Gudivada (Assembly constituency)

Gudivada Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Gannavaram, Pedana, Machilipatnam, Avanigadda, Pamarru SC and Penamaluru.[2] Katari Eswar Kumar is the youngest cabinet minister of combined states who represented Gudivada.Katari's father late Katari Satyam Garu was known for his charisma in state politics as he was one of the veteran Congress leaders. Even Indira Gandhiji used to praise Katari Satyam Garu and named him as Ukku Katari.He contested against actor turned politician Sr NTR and lost by 1800 votes. Both Katari and Kodali were having good relationship as Guru-Sishyas. Ex-Minister Katari Eswar Kumar is one of the veteran politicians of Andhra Pradesh.He contested and won for the first time in 1989 against Raavi Sobhanadri Chowdary (Telugu Desam Party).Upon his victory he got his place in chenna reddy cabinet as minister. He contested as independent in 1999 and bagged 19000 votes where Nandamuri Hari Krishna lost his deposits in the same election. He has a huge name and fame among weaker sections and has huge yadav community following. He is carrying his father Late Shri Katari Satyanarayana's (Satyam) legacy who worked as Municipal Chairman once and as MLA for twice and also donated high worth lands for government purposes. He is known as BC leader. Eswar Katari had studied M.Com and was very loyal to democracy and rules. Even existing MLA Kodali Nani treats Katari as his "Guru"'Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 208,305 electors in the constituency.[4]

Gudivada
Constituency
DistrictKrishna
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate208,305
Current constituency
PartyYuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party
MLAKodali Sri Venkateswara Rao
ReservationGeneral

Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party is currently representing the constituency.

Mandals

The three mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

S.No Mandal Name
1 Gudlavalleru
2 Gudivada
3 Nandivada

Member of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
1955 Vemula Kurmayya Indian National Congress
1962 Ganji Rama Rao Communist Party of India
1967 M. K. Devi Indian National Congress
1972 Katari Satyanarayana Rao Indian National Congress
1978 Katari Satyanarayana Rao Indian National Congress (I)
1983 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Telugu Desam Party
1985 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Telugu Desam Party
1985
(By-Polls)		 Raavi Sobhanadri Chowdary Telugu Desam Party
1989 Katari Eswar Kumar Indian National Congress
1994 Raavi Sobhanadri Chowdary Telugu Desam Party
1999 Raavi Hari Gopal Telugu Desam Party
2000
(By-Polls)		 Raavi Venkateswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
2004 Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
2009 Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
2014 Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao YSR Congress Party
2019 Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 1999
1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Raavi Hari Gopal 43,126 41.8
INC Segu Venkateswarlu 26,180 25.4
Independent Eswara Kumar Katari 18,936 18.4
ATDP Nandamuri Harikrishna 11,238 10.9
Majority 16,946 15.6
Turnout 108,300 66.7
TDP hold Swing

Assembly Elections 2004
2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani) 57845 62.60 +10.79
INC Eswar Kumar Katari 48,981 44.53 +19.16
Majority 8864 8.06
Turnout 109,988 69.61 +6.10
TDP hold Swing

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Gudivada
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani) 68,034 46.00 -6.59
INC Pinnamaneni Venkateswara Rao 50,404 34.10 -10.463
Praja Rajyam Raavi Venkateswara Rao 21,582 14.60
Majority 17,630 11.90
Turnout 147,866 81.89 +12.28
TDP hold Swing

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gudivada
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao 81,298 55.32
TDP Raavi Venkateswara Rao 69,761 44.03
Majority 11,537 7.29
Turnout 158,428 80.29 -1.60
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

Assembly Elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:Gudivada
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao 89,833 53.50%
TDP DEVINENI AVINASH 70,354 41.90%
Majority 19479 9.6%
Turnout 167902 80.6%
YSRCP hold 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. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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