Guntur East (Assembly constituency)

Guntur East (Assembly constituency) is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Guntur Lok Sabha constituency, along with Tadikonda, Mangalagiri Ponnuru, Tenali and Guntur West.[2] Earlier called as Guntur-I (Assembly Constituency), it has undergone some minor changes in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and was named as Guntur East (Assembly Constituency) as per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008.[3]:15[4] Mohammed Mustafa Shaik is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[5] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 229,830 electors in the constituency.[6]

Guntur East
Constituency
DistrictGuntur
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate229,830
Current constituency
Created2009 (delimitation)
Guntur-I assembly constituency (1962–2004)
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAMohammed Mustafa Shaik
ReservationGeneral

Mandals

It covers Guntur mandal (Part), Guntur (M.Corp) (Part) and Guntur (M.Corp) – Ward No.7 to 23.[7]

Assembly elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC SHAIK MASTAN VALI 45,586 38.45
Praja Rajyam SHAIK SHOWKAT 36,574 30.84
TDP SM ZIYAUDDIN 29,926 25.24
Majority 9,012 7.60
Turnout 118831 64.69
INC gain from Praja Rajyam Swing

Assembly Elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
YSRCP Mohammad Musthafa Shaik 74,131 47.66
TDP Maddali Giridhara Rao 70,980 45.63
Majority 3,151 2.02
Turnout 1,55,549 68.59
YSRCP gain from INC Swing
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
YSRCP Mohammad Musthafa Shaik 77047
TDP Mohammad Nazeer 54956
Majority
Turnout
YSRCP hold Swing YSRCP

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.
  3. "DELIMITATION COMMISSION OF INDIA" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 15. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  4. Susarla, Ramesh (19 July 2005). "Delimitation proposals: Guntur district to lose 2 Assembly seats". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  5. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  6. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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