Kaikalur (Assembly constituency)

Kaikalur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Unguturu, Denduluru, Eluru, Polavaram, Chintalapudi and Nuzvid.[2] Dulam Nageswara Rao is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 195,782 electors in the constituency.[4]

Kaikalur
Constituency
District	Krishna
State	Andhra Pradesh
Electorate	195,782
Current constituency
Party	YSR Congress Party
MLA	Dulam Nageswara Rao
Reservation	General

Mandals

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

S.No	Mandal Name
1	Mandavalli
2	Kaikalur
3	Kalidindi
4	Mudinepalle

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1955 – Kammili Appa Rao – Indian National Congress
• 1962 – Kammili Appa Rao – Indian National Congress
• 1967 – Chennamsetti Panduranga Rao – Independent
• 1972 – Kammili Mangatayaramma – Indian National Congress
• 1978 – Kanumuri Bapiraju – Indian National Congress
• 1983 – Kanumuri Bapiraju – Indian National Congress
• 1985 – Kanumuri Bapiraju – Indian National Congress
• 1989 – Kanumuri Bapiraju – Indian National Congress
• 1994 – Namburu Venkata Rama Raju (Ramu) – Indian National Congress
• 1999 – Yerneni Raja Ramachandar – Independent
• 2004 – Yerneni Raja Ramachandar – Indian National Congress
• 2009 – Jayamangala Venkata Ramana – Telugu Desam Party
• 2014 – Kamineni Srinivas – Bharatiya Janata Party[5]
• 2019 – Dulam Nageswara Rao – YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kaikalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Yerneni Raja Ramachandar	54,140	48.98	+19.30
	TDP	Kammili Vital Rao	52,084	47.12	+13.53
Majority			2,056	1.86
Turnout			110,528	76.87	+3.70
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Kaikalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	TDP	Jayamangala Venkata Ramana	50,346	40	-15.11
	Praja Rajyam	Kamineni Srinivas	49,372	31.39
	INC	Yerneni Raja Ramachandar	44,846	28.51	-20.47
Majority			974	0.62
Turnout			157,295	85.94	+9.07
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kaikalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Kamineni Srinivas	88,092	53.80
	YSRCP	Ram Prasad Uppala	66,521	40.63
Majority			21,571	13.17
Turnout			163,739	86.50	+0.56
	BJP gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kaikalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	YSRCP	Dulam Nageswara Rao	82,128	47.81	+7.18
	TDP	Jayamangala Venkata Ramana	72,771	42.36
	Jana Sena	Busanaboina Venkateswara Rao(B.V.Rao)	10,738	6.25
	NOTA	None of the above			N/A
Majority			9,357	5.43
Turnout			1,72,366	88.04
	YSRCP gain from TDP		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. 21, 30. 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. "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 13. Retrieved 13 June 2019.