Tuni Assembly constituency

Tuni
Constituency No. 35 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Tuni Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Kakinada
LS constituency	Kakinada
Established	1951
Total electors	212,900
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Yanamala Divya
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Tuni Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada 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 Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Yanamala Divya is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 212,900 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Thondangi
Kotananduru
Tuni

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnam Raju Bahadur		Indian National Congress
1955
1962
1967
1972	N Vijayalakshmi
1978
1983	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989
1994
1999
2004
2009	Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnam Raju Bahadur (Ashok Babu)		Indian National Congress
2014	Dadisetti Raja		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Yanamala Divya		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tuni^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raju Vatsereya Venkata Krishna Raju Bahadur	20,498	44.45%	44.45%
	KMPP	Yenumula Venkanna Dora	12,917	28.01%
	RPI	Gare Appa Rao	6,351	13.77%
	Independent	Somasethu Venkam Dore	3,614	7.84%
	SP	Venkata Rao, Eranki	2,738	5.94%
Margin of victory			7,581	16.44%
Turnout			46,118	60.54%
Registered electors			76,175
	INC win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnamuraj Bahadur	22,088
	CPI	Inuganti Narayanarao	12,366
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raja V. V. Krishnamraju Bahadur	23,832
	PSP	Katha Radhakrishnamurty	15668
	INC gain from PSP		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. V. Krishnamraju	32,920
	PSP	K. Janardhanarao	23776
	INC gain from PSP		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N Vijayalakshmi	40,521
	Independent	Bandaru Kannaiah Dora	17713
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu	48,738
	INC	Vijayalakashmidevi Mirza Nallaparaju	27058
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu	50,292
	INC	M. N. Vijayalakshmi Devi	33988
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu	51,139
	INC	Sri Raju Vatsavayi Krishnam Raju Bahadur	48512
	TDP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu	59,250
	INC	Maddala Venkata Chalapathi Rao	41457
	TDP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Yanamala Ramakrishnudu	52,921
	Independent	Sri Raja Vatsavayi Venkata Krishnam Raju	48747
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu	61,794	49.78	+5.10
	INC	S.R.V.V. Krishnam Raju	58,059	46.77	+5.61
Majority			3,735	3.01
Turnout			124,144	76.25	+3.60
	TDP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Venkata Krishnam Raju Sriraja Vatsavayi	55,386	39.17	−7.60
	TDP	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu	46,876	33.15	−16.63
	PRP	Rongali Lakshmi	30,079	21.27
Majority			8,510	6.02
Turnout			141,416	78.59	+2.34
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Dadisetti Raja	84,755	52.98
	TDP	Yanamala Krishnudu	66,182	41.37
Majority			18,573	11.61
Turnout			159,970	80.95	+2.36
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Dadisetti Raja	92,459	52.13%
	TDP	Yanamala Krishnudu	68,443	38.59%
	JSP	Venkata Krishnamraju Srirajavatsavayi (Ashokbabu)	6,413	3.62%
Majority			24,016	13.54
Turnout			177,375	83.3%
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Yanamala Divya	97,206	51.31 %	+51.31
	YSRCP	Dadisetti Raja	82029	43.3 %	−7.52
	INC	Gelam Srinivasa Rao	1923	1.02 %	+1.2
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3434	1.81 %	−0.2
Majority			15177	8.28 %	+8.28
Turnout			184592	97.5%
	TDP gain from YSRCP		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. 18, 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.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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