Rampachodavaram Assembly constituency

Rampachodavaram
Constituency No. 53 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Rampachodavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Alluri Sitharama Raju
LS constituency	Araku
Established	2008
Total electors	260,323
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Miriyala Sirisha Devi
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Rampachodavaram is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Miriyala Sirisha Devi is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 260,323 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Maredumilli
Devipatnam
Y.Ramavaram
Addateegala
Gangavaram
Rampachodavaram
Rajavommangi
Kunavaram
Chintoor
Vararamachandrapuram
Nellipaka

Mandals in Rampachodavaram Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
2024	Miriyala Sirisha Devi		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi		YSR Congress Party
2014	Vanthala Rajeswari
2009	K. K. V. V. V. Satyanarayana Reddy		Indian National Congress

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rampachodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. K. V. V. V. Satyanarayana Reddy	32,654	34.16
	TDP	Chinnam Babu Ramesh	21,851	22.86
	PRP	Seethamsetti Venkateswararao	20,771	21.73
Majority			10,803	11.30
Turnout			95,593	68.70
	INC win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rampachodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Vanthala Rajeswari	52,156	45.36
	TDP	Seethamsetti Venkateswara Rao	43,934	38.21
Majority			8,222	7.15
Turnout			114,978	76.23	+7.53
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rampachodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi	98,318	48.72%
	TDP	Vanthala Rajeswari	59,212	29.34%
	CPI(M)	Sunnam Rajaiah	18,182	9.01%
	INC	Gondi Balaiah	5,013	2.49%
Majority			39,106	19.38%
Turnout			201,807	77.52%	+7.53
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rampachodavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Miriyala Sirisha Devi	90,087	42.8
	YSRCP	Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi	80,948	38.45
	CPI(M)	Lotha Rama Rao	21,265	10.1
	NOTA	None of the above	7,269	3.45
Majority			9,139	4.35
Turnout			2,10,508
			Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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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