Chilakaluripet Assembly constituency

Chilakaluripet
Constituency No. 96 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Chilakaluripet Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Palnadu
Lok Sabha constituency	Narasaraopet
Established	1951
Total electors	223,809
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prathipati Pulla Rao
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Chilakaluripet Assembly constituency is a constituency in Palnadu 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 Narasaraopet Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Prathipati Pulla Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 223,809 electors in the constituency.^[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).^[5]

Mandals

Mandal
Nadendla
Chilakaluripet
Edlapudu

Mandals in Chilakaluripet Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Karnam Ranga Rao		Communist Party of India
1967	Kandimalla Butchaiah		Swatantra Party
1972	Bobbala Satyanarayana		Indian National Congress
1978	Somepalli Sambaiah		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Kaza Krishna Murthy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Somepalli Sambaiah		Indian National Congress
1989	Kandimalla Jayamma		Telugu Desam Party
1994	Somepalli Sambaiah		Indian National Congress
1999	Prathipati Pulla Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2004	Marri Rajasekhar		Independent politician
2009	Prathipati Pulla Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2014
2019	Vidadala Rajini		YSR Congress Party
2024	Prathipati Pulla Rao		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Karnam Ranga Rao	20,732	45.67%
	INC	Balineni Nagaiah	10,265	22.61%	22.61%
	KLP	Kalahasti Subba Rao	6,133	13.51%
	KMPP	Nimmaraju Venkateswarlu	4,723	10.40%
	Independent	Gudipudi Vandanam	2,135	4.70%
	Independent	K. Satyanarayana	1,409	3.10%
Margin of victory			10,467	23.06%
Turnout			45,397	59.79%
Registered electors			75,933
	CPI win (new seat)

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	Kandimalla Butchaiah	29,899	47.36%
	INC	V.Nuti	29,227	46.29%
Margin of victory			672	1.06%
Turnout			66,143	79.87%
Registered electors			82,812
	SWA win (new seat)

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bobbala Satyanarayana	37,856	58.57%
	SWA	Kandimalla Butchaiah	26,780	41.43%
Margin of victory			11,076	17.14%
Turnout			66,241	69.85%
Registered electors			94,832
	INC gain from SWA		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Somepalli Sambaiah	42,392	52.60%
	JP	Bhimireddy Subba Reddy	24,929	30.93%
	INC	Pavuluri Venkateswarlu	11,726	14.55%
	Independent	Batchu Ramalingamu	853	1.06%
Margin of victory			17,463	21.67%
Turnout			82,321	70.93%
Registered electors			116,057
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Krishna Murthy Kaza	56,812	63.86%
	INC	Somepalli Sambaiah	31,146	36.14%
Margin of victory			24,666	27.73%
Turnout			90,537	69.01%
Registered electors			131,198
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Somepalli Sambaiah	49,397	51.10%
	TDP	Manam Venkateswarlu	44,519	46.05%
Margin of victory			4,878	5.05%
Turnout			98,019	72.53%
Registered electors			135,149
	gain from TDP		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kandimalla Jayamma	55,857	49.84%
	INC	Somepalli Sambaiah	54,908	48.99%
Margin of victory			949	0.85%
Turnout			112,991	67.43%
Registered electors			167,560
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Somepalli Sambaiah	52,650	48.02%
	TDP	Malempati Venkata Narasimha Rao	52,519	47.90%
Margin of victory			131	0.12%
Turnout			111,606	65.45%
Registered electors			170,525
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Prathipati Pulla Rao	68,708	59.28%
	INC	Somepalli Sambaiah	42,467	36.64%
Margin of victory			26,241	22.64%
Turnout			117,881	64.29%
Registered electors			183,363
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marri Rajashekar	59,214	45.87
	TDP	Prathipati Pulla Rao	59,002	45.70	−13.58
	INC	Malladi Siva Narayana	7838	6.30
Majority			212	0.17
Turnout			124,725	73.68	+10.44
Registered electors			169,288
	Independent gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Prathipati Pulla Rao	77,399	49.98
	INC	Marri Rajashekar	57,586	37.18
	PRP	Posani Krishna Murali	14,201	9.17
Majority			19,813	12.80
Turnout			154,864	81.86	+8.18
Registered electors			189,173
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[17]^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Prathipati Pulla Rao	89,591	51.70
	YSRCP	Marri Rajasekhar	78,907	45.50
Majority			10,684	6.20
Turnout			173,730	86.40	+5.54
Registered electors			201,214
	TDP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Vidadala Rajini	94,430	50.2
	TDP	Prathipati Pulla Rao	86,129	45.79
	JSP	Nageswara Rao Gade	2,958	1.57
Majority			8,301	4.43
Turnout			193,340	86.32%
Registered electors			223,976
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chilakaluripet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Prathipati Pulla Rao	111,062	56.84	11.05
	YSRCP	Kavati Siva Naga Manohar Naidu	77,800	39.82	10.38
	INC	Maddula Radha Krishna	2,270	1.16	0.38
	NOTA	None Of The Above	788	0.4	0.08
Majority			33,262	17.02	12.59
Turnout			1,95,400
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of 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. 22, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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