Penukonda Assembly constituency

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Penukonda
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Sri Sathya Sai
Total electors	2,20,383
Reservation	No
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Malagundla Sankaranarayana
Party	YSR Congress Party

Penukonda Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one among 6 constituencies in the Sri Sathya Sai district.

Malagundla Sankaranarayana of YSR Congress Party is currently representing the constituency.

Overview[]

It is part of the Hindupur Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Raptadu, Madakasira, Hindupur, Puttaparthi, Dharmavaram and Kadiri in Sri Sathya Sai district.

Mandals[]

Mandal
Parigi
Penukonda
Gorantla
Somandepalle
Roddam

Members of Legislative Assembly Gorantla[]

Year	Member	Political party
1972	Pamudurthi Ravindra Reddy		Independent politician
1978	P. Bayapa Reddy		Indian National Congress
1983	Veluri Kesanna		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Veluri Kesanna		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Pamudurthi Ravindra Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Nimmala Kristappa		Telugu Desam Party
1995	Nimmala Kristappa		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Nimmala Kristappa		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Pamudurthi Ravindra Reddy		Indian National Congress

Members of Legislative Assembly Penukonda[]

Year	Member	Political party
1952			Independent politician
1955			Indian National Congress
1962			Independent politician
1967			Indian National Congress
1972			Indian National Congress
1978			Indian National Congress
1983	S. Ramachandra Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	S. Ramachandra Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1989			Indian National Congress
1991			Indian National Congress
1994	Paritala Ravindra		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Paritala Ravindra		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Paritala Ravindra		Telugu Desam Party
2009	B K Parthasarathi		Telugu Desam Party
2014	B K Parthasarathi		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Malagundla Sankaranarayana		YSR Congress Party

Election results[]

Assembly elections 1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Penukonda^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lakshminarayana Reddy	16,423	37.08%
	INC	Chitambara Reddy	14,237	32.14%	32.14%
	KMPP	Suryanarayana Reddy	12,205	27.56%
		Venkataramappa	1,426	3.22%
Margin of victory			2,186	4.94%
Turnout			44,291	64.38%
Registered electors			68,796
	Independent win (new seat)

Assembly Elections 2004[]

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penukonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Paritala Ravindra	71,000	57.06	-13.76
	INC		49,758	39.45	+25.80
Majority			22,211	17.61
Turnout			126,126	75.34	+11.95
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009[]

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Penukonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	B K Parthasarathi	68,500	44.89	-12.16
	INC		54,015	35.45	-4.00
	PRP		19,577	12.85
Majority			14,385	9.44
Turnout			152,382	75.26	-0.08
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2014[]

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penukonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	B K Parthasarathi	79,793	47.46
	YSRCP	Malagundla Sankaranarayana	62,378	37.11
Majority			17,415	10.35
Turnout			168,110	83.43	+8.17
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2019[]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penukonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Malagundla Sankaranarayana	96,607	51.08%
	TDP	B K Parthasarathi	81,549	43.12%
Majority			15,058	7.96%
Turnout			1,89,114	85.81	+2.38
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

See also[]

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References[]