Rajahmundry Assembly constituency

Defunct assembly constituency of Andhra Pradesh

Rajahmundry
Former constituency No. 40 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	East Godavari
LS constituency	Rajahmundry
Established	1951
Abolished	2009
Total electors	116,929
Reservation	None

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 the 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 the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly segments, namely, Burugupudi, Kadiam, Anaparthi, Ramachandrapuram, Alamuru and Kovvur.^[2]

Year	Member
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	Indian National Congress
1983	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary	Telugu Desam Party
1989	A. C. Y. Reddy	Indian National Congress
1994	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary	Telugu Desam Party
1999^[3]	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary	Telugu Desam Party
2004^[4]	Routhu Surya Prakasa Rao	Indian National Congress

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)

^ https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/
^ "Lok Sabha & Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 2004" (PDF). www.ceotelangana.nic.in.
^ "Rajahmundry Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
^ "List of constituencies (District Wise) : Andhra Pradesh 2004 Election Candidate Information". myneta.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
^ "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.