Salur Assembly constituency
| Salur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 13 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Salur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Parvathipuram Manyam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Araku |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 190,619[1] |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Salur is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[2] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency.[3]
Gummadi Sandhya Rani is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[4] As of 2019, there are a total of 190,619 electors in the constituency.[1] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[3]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Salur |
| Pachipenta |
| Mentada |
| Makkuva |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora | Krishikar Lok Party | |
| 1955 | Allu Yerukunaidu | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju | Independent | |
| 1967 | B. Rajayya | ||
| 1972 | Mutyallu Janni | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | S. R. T. P. S. Veerapa Raju | Communist Party of India | |
| 1983 | B. Rajaiah | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Rajendra Prathap Bhanj Deo | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Rajanna Dora Peedika | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | YSR Congress Party | ||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Gummadi Sandhya Rani | Telugu Desam Party | |
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLP | Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora | 19,408 | 53.40% | ||
| INC | Alur Yorukumaiudu | 6,760 | 18.60% | 18.60% | |
| Socialist | Alaganji Ramamurthy | 6,231 | 17.14% | ||
| Independent | Kottakki Chiranjividas | 3,944 | 10.85% | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,648 | 34.80% | |||
| Turnout | 36,343 | 46.85% | |||
| Registered electors | 77,570 | ||||
| KLP win (new seat) | |||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | R. P. Bhanj Deo | 48,580 | 51.32 | −6.86 | |
| INC | Rajanna Dora Peedika | 46,087 | 48.68 | +8.45 | |
| Majority | 2,493 | 2.64 | |||
| Turnout | 94,667 | 74.64 | +2.52 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rajanna Dora Peedika | 49,517 | 40.94 | −7.74 | |
| TDP | Gummadi Sandhya Rani | 47,861 | 39.57 | −11.75 | |
| PRP | Hanumantha Rao T.V. | 13,479 | 11.14 | ||
| Majority | 1,656 | 1.37 | |||
| Turnout | 121,002 | 71.57 | −3.07 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Rajanna Dora Peedika | 63,755 | 47.28 | ||
| TDP | Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Deo | 58,758 | 43.57 | ||
| Majority | 4,997 | 3.71 | |||
| Turnout | 134,857 | 77.04 | +5.47 | ||
| YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Rajanna Dora Peedika | 78,430 | |||
| TDP | R.P. Bhanj Deo | 58,401 | |||
| Majority | 20,029 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gummadi Sandhya Rani | 80,211 | 50.65 | ||
| YSRCP | Rajanna Dora Peedika | 66,478 | 41.98 | ||
| INC | Muvvala Pushpa Rao | 2,239 | 1.41 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,743 | 3.63 | ||
| Majority | 13,733 | 8.67 | |||
| Turnout | 1,58,355 | ||||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ a b "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.