Bobbili Assembly constituency

Bobbili
Bobbili
Constituency No. 14 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Bobbili Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Lok Sabha constituency	Vizianagaram
Established	1951
Total electors	220,017
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent R. V. S. K. K. Ranga Rao (Babynayana)
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Bobbili Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram 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 Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

R. V. S. K. K. Ranga Rao (Babynayana) is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3]^[4] As of 2019, there are a total of 220,017 electors in the constituency.^[5]^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Bobbili
Ramabhadrapuram
Badangi
Therlam

Mandals in Bobbili Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1955	Kotagiri Sitharama Swamy	Indian National Congress
1962	Tentu Lakshmu Naidu	Indian National Congress
1967	S. R. K. R. Rao	Independent
1972	C. V. Krishna Rao	Indian National Congress
1978	Kolli Venkata Kurmi Naidu	Janata Party
1983	Sambangi Venkata China Appalanaidu	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Sambangi Venkata China Appalanaidu	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Jagan Mohana Rao Peddinti	Indian National Congress
1994	Sambangi Venkata China Appala Naidu	Telugu Desam Party
1999	Jagan Mohana Rao Peddinti	Indian National Congress
2004	Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao
2009
2014		YSR Congress Party
2019	Sambangi Venkata China Appalanaidu	YSR Congress Party
2024	R. V. S. K. K. Ranga Rao (Babynayana)	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	Kolli kuruni naidu	18,263	49.48%
	INC	Kotagiri Seetharamaswami	13,877	37.60%	37.60%
	KLP	Anjajala Venkatesan	4,770	12.92%
Margin of victory			4,386	11.88%
Turnout			36,910	60.19%
Registered electors			61,326
	SP win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kotagiri Swamy	14,031	41.77	4.17
	PSP	Tentu Naidu	13,674	40.70
	Independent	Sunkarapelli Nayya	4,488	13.36
	Independent	Adabala Sitharamayya	1,400	4.17
Majority			357	1.07	10.81
Turnout			33,593	52.90	7.29
	INC gain from Socialist		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tentu Naidu	27,978	77.77	36
	PSP	Ari Gangayya	7,993	22.22	18.48
Majority			19,985	55.55	54.48
Turnout			35,971	79.2	0.6
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. S. Ramakrishna Ranga Rao	42,065	75.70
	INC	L. Thentu	13,504	24.30	53.47
Majority			28,561	51.40	4.15
Turnout			55,569	83.60
	Independent hold		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. V. Rao	29,925	50.34	1.31
	Independent	Kollivenkata Kuriminaidu	27,578	46.40
	Independent	Rama Rao	1,937	3.26
Majority			2,347	3.94	47.46
Turnout			59,440	74.41	1.16
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Kolli Naidu	29,184	42.1	4.3
	Independent	Reddy Sao	15,707	22.7
	INC(I)	Chappa Naidu	11,226	16.2
	INC	Marrapu Satynarayana	6,915	10.0
	Independent	Sala Rao	4,703	6.8
	Independent	Reddy Krishnamurthy	1,515	2.2
Majority			13,477	18.9	14.96
Turnout			71,204	84.1	9.69
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Sambangi Appalanaidu	40,610	60.2
	INC	Krishnamurthy Vasireddi	23,660	35.0	18.8
	Independent	Kasturi Gowrisankararaju	2,197	3.3
	Independent	Botcha Ramulu	1,047	1.6
Majority			16,950	24.6	5.7
Turnout			68,829	77.8	6.3
	TDP gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Sambangi Appalanaidu	44,875	72.2	12
	INC	Inuganti Murty	15,427	24.8	10.2
	Independent	Botsa Ramula	792	1.3
	Independent	Vasireddi Kumar	430	0.7
	Independent	Adinarayana Thelu	341	0.6
	Independent	Arasada Satyam	279	0.5
Majority			29,448	46.5	21.9
Turnout			63,307	66.4	11.4
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jagan Peddinti	41,809	49.5	24.7
	TDP	China Venkata	41,711	49.4	22.8
	Independent	Madasi Mahalakshmi	899	1.1	New
Majority			98	0.1	46.4
Turnout			87,958	79.4	13
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Sambangi Naidu	38,725	41.7	7.7
	INC	Jagan Peddinti	32,638	35.1	14.4
	Independent	Vakada Rao	13,557	14.6
	BJP	Reddi Rao	6,063	6.5
	Independent	Botcha Simhachalam	601	0.7
	BSP	Gottapu Naidu	388	0.4
	Independent	Botsa Ramulu	86	0.1
	Independent	Botsa Ramulu	380	0.4
Majority			6,087	6.4	6.3
Turnout			94,606	79.8	0.4
	TDP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jagan Mohana Rao Peddinti	50,803	54.5	19.4
	TDP	Appala China	41,491	44.5	2.8
	Anna Telugu Desam Party	Appala Meesala	677	0.7
	Independent	Appalaswamy Kalipindi	146	0.2
	Independent	Botsa Ramulu	86	0.1
Majority			9,312	9.8	3.4
Turnout			95,155	79.2	0.6
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao	53,581	53.81	−0.70
	TDP	Appalanaidu S.V.Ch.	40,891	41.06	−3.46
Majority			12,690	12.75
Turnout			99,583	81.93	+4.37
	INC hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao	75,697	49.13	−4.68
	TDP	Thentu Lakshmu Naidu	51,525	33.44	−7.62
	PRP	Venkataramana Merupalli	15,115	9.81
	Independent	Kolli Yerukunaidu	11,876	8.98
Majority			24,172	15.69
Turnout			154,065	76.25	−5.68
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao	83,587	49.90
	TDP	Thentu Lakshmu Naidu	76,629	45.74
Majority			6,958	4.16
Turnout			168,281	79.65	+3.40
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes
	YSRCP	Sambangi Venkatachina Appala Naidu	84,955
	TDP	Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao	76,603
Majority			8,352
Turnout
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	R. V. S. K. K. Ranga Rao (Babynayana)	112,366	59.45
	YSRCP	Sambangi Venkata China Appala Naidu	67,718	35.83
	INC	Maripi Vidyasagar	4,782	2.53
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,561	1.35
Majority			44,648	23.62
Turnout			1,89,024
	TDP gain from YSR Congress		Swing

References

^ "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. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ Staff Reporter (25 May 2019). "Many MLAs in the race for berths in Jagan's Cabinet". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. 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.

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[1] "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[constituencies-2] "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.

[3] "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[4] Staff Reporter (25 May 2019). "Many MLAs in the race for berths in Jagan's Cabinet". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[electors-5] "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[6] "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.

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