Ichchapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Most Successful parties from Ichchapuram Assembly
TDP (9 Times) (56.25%)
INC (3 Times) (18.75%)
KLP (2 times) (12.5%)
others (2 Times) (12.5%)
Ashok Bendalam is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 246,228 electors in the constituency.[4][needs update] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).[5]
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandals |
|---|
| Kanchili |
| Ichchapuram |
| Kaviti |
| Sompeta |
Mandals in Ichchapuram Assembly constituency
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Following is the list of members who have been elected from the constituency to the Andhra Pradesh Legislature till date.[6]
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Asi Neeladri Reddy | Krishikar Lok Party | |
| 1955 | Uppada Rangababu Reddy | ||
| 1962 | Kirti Chandra Deo | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | L. K. Reddy | Swatantra Party | |
| 1972 | Uppada Rangababu Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Bendalam Venkateswara Sharma | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | M. V. Krishnarao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | Dakkata Achuta Ramayya Reddy | ||
| 1999 | M. V. Krishnarao | ||
| 2004 | Naresh Kumar Agarwal | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Piriya Sairaj | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2014 | Ashok Bendalam | ||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | |||
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLP | Neeladri Rao Reddy | 9,246 | 24.71% | ||
| Independent | Harihara Patnaik | 7,579 | 20.26% | ||
| INC | Modekunti Kameswara Rao | 7,501 | 20.05% | 20.05% | |
| Independent | G. Padmanabham Dora | 6,746 | 18.03% | ||
| Independent | Dakkata Ramaswamy | 6,345 | 16.96% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,667 | 4.46% | |||
| Turnout | 37,417 | 59.25% | |||
| Registered electors | 63,149 | ||||
| KLP win (new seat) | |||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Naresh Kumar Agarwal | 51,927 | 54.0 |  7.48
| |
| TDP | Yakambari Dakkata | 44,182 | 46.0 |  5.60
| |
| Majority | 7,745 | 8.1 | |||
| Turnout | 96,109 | 73.5 | 7.05
| ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | 6.54
|
|||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Piriya Sairaj | 45,277 | 33.2 | 12.8
| |
| INC | Narthu Ramarao | 43,002 | 31.6 | 22.4
| |
| PRP | Nartu Seshagiri Rao | 39,256 | 28.8 | New | |
| Majority | 2,275 | 1.7 | 6.4
| ||
| Turnout | 1,36,222 | 73.1 | 0.4
| ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | 4.8
|
|||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Ashok Bendalam[7] | 86,815 | 54.2 | 21.0
| |
| YSRCP | Narthu Rama Rao | 61,537 | 38.4 | New | |
| INC | Agarwal Naresh | 6,582 | 4.1 | 27.5
| |
| Majority | 25,278 | 15.7 | 14.0
| ||
| Turnout | 1,60,919 | 71.8 | 1.3
| ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Ashok Bendalam | 79,992 | 47.5 | 6.7
| |
| YSRCP | Piriya sairaj | 72,847 | 43.2 | 4.8
| |
| JSP | Dasari Raju | 11,123 | 6.6 | New | |
| INC | Kolli Eshwar Rao | 2138 | 1.24 | 2.9
| |
| BJP | J. S. V. Prasad | 1826 | 1.1 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3880 | 2.25 | ||
| Majority | 7,145 | 4.14 | 11.57
| ||
| Turnout | 1,68,543 | 69.6 | 2.2
| ||
| TDP hold | Swing | 5.75
|
|||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Ashok Bendalam | 110,612 | 58.58 | ||
| YSRCP | Piriya Vijaya | 70,829 | 37.51 | ||
| INC | Masupatri Chakravarthi Reddy | 792 | 0.42 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,374 | 2.32 | ||
| Majority | 39,783 | 21.07 | |||
| Turnout | 1,88,815 | ||||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Ichchapuram Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Ichchapuram Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Ichchapuram Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Ichchapuram, Andhra Pradesh". Elections in India. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 9. Retrieved 13 June 2019.