Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency)

Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency) is a constituency in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Gannavaram, Gudivada, Pedana, Avanigadda, Pamarru SC and Penamaluru.[2] Perni Venkataramaiah (Perni Nani) 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 184,506 electors in the constituency.[4]

Machilipatnam
Constituency
DistrictKrishna
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate184,506
Current constituency
Created2019
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAPerni Venkataramaiah (Perni Nani)
ReservationGeneral

Mandals

Machilipatnam mandal is the only mandal that forms the assembly constituency.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
2009 Perni Venkataramaiah Indian National Congress
2014 Kollu Ravindra Telugu Desam Party
2019 Perni Venkataramaiah YSR Congress Party

Election Results
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Machilipatnam[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
YSRCP Perni Venkataramaiah 66,141 44.36
TDP Kollu Ravindra 60,290 40.44
Majority 5,932 8.96
Turnout 147,180 79.77
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. 21, 31. 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. "Constituency: Machilipatnam (209)". Empowering India. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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