Guntur West (Assembly constituency)

Guntur West (Assembly constituency) 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 East.[2] Maddali Giridhara Rao is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 265,135 electors in the constituency.[4]

Guntur West
Constituency
District	Guntur
State	Andhra Pradesh
Electorate	265,135
Current constituency
Created	2009 (delimitation) Guntur-2 assembly constituency (1962–2004)
Party	Telugu Desam Party
MLA	Maddali Giridhara Rao
Reservation	General

History

Earlier called as Guntur-II (Assembly Constituency), it has undergone some minor changes in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and was named as Guntur West (Assembly Constituency).[5]^:15[6]

Mandals

It covers Guntur mandal (Part), Guntur (M.Corp) (Part) and Guntur (M.Corp) – Ward No.1 to 6 and 24 to 28.[7]

Election results

Assembly elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	KANNA LAKSHMINARAYANA	44,676	34.59
	TDP	CHUKKAPALLI RAMESH	41,375	32.03
	Praja Rajyam	TULASI RAMA CHANDRA PRABHU	34,004	26.32
Majority			3,301	2.56
Turnout			1,29,457	65.76
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	TDP	Modugula Venu Gopala Reddy	78,837	46.00
	YSRCP	Appi Reddy Lella	60,924	35.55
Majority			17,913	10.45
Turnout			1,71,377	66.00
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Guntur West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	TDP	maddali Giri Babu	78,837	46.00
	YSRCP	yesu ratnam	60,666	35.55
Majority			17,913	10.45
Turnout			1,71,377	66.00
	TDP hold		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.
3. "Assembly Election 2019". 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.
5. "DELIMITATION COMMISSION OF INDIA" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 15. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
6. Susarla, Ramesh (19 July 2005). "Delimitation proposals: Guntur district to lose 2 Assembly seats". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
7. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.