Kakinada Rural (Assembly constituency)

Kakinada Rural (Assembly constituency) is a constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Tuni, Prathipadu (SC), Pithapuram, Peddapuram, Kakinada City and Jaggampeta.[2]

Kakinada Rural
Constituency
DistrictEast Godavari
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate249,011
Current constituency
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAKurasala Kannababu
ReservationGeneral

Kurasala Kannababu 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 249,011 electors in the constituency.[4]

Mandals

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

No Mandal Name
1 Karapa
2 Kakinada Rural
3 Kakinada Urban Mandal (Part) Kakinada Urban (M) (Part) Kakinada(M) Ward No. 66 to 70

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
2009 Kurasala Kannababu Praja Rajyam Party
2014 Anantha Lakshmi Pilli Telugu Desam Party
2019 Kurasala Kannababu YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±
TDP Anantha Lakshmi Pilli 61,144 36.98
YSRCP Srinivasa Venu Gopala Krishna Chelluboyina 52,096 31.51
Independent Kurasala Kannababu 43,742 26.46
Majority 9,048 5.47
Turnout 184487 74.08 -0.5
TDP gain from Praja Rajyam Swing

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±
YSRCP Kurasala Kannababu 74068 40.14%
TDP Anantha Lakshmi Pilli 65279 35.38%
Majority 8789 4.76%
Turnout 165,338 74.59 -0.75
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

See also

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 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.
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