Tekkali (Assembly constituency)

Tekkali Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Srikakulam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Ichchapuram, Palasa, Pathapatnam, Srikakulam, Amadalavalasa and Narasannapeta.[2] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 222,222 electors in the constituency.[3] In 2019 state assembly election, Atchannaidu Kinjarapu was elected as an MLA of the constituency, representing the Telugu Desam Party.[4]

Tekkali
Constituency
DistrictSrikakulam
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate222,222
Current constituency
PartyTelugu Desam Party
MLAAtchannaidu Kinjarapu
ReservationGeneral

Mandals

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

S.No Mandal Name
1 Nandigam
2 Tekkali
3 Santhabommali
4 Kotabommali

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
1955 Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora Indian National Congress
1962 Ronanki Satyanarayana Swatantra Party
1967 N. Ramulu Swatantra Party
1972 Sattaru Lokanadham Naidu Indian National Congress
1978 Bammaidi Narayanaswami Janata Party
1983 Attada Janardhana Rao Telugu Desam Party
1985 Saroja Varada Telugu Desam Party
1989 Duvvada Nagavali Telugu Desam Party
1994 N. T. Rama Rao Telugu Desam Party
1995 (By-Polls) Appayya Dora Hanumanthu Telugu Desam Party
1999 Korla Revatipathi Telugu Desam Party
2004 Appayya Dora Hanumanthu Indian National Congress
2009 Korla Revatipathi Indian National Congress
2009 (By-Polls) Korla Bharathi Indian National Congress
2014 Atchannaidu Kinjarapu Telugu Desam Party
2019 Atchannaidu Kinjarapu Telugu Desam Party

Election results

Assembly elections 2004
2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tekkali
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC A D Hanumanthu 49,480 47.70
TDP L L Naidu 32,209 31.05
Independent Dr Ravathipathi Korla 455 19.13
Majority 17,271 16.65
Turnout 103,739 73.14 +8.63
INC gain from TDP Swing

Assembly elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Tekkali
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Dr. Ravathipathi Korla 47,513 34.82
TDP Atchannaidu Kinjarapu 45,620 33.43
Praja Rajyam Duvvada Srinivas 36,552 26.79
Majority 1,893 1.39
Turnout 136,450 76.04
INC hold Swing

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tekkali
Party Candidate Votes % ±
TDP Atchannaidu Kinjarapu 81,167 50.60
YSRCP Duvvada Srinivas 72,780 45.38
Majority 8,387 5.22
Turnout 160,394 78.42 +2.38
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tekkali
Party Candidate Votes % ±
TDP Atchannaidu Kinjarapu 87658 49.64
YSRCP Perada Tilak 86500 48
Jana Sena Kanithi Kiran Kumar 2806 1.59
BJP Hanumanthu Uday Bhaskar 929 0.53
INC Chintada Dileep Kumar 1743 0.99
Majority 1158
Turnout
TDP 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. 16, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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