Penamaluru (Assembly constituency)

Penamaluru (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, Gudivada, Pedana, Machilipatnam, Avanigadda and Pamarru SC.[2] Kolusu Partha Sarathy is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 267,751 electors in the constituency.[4]

Penamaluru
Constituency of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent MLAKolusu Parthasarathy
Political PartyYSRCP
Constituency Details
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictKrishna
ReservationGeneral
Total Electors267,751

Mandals

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

Mandal
Kankipadu
Vuyyuru
Penamaluru

Members of Legislative Assembly Kankipadu
Year Member Political party
1952 Myneni Lakshmanaswamy Communist Party of India
1955 Chennupati Ramakotaiah Krishikar Lok Party
1962 Chennupati Ramakotaiah Indian National Congress
1963 M.L.Swamy Communist Party of India
1967 Akkineni Bhaskar Rao Indian National Congress
1972 Akkineni Bhaskar Rao Indian National Congress
1978 Koneru Ranga Rao Indian National Congress
1983 Devineni Rajasekhar (Nehru) Telugu Desam Party
1985 Devineni Rajasekhar (Nehru) Telugu Desam Party
1989 Devineni Rajasekhar (Nehru) Telugu Desam Party
1994 Devineni Rajasekhar (Nehru) Telugu Desam Party
1999 Nageswara Rao Yalamanchili Telugu Desam Party
2004 Devineni Rajasekhar (Nehru) Indian National Congress

Members of Legislative Assembly Vuyyuru
Year Member Political party
1955 Kakani Venkataratnam Indian National Congress
1962 Kakani Venkataratnam Indian National Congress
1967 V. R. Kadiyala Independent politician
1972 Kakani Venkataratnam Indian National Congress
1978 Vadde Sohanadreeswara Rao Janata Party
1983 K. P. Reddaiah Indian National Congress
1985 Anne Babu Rao Telugu Desam Party
1989 Vangaveeti Sobhana Chalapathi Rao Indian National Congress
1994 Anne Babu Rao Telugu Desam Party
1999 Anne Babu Rao Telugu Desam Party
2001 Anne Vijaya Lakshmi Telugu Desam Party
2004 Kolusu Parthasarathy Indian National Congress

Members of Legislative Assembly Penamaluru
Year Member Political party
2009 Kolusu Parthasarathy Indian National Congress
2014 Bode Prasad Telugu Desam Party[5]
2019 Kolusu Parthasarathy YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Penamaluru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kolusu Parthasarathy 61,346 37.44
TDP Chalasani Venkateswara Rao 61,169 37.33
PRP Dhanekula Murali Mohana Rao 31,930 19.49
Majority 177 0.14
Turnout 163,851 80.19
INC win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penamaluru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Bode prasad 1,02,330 54.97
YSRCP V R Vidyasagar Kukkala 70,882 38.08
INC Nerella Sobhan Babu 3336 1.79
Majority 31,448 16.90
Turnout 186,128 80.19 -0.52
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penamaluru
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Kolusu Parthasarathy 1,01,485 47.43 +9.35
TDP Bode Prasad 90,168 42.14 -12.83
BSP L.Karunakar Das 15,388 7.19
Majority 11,317 5.29
Turnout 2,13,929
YSRCP gain from Telugu Desam 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.
  5. "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 13. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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