Kovur Assembly constituency

Kovur
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Nellore
Total electors	2,64,629
Reservation	No
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA
Party	YSR Congress Party

Kovur Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 10 constituencies in the Nellore district.

Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy of YSR Congress Party is currently representing the constituency.

Overview[]

It is part of the Nellore Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Kandukur in Prakasam district, Kavali, Atmakur, Nellore City, Nellore Rural and Udayagiri in Nellore district.

Mandals[]

Mandal
Vidavalur
Kodavalur
Kovur
Buchireddipalem
Indukurpet

Members of Legislative Assembly Buchireddipalem[]

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Basavareddi Sankarayya		Communist Party of India
1962	Swarna Vemayya		Communist Party of India

Members of Legislative Assembly Kovur[]

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Basavareddi Sankarayya		Communist Party of India
1962	Rebala Dasaratharama Reddy		Indian National Congress
1967	V. Venkureddy		Indian National Congress
1972	Pellakuru Ramacandra Reddy		Indian National Congress
1978	Pellakuru Ramacandra Reddy		Indian National Congress
1983	Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Nallapareddy Prasannakumar Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Nallapareddy Prasannakumar Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy		Indian National Congress
2009	Nallapareddy Prasannakumar Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
2012 (By-Poll)	Nallapareddy Prasannakumar Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2014	Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Nallapareddy Prasannakumar Reddy		YSR Congress Party

Election results[]

Assembly Elections 1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kovur^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Basavareddi Sankarayya	25,435	57.26%
	INC	B. Seshu Reddi	9,290	20.91%	20.91%
	Independent	Kotiruraddi Veerareddi	4,104	9.24%
	Independent	Morla Yanadayya	1,906	4.29%
	Independent	T. Ramakrishna	1,367	3.08%
	Socialist	K. Ramanayya	1,237	2.78%
	Independent	V. Subramanyam	1,084	2.44%
Margin of victory			16,145	36.34%
Turnout			44,423	63.63%
Registered electors			69,817
	CPI win (new seat)

Assembly Elections 2004[]

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kovuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy	45,270	43.04	+11.14
	TDP	Nallapareddy Prasannakumar Reddy	44,790	42.59	-18.39
Majority			480	0.45
Turnout			105,172	74.57	+6.34
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009[]

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Kovuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nallapareddy Prasannakumar Reddy	73,212	43.32	+0.73
	INC	Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy	65,768	38.91	-4.13
	PRP	Tupakula Munemma	22,624	13.39
Majority			8,444	4.41
Turnout			169,009	74.41	-0.16
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly By-Elections 2012[]

2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly By-election: Kovur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Nalapareddy Prasannakumar Reddy	116,239	56.55
	TDP	Chandra Mohan Reddy Somireddy	76,348	37.14
Majority			39,891
Turnout			199,360
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly elections 2014[]

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Kovuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy	94,108	48.52
	YSRCP	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy	86,171	44.43
Majority			7,937	4.09
Turnout			193,941	80.54	+6.13
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

Assembly Elections 2019[]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kovur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy	126,239	56.55
	TDP	Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy	76,348	37.14
	Jana Sena	T. Raghavaiah	5,292	2.57
	BJP	Marem Vijayalakshmi	1,481	0.72
Majority			39,891
Turnout			199,360
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

See also[]

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha

References[]