Pedana (Assembly constituency)

Pedana 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 Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Gannavaram, Gudivada, Machilipatnam, Avanigadda, Pamarru SC and Penamaluru.[2] Jogi Ramesh 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 166,177 electors in the constituency.[4]

Pedana
Constituency
DistrictKrishna
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate166,177
Current constituency
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAJogi Ramesh
ReservationGeneral

Mandals

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

S.No Mandal Name
1 Gudur
2 Pedana
3 Bantumilli
4 Kruthivennu

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
2009 Jogi Ramesh Indian National Congress
2014 Kagitha Venkata Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Jogi Ramesh YSR Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Pedana
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Jogi Ramesh 44,480 35.17
TDP Kagitha Venkata Rao 43,045 34.22
Praja Rajyam Myla Veeraju 29,172 23.06
Majority 1,192 0.95
Turnout 126,484 85.98
INC win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pedana
Party Candidate Votes % ±
TDP Kagita Venkata Rao 71,779 53.00
YSRCP Buragadda Vedavyas 58,085 42.89
Majority 13,694 10.11
Turnout 135,442 88.50 +2.52
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pedana
Party Candidate Votes % ±
YSRCP Jogi Ramesh 61,920 42.46%
TDP Kagitha Krishnaprasad 54,081 37.08%
Jana Sena Ankem Lakshmi Srinivas 25,733 17.64%
Majority 7,839 5.38%
Turnout 145848 87.76
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. 21, 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.
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