Palakonda (Assembly constituency)

Palakonda
Palakonda
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Srikakulam
Total electors	184,414
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Viswasarayi Kalavathi
Party	YSR Congress Party
Elected year	2019

Palakonda Assembly constituency is an ST reserved constituency in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku (ST) (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Kurupam (ST), Salur, Paderu (ST) and Rampachodavaram.^[2] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 184,414 electors in the constituency.^[3] Viswasarayi Kalavathi is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.^[4]

Mandals[]

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

Year	Member
1955	Pydi Narasimhapparao	Independent
1962	Kemburu Suryanarayana Naidu	Swatantra Party
1967	J. Joji	Swatantra Party
1972	Kottapalli Narasayya	Indian National Congress
1978	Kambala Rajaratnam	Janata Party
1983	Syama Rao Gonipati	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Tale Bhadrayya	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Amruta Kumari P.J.	Indian National Congress
1994	Tale Bhadrayya	Telugu Desam Party
1999	Amruta Kumari P.J.	Independent
2004	Kambala Jogulu	Telugu Desam Party
2009	Nimmaka Sugreevulu	Indian National Congress
2014	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	YSR Congress Party
2019	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	YSR Congress Party

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Palakonda^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Palavasa Sangam Naiudu	15,942	42.22%	42.22%
	KLP	Moosala Rajaratnam Naiudu	14,296	37.86%
	Independent	Kodinarayananaswami	5,265	13.94%
	Socialist	Vavilapalli Satyanarayanana Naiudu	2,256	5.97%
Margin of victory			1,646	4.36%
Turnout			37,759	56.20%
Registered electors			67,182
	INC win (new seat)

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kambala Jogulu	42,327	53.3	21.8
	INC	T. Rajababu	30,703	38.7	7.3
Majority			11,624	14.7	13.3
Turnout			79,347	72.5	8.1
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing	10.9

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Palakonda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nimmaka Sugreevulu	45,909	42.4	3.7
	TDP	Gopalarao Nimmaka	29,759	27.5	25.8
	PRP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	21,725	20.1	New
Majority			16,150	14.9	0.2
Turnout			1,08,295	69.8	2.7
	INC gain from TDP		Swing	14.75

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	55,337	46.1	New
	TDP	Jaya Krishna Nimmaka	53,717	44.8	17.3
	CPI(M)	Pattika Kumar	3,165	2.6	New
	INC	Nimmaka Sugreevulu	3,162	2.6	39.8
	CPI	Kurangi Manmadha Rao	2,483	2.1	New
Majority			1,620	1.3	13.6
Turnout			1,21,428	72.2	2.4
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	72,054	54.1	8.0
	TDP	Jaya Krishna Nimmaka	54,074	40.6	4.2
	CPI	Dvg Sankara Rao	3,343	2.5	0.4
	BJP	Suneetha Thadangi	1,169	0.9	New
	INC	H. Prasad Rao	1,001	0.8	1.8
Majority			17,980	13.5	12.2
Turnout			1,33,164	73.9	1.7
	YSRCP hold		Swing	6.1

^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ ^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.
^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.