Rajahmundry Rural (Assembly constituency)

Rajahmundry Rural 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 City, Kovvur, Nidadavole, and Gopalapuram.[2] Gorantla Butchaiah Choudary 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 254,339 electors in the constituency.[4]

Rajahmundry Rural
Constituency
DistrictEast Godavari
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate254,339
Current constituency
PartyTelugu Desam Party
MLAGorantla Butchaiah Choudary
ReservationGeneral

Overview

It is part of the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Anaparthy, Rajanagaram, Rajahmundry City, Kovvur, Nidadavole, and Gopalapuram.

Mandals

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

No Mandal Name
1 Kadiam
2 Rajahmundry Rural
3 Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation

(Ward No.1 to 6, 36 to 41 and 90)

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
2009 Chandana Ramesh Telugu Desam Party
2014 Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary Telugu Desam Party
2019 Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary Telugu Desam Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Rajahmundry Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Chandana Ramesh 44,617 32.39
Praja Rajyam Ravanam Swami Naidu 43,070 31.27
INC J Vijaya Lakshmi 38,340 27.83
Majority 1,547 1.12
Turnout 137,742 72.70
TDP win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary 87,540 52.22
YSRCP Akula Veerraju 69,482 41.45
Majority 18,058 10.77
Turnout 167,626 73.85 +1.15
TDP hold Swing

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary 74166 39.28%
YSRCP Akula Veerraju 63762 33.77%
Jana Sena Kandula Durgesh 42685 22.61%
Majority
Turnout
TDP 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. 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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