Kurupam (Assembly constituency)

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Kurupam
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVizianagaram
Total electors183,830
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAPushpasreevani Pamula
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Kurupam Assembly constituency is an ST reserved constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku (ST) (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Palakonda, Parvathipuram, Salur, Araku Valley (ST), Paderu (ST) and Rampachodavaram.[2]

Pushpasreevani Pamula is the current 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 183,830 electors in the constituency.[4]

Mandals[]

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

Mandal
Kurupam
Gummalakshmipuram
Jiyyammavalasa
Komarada
Garugubilli

Members of Legislative Assembly Naguru[]

Year Member Political party
1955 Addakula Lakshmu Naidu Independent politician
1962 Addakula Lakshmu Naidu Indian National Congress
1967 Sri Satrucharla Prathap Rudra Raju Swatantra Party
1972 Vyricherla Chandra Chudamani Deo Indian National Congress
1978 Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju Janata Party
1983 Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju Indian National Congress
1985 Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju Indian National Congress
1989 Satrucharla Chandrasekhara Raju Indian National Congress
1994 Nimmaka Jaya Raju Telugu Desam Party
1999 Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju Indian National Congress
2004 Kolaka Lakshmana Murthy Communist Party of India

Members of Legislative Assembly Kurupam[]

Year Member Political party
2009 Veera Vara Todarmal Janardhan Thatraj Indian National Congress
2014 Pushpasreevani Pamula YSR Congress Party
2019 Pushpasreevani Pamula YSR Congress Party

Election results[]

Assembly Elections 2009[]

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Kurupam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Janardhan Thatraj Veeravaratodramala 48,493 41.4
PRP Nimmaka Jayaraju 33,440 28.6
CPI(M) Kolaka Laxmana Murthy 23,707 20.3
Independent Nimmaka Vasudeva Rao 4,471 3.8
BSP Puvvala Saraswathi 2,584 2.2
Majority 15,053 12.9
Turnout 1,17,104 72.0
INC win (new seat)

Assembly Elections 2014[]

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurupam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Pushpasreevani Pamula 55,435 42.3 New
TDP Janardhan Thatraj Veeravaratodramala 36,532 27.7 New
Independent Jayaraju Nimmaka 26,044 19.9 New
CPI(M) Kolaka Laxmana Murthy 5,689 4.3 Decrease16.0
Independent Palaka Ranjith Kumar 2,626 2.0 New
INC Erramilli Indrasena Vardhan 2,594 2.0 Decrease39.4
Majority 19,083 14.3 Increase1.4
Turnout 1,33,254 75.7 Increase3.7
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Elections 2019[]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurupam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Pushpasreevani Pamula 74,527 53.7 Increase11.4
TDP Janardhan Thatraj Veeravaratodramala 47,925 34.6 Increase6.9
CPI(M) Avinash Kumar Kolaka 8,605 6.2 Increase1.9
BJP Nimmaka Jayaraju 4,204 3.0 New
INC Nimmaka Simhachalam 2,204 1.6 Decrease0.4
Majority 26,602 19.2 Increase4.9
Turnout 1,38,723 77.8 Increase2.1
YSRCP hold Swing Increase2.25

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "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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