Vemuru (SC) (Assembly constituency)

Vemuru (SC) Assembly constituency is a scheduled caste reserved constituency is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] As per the Delimitation Orders (2008), the constituency covers Vemuru, Kollur, Tsunduru, Bhattiprolu and Amarthaluru mandals. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Repalle, Bapatla, Parchur, Addanki, Chirala and Santhanuthalapadu.[2] Merugu Nagarjuna 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 are a total of 194,748 electors in the constituency.[4]

Vemuru (SC)
Constituency
District	Guntur
State	Andhra Pradesh
Electorate	194,748
Current constituency
Party	YSR Congress Party
MLA	Merugu Nagarjuna
Reservation	Yes

Mandals

S.no	Mandal name
1	Vemuru
2	Kollur
3	Tsundur
4	Bhattiprolu
5	Amruthalur

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1962 – Kalluri Chandramouli – Indian National Congress
• 1965 – Saranu Ramaswamy Choudary – Indian National Congress
• 1967 – Yadlapati Venkatarao – Swatantra Party
• 1972 – Yadlapati Venkatarao – Swatantra Party
• 1978 – Yadlapati Venkatarao – Indian National Congress
• 1983 – Nadendla Bhaskara Rao – Telugu Desam Party
• 1984 – Kodali Veeraiah – Telugu Desam Party
• 1989 – Alapati Dharma Rao – Indian National Congress
• 1994 – Rajendra Prasad Alapati – Telugu Desam Party
• 1999 – Rajendra Prasad Alapati – Telugu Desam Party
• 2004 – Satishpaul Raj – Indian National Congress
• 2009 – Ananda Babu Nakka – Telugu Desam Party
• 2014 – Ananda Babu Nakka – Telugu Desam Party
• 2019 – Merugu Nagarjuna – YSR Congress[5]

Election results

Assembly elections 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Satishpaul Raj	52,756	53.40	+14.26
	TDP	Alapati Rajendra Prasad	44,035	44.58	-14.29
Majority			8,721	8.82
Turnout			98,786	82.50	+14.12
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	TDP	Ananda Babu Nakka	55,168	37.68	-6.90
	INC	Merugu Nagarjuna	52,938	36.33	-17.07
	Praja Rajyam	Kathi Padma Rao	23,356	16.03
Majority			2,230	1.35
Turnout			145,704	82.03	-0.47
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	TDP	Ananda Babu Nakka	77,222	48.66
	YSRCP	Merugu Nagarjuna	75,095	47.32
Majority			2,127	1.34
Turnout			158,684	85.90	+3.87
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vemuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	YSRCP	Merugu Nagarjuna	81,671	47.59
	TDP	Ananda Babu Nakka	71,672	41.76
	Jana Sena	Appikatla Bharat Bhushan	13,038	7.60
Majority			9,999	17.1
Turnout			171,618	87.52	+1.95
	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. 22, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. 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. 14. Retrieved 13 June 2019.