti Babu 33,277 22.65
Majority 789 0.53
Turnout 146,893 78.82 -1.27
INC hold Swing

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Jaggampeta
Party Candidate Votes % ±
YSRCP Jyothula Nehru 86,146 53.03
TDP Jyothula Chanti Babu 72,214 43.45
Majority 15,932 9.58
Turnout 166,213 83.59 +4.77
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Jaggampeta
Party Candidate Votes % ±
YSRCP Jyothula Chanti Babu 93,496 51.62%
TDP Jyothula Nehru 70,131 38.72%
Jana Sena Patamsetti Suryachandra 10,649 5.88%
Majority 23,365 12.9%
Turnout 1,81,127 85.86%
YSRCP hold 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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