Razole (SC) (Assembly constituency)

Razole Assembly constituency is an SC reserved 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 Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency, along with Ramachandrapuram, Mummidivaram, Amalapuram (SC), Gannavaram, Kothapeta, and Mandapeta.[2] Rapaka Varaprasada Rao is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Jana Sena Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 186,819 electors in the constituency.[4]

Razole
Constituency
DistrictEast Godavari
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate186,819
Current constituency
PartyJana Sena Party
MLARapaka Varaprasada Rao
ReservationSC

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]

No Mandal Name
1 Razole
2 Malikipuram
3 Sakhinetipalle
4 Mamidikuduru (Part)

The villages of Mamidikuduru Mandal that are covered by the constituency are Mamidikuduru, Geddada, Edarada, Komarada, Magatapalle and Gogannamatham. The other part of this mandal is a part of Gannavaram assembly constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
1955 Alluru Venkararamaraju Communist Party of India
1962 Gaddem Mahalakshmi Indian National Congress
1967 G. R. Nayinala Indian National Congress
1972 Bikkina Gopalakrishnarao Independent
1978 Rudraraju Ramalingaraju Indian National Congress
1983 Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju Telugu Desam Party
1985 Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju Telugu Desam Party
1989 Mangena Gangaiah Indian National Congress
1994 Alluru Venkata Suryanarayana Raju Telugu Desam Party
1999 Alluri Venkata Surya Narayana Raju Telugu Desam Party
2004 Alluri Krishnam Raju Indian National Congress
2009 Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao Indian National Congress
2014 Gollapalli Surya Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao Jana Sena Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004
2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Razole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Alluri Krishnam Raju 68,104 62.19 +13.10
TDP Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju 40,086 36.60 -13.07
Majority 28,018 25.59
Turnout 109,517 83.95 +6.76
INC gain from TDP Swing

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Razole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao 52,319 39.76 -22.43
Praja Rajyam Nalli Venkata Krishna Mallik 46,450 35.30
TDP Bathula Ramu 25,286 19.21 -17.39
Majority 5,869 4.46
Turnout 131,598 79.50 -4.45
INC hold Swing

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Razole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Gollapalli Surya Rao 66,960 49.52
YSRCP Bonthu Rajeswara Rao 62,277 46.05
NOTA None of the Above 856 0.63
Independent Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao 318 0.24
Majority 4,683 3.47
Turnout 135,230 77.71 -1.79
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jana Sena Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao 50,053 33.46
YSRCP Bonthu Rajeswara Rao 49,239 32.91 -13.45
TDP Gollapalli Surya Rao 45,592 30.47 -18.92
Majority 814 0.56
Turnout 1,45,641
Jana Sena gain from TDP 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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