Kakinada City (Assembly constituency)

Kakinada City (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, Prathipadu (SC), Pithapuram, Kakinada Rural and Peddapuram.[2] Dwarampudi Chandra Sekhara Reddy 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 255,716 electors in the constituency.[4]

Kakinada City
Constituency
DistrictEast Godavari
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate255,716
Current constituency
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLADwarampudi Chandra Sekhara Reddy
ReservationGeneral

Mandals

The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

No Mandal Name
1 Kakinada Urban Mandal (Part) Kakinada Urban (M) (Part) Kakinada(M) Ward No. 1 to 65

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
2009 Dwarampudi Chandrasekhara Reddy Indian National Congress
2014 Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Dwarampudi Chandrasekhara Reddy YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Kakinada City
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Dwarampudi Chandrasekhara Reddy 44,606 37.28
Praja Rajyam Bandana Hari 35,327 29.52
TDP Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao 25,636 21.42
Majority 9,279 7.76
Turnout 119,664 72.54
INC win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada City
Party Candidate Votes % ±
TDP Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao 76,467 54.42
YSRCP Dwarampuidi Chandrasekhara Reddy 52,467 37.34
Majority 24,000 17.08
Turnout 140,523 67.87 -4.67
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada City
Party Candidate Votes % ±
YSRCP Dwarampuidi Chandrasekhara Reddy 73,890 43.06%
TDP Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao 59,779 34.84%
Jana Sena Mutha Sasidhar 30,188 17.59%
BJP peddireddi Ravi kiran 1581 0.92
NOTA None of the above N/A
Majority 14,111 8.22%
Turnout 171,604
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing 5.72%

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. 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.
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