Rajahmundry Assembly constituency was a constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh that elected representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India until 2009. It was one of six assembly segments in Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.

The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951) and abolished in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).[1]

Overview

It was a part of Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly segments, namely, Burugupudi, Kadiam, Anaparthi, Ramachandrapuram, Alamuru and Kovvur.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
1952 Chitturi Prabhakara Chowdary Communist Party of India
1955 Ambadipudi Balanageswararao Praja Party
1962 Pothula Veertabhadra Rao Indian National Congress
1967 Chitturi Prabhakara Chowdary Communist Party of India
1972 Bathula Mallikarjunarao Indian National Congress
1978 Tadavarthi Satyavathi
1983 Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989 A. C. Y. Reddy Indian National Congress
1994 Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary Telugu Desam Party
1999[3]
2004[4] Routhu Surya Prakasa Rao Indian National Congress

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Chitturi Prabhakara Chowdary 18,477 40.43%
INC K. L. Narasimha Rao 12,228 26.76% 26.76%
KMPP Kovvidi Linga Raju 11,116 24.32%
Socialist Maduri Annapurniah 2,882 6.31%
KLP Dokiburra Kantiah 996 2.18%
Margin of victory 6,249 13.67%
Turnout 45,699 64.77%
Registered electors 70,560
CPI win (new seat)

References

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