Rajahmundry City (Assembly constituency)

Rajahmundry City Assembly constituency is a constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency, along with Anaparthy, Rajanagaram, Rajahmundry Rural, Kovvur, Nidadavole, and Gopalapuram.[2] Adireddy Bhavani is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 253,087 electors in the constituency.[4]

Rajahmundry City
Constituency
DistrictEast Godavari
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate253,087
Current constituency
PartyTelugu Desam Party
MLAAdireddy Bhavani
ReservationGeneral

Mandals

The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

No Mandal Name
1 Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation

( Ward No. 7 to 35 and 42 to 89)

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
2009 Routhu Surya Prakasa Rao Indian National Congress
2014 Akula Satyanarayana Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Adireddy Bhavani Telugu Desam Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Rajahmundry City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Routu Surya Prakasa Rao 41,369 31.12
TDP G B Choudary 40,085 30.16
Praja Rajyam Challa Sankara Rao 39,384 29.63
Majority 1,284 0.96
Turnout 132,926 65.64
INC win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Akula Satyanarayana 79,531 50.24
YSRCP Bommana Raj Kumar 53,154 33.57
Majority 26,377 16.67
Turnout 158,317 68.94 +3.30
BJP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Routu Surya Prakasa Rao 53,637 32 -1.57
TDP Adireddy Bhavani 83,702 49.94
Jana Sena Atthi Satyanarayana 23,096 13.78
BJP Bommula Dattu 3003 1.79 -48.45
NOTA None of the above 1369 0.82 N/A
Majority 30,065 18.5 1.83
Turnout 1,67,604 66.34 -2.60
TDP gain from BJP Swing

See also

References
  1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 19, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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