Gannavaram (SC) (Assembly constituency)

Gannavaram (SC)
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
District East Godavari
State Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Reservation No

Gannavaram (SC) (Assembly constituency) is one of 19 constituencies of East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It is a Scheduled Castes reserved constituency. As per the Delimitation Orders (2008), the constituency covers the mandals of P.Gannavaram, Ambajipeta, Ainavilli and part of Mamidikuduru. It also covers villages of Pedapatnam, Appanapalle, Botlakurru Doddavaram, Pasarlapudi, Pedapatnam, Nagaram, Mogalikuduru, Makanapalem, Lutukurru, Pasarlapudilanka and Adurru.[1]

Overview

It is part of the Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Ramachandrapuram, Mummidivaram, Razole, Amalapuram, Kothapeta, and Mandapeta.

Mandals

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

No Mandal Name
1 P.Gannavaram
2 Ambajipeta
3 Ainavilli
4 Mamidikuduru (Part)

The villages within the Mamidikuduru mandal falling in this constituency are Pedapatnam, Appanapalle, Botlakurru Doddavaram, Pasarlapudi, Pedapatnam, Nagaram, Mogalikuduru, Makanapalem, Lutukurru, Pasarlapudilanka and Adurru. The other part of this mandal comes under Razole assembly constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2009

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Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections, 2009: Gannavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Pamula Rajeswari Devi 44,756 33.26
TDP Pulaparty Narayana Murty 41,651 30.96
PRP Janga Goutham 41,359 30.74
Majority 3,105 2.30
Turnout 134,551 78.60

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Gannavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±
TDP Pulaparty Narayana Murty 74,967 52.49
YSRCP Chitti Babu Kondeti 61,462 43.04
Majority 13,505 9.45
Turnout 142,815 78.02 -0.58
TDP gain from INC Swing

See also

References

  1. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

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