Araku Valley Assembly constituency

Araku Valley
Constituency No. 28 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Araku Valley Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictAlluri Sitharama Raju
Lok Sabha constituencyAraku
Established2008
Total electors220,773
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Regam Matyalingam
Party  YSRCP
Elected year2024

Araku Valley is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Regam Matyalingam is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 220,773 electors in the constituency.[1] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

The six mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]

Mandal
Munchingi Puttu
Peda Bayalu
Dumbriguda
Araku Valley
Hukumpeta
Ananthagiri

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
2009 Siveri Soma Telugu Desam Party
2014 Kidari Sarveswara Rao YSR Congress Party
2019 Chetti Palguna
2024 Regam Matyalingam

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Regam Matyalingam 65,658 36.71
BJP Pangi Raja Rao 33,781 18.89
Independent Vanthala Ramanna 13,555 7.58
BSP Lake Rajarao 13,506 7.55
INC Gangadharaswami Setty 12,503 6.99
NOTA None of the above 3,593 2.01
Majority 31,877 17.82
Turnout 1,78,852
YSRCP hold Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Chetti Palguna 53,101 33.70
AIFB Donnu Dora Siyyari 27,660 17.55
TDP Kidari Sravan Kumar 19,929 12.65
Majority 25,441 16.15
Turnout 157,575 71.34 +1.22
YSRCP hold Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Kidari Sarveswara Rao 63,700 43.88
TDP Siveri Soma 29,647 20.42
Independent Ravibabu Kumbha 25,789 17.76
Majority 34,053 23.46
Turnout 150,109 70.12 +8.93
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Araku Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Siveri Soma 34,959 29.04
INC Vanjangi Kanthamma 34,557 28.71
Independent Gangadhara Swamy Setti 19,165 15.92
BSP Pangi Raja Rao 13,302 11.05
PRP Mandi Jayavathi 8,101 6.73
Majority 402 0.33
Turnout 120,459 61.19
TDP win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "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.

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