Prathipadu, Kakinada Assembly constituency

Not to be confused with Prathipadu, Guntur Assembly constituency.

Prathipadu
Constituency No. 36 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Prathipadu Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Kakinada
LS constituency	Kakinada
Established	1951
Total electors	202,743
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Varupula Satyaprabha
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Prathipadu 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]

Varupula Satyaprabha 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 202,743 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Sankhavaram
Prathipadu
Yeleswaram
Rowthulapudi

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Parvata Gurraju		Indian National Congress
1962	Mudragada Veeraraghavarao		Independent
1967
1972	Varupula Jogiraju		Indian National Congress
1978	Mudragada Padmanabham		Janata Party
1983			Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989			Indian National Congress
1994	Parvatha Subbarao		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Parvatha Bapanamma
2004	Varupula Subbarao		Indian National Congress
2009	Parvatha Sri Satyanarayana Murthy		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Varupula Subbarao		YSR Congress Party
2019	Parvatha Purnachandra Prasad
2024	Varupula Satyaprabha		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Parvata Gurraju	17,833
	Independent	Yenumula Venkannadora	11,939
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mudragada Veeraraghavarao	34,294
	INC	Parvatha Gurraju	20,918
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mudragada Veeraraghavarao	35,239
	INC	Varupula Jogiraju	22,833
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jogiraju Varupula	34,533
	Independent	Veeraraghavarao Mudragada	31,228
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Mudragada Padma Nabham reddy	45,976
	INC	Varupula Subbarao	31,634
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Mudrangada Padmanabhamreddy	54,354
	INC	Sampara Sundara Rama Kumar	13025
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mudragada Padmanabhamreddy	58,567
	TDP	Varupula Subba Rao	45,725
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Parvatha Subbarao	68,066
	INC	Mudragada Padmanabhamreddy	46429
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Parvatha Bapanamma	65,685
	INC	Varupula Subbarao	46159
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Varupula Subbarao	70,962	54.41	+17.80
	TDP	Parvatha Bapanamma	52,594	40.33	−11.76
Majority			18,368	14.08
Turnout			130,415	74.69	+1.89
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Parvatha Srisatyanarayana Murthy	46,925	35.32	−5.01
	INC	Varupula Subbarao	43,639	32.84	−19.25
	PRP	Thota Venkataswamy Naidu	30,544	22.99
Majority			3,286	2.47
Turnout			132,980	75.13	+0.44
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Varupula Subbarao	63,693	43.01
	TDP	Parvatha Sri Satyanarayanamurthy	60,280	40.71
Majority			3,413	2.30
Turnout			148,075	80.13	+5.00
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Parvatha Purnachandra Prasad	90,004	46.77
	TDP	Varupula Raja	71,908	43.92
	JSP	Varupula Thammaiah Babu	6,907	4.22
Majority			4,666
Turnout
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Varapula Sathyaprabha	103,002	58.36
	YSRCP	Varapula Subbarao	64,234	36.4
	INC	N V V Satyanarayana	1,354	0.77
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,582	1.46
Majority			38,768	21.96
Turnout			1,76,485
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

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 2024". 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.

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