Etcherla Assembly constituency

Etcherla
Etcherla
Constituency No. 7 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Etcherla Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Srikakulam
Lok Sabha constituency	Vizianagaram
Established	1967
Total electors	231,279
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Nadukuditi Eswara Rao
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Etcherla Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam 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]

Nadukuditi Eswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatiya Janta Party.^[3]^[4] As of 2019, there are a total of 231,279 electors in the constituency.^[5]^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Etcherla
Laveru
Ranasthalam
G.Sigadam

Mandals in Etcherla Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1967	N. A. Naidu	Indian National Congress
1972	Balllada Hariappala Reddy	Independent
1978	Kothapalli Narasayya	Janata Party
1983	K. Pratibha Bharati	Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989
1994
1999
2004	Kondru Murali Mohan	Indian National Congress
2009	Meesala Neelakantam	Indian National Congress
2014	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao	Telugu Desam Party
2019	Gorle Kiran Kumar	YSR Congress Party
2024	Nadukuditi Eswara Rao	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	N. A. Naidu	20,802	45.68
	Independent	Ballada Hariyappadu	17,904	39.31
	ABJS	G. Sanyasilingam	3,458	7.59
	Independent	D. S. A. V. Raju	3,377	7.42
Majority			2,898	3.37
Turnout			45,541	69.44
	INC win (new seat)

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ballada Hariyappadu	36,013	70.08	30.77
	INC	A. Nadminiti	15,377	29.92	15.76
Majority			20,636	40.16	33.79
Turnout			51,390	64.35	5.09
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Kothapalli Narasayya	25,272	46.8
	INC	Boddepalli Narasimhulu	15,481	28.7	1.22
	INC	Kanchayya Potnuru	8,651	16.0	13.92
	Independent	Manda Venkatrao	4,017	7.4	New
	Independent	Makayya Koppala	557	1.0	New
Majority			9,791	17.3	22.86
Turnout			56,487	65.6	1.25
	JP gain from Independent		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kavali Bharathi	40,894	66.9
	INC	Yamala Narayana	15,832	25.9	18.8
	Independent	Boddepalli Narasimhulu	3,102	5.1	23.6
	Independent	Sirla Rao	1,290	2.1
Majority			25,062	39.5	22.2
Turnout			63,518	70.4	4.8
	TDP gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kavali Bharathi	43,191	70.9	4
	INC	Vijayalaxmi Chappidi	16,244	26.7	0.9
	Independent	Gudivada Apparao	1,515	2.5
Majority			26,947	42.8	3.3
Turnout			62,926	63.5	6.9
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kavali Bharathi	46,883	59.0	11.9
	INC	Boddepalli Narasimhulu	28,302	35.6	8.9
	Independent	Chiviki Asirappadu	2,356	3.0
	Independent	Netala Viswanadham	1,047	1.3
	Independent	Dannana Venkyya	481	0.6
	LKD	Gudivada Apparao	404	0.5	New
Majority			15,581	21.4	21.4
Turnout			86,840	70.3	6.8
	TDP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kavali Bharathi	59,934	64.7	5.7
	INC	Jampu Latchayya	29,179	31.5	4.1
	BJP	Garbhapu Kumar	2,157	2.3
	BSP	Kallepalli Papayya	1,412	1.5
Majority			30,755	31.9	10.5
Turnout			96,365	73.4	3.1
	TDP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kavali Bharathi	54,162	55.1	9.6
	INC	Kondru Mohan	43,372	44.1	12.6
	Ajeya Bharat Party	Kadithi Appalaraju	856	0.9
Majority			10,790	10.5	21.4
Turnout			102,466	70.4	3
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kondru Murali Mohan	58,676	52.6	8.5
	TDP	Kavalipratibha Bharathi	52,987	47.5	7.6
Majority			5,689	5.1	5.4
Turnout			1,11,640	76.7	6.3
	INC gain from TDP		Swing	8.05

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Meesala Neelakantam	59,365	39.1	13.5
	TDP	Nayana Suryanarayana Reddy	44,350	29.2	18.3
	PRP	Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao	29,957	19.7	New
	Independent	Gorle Haribabunaidu	6,893	4.5	New
	LSP	Appalanaidu Gurugubilli	3,287	2.2	New
	BJP	Paidi Venugopalam	3,037	2.0	New
	RJD	Appararao Dabbada	2,612	1.7	New
	BSP	Gudivada Kuppayya	2,300	1.5	New
Majority			15,015	9.9	4.8
Turnout			1,51,801	80.8	4.1
	INC hold		Swing	2.4

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao	85,769	49.5	20.3
	YSRCP	Gorle Kiran Kumar	81,028	46.8	New
	INC	Ravikiran Kilari	2,148	1.2	37.9
	LSP	Amminaidu Paidi	1,344	0.8	1.4
	BSP	Gudivada Kuppayya	1,023	0.6	0.9
	AAP	Dhanalakoti Ramanah	849	0.5	New
	JSP	Venkatarao Vandana	517	0.3	New
Majority			4,741	2.7	7.2
Turnout			1,74,001	82.8	2.0
	TDP gain from INC		Swing	29.1

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Gorle Kiran kumar	106,672	52.3	5.5
	TDP	Kimidi Kala Venkata Rao	80,961	42.4	7.1
	JSP	Badana Venkata Janardhan Rao	5,068	2.7	New
	INC	Kottakotla Simhadri Naidu	2,135	1.1	0.1
	BJP	Surya Prakash Rokkam	1,022	0.5	New
Majority			18,711	9.8	7.1
Turnout			1,90,744	84.2	1.4
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing	6.3

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nadukuditi Eswara Rao	112,770	54.59	54.09
	YSRCP	Gorle Kiran kumar	83,681	40.51	11.79
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,952	1.91
	INC	K. Malleswara Rao	2,452	1.19	0.09
Majority			29,089	14.08
Turnout			2,06,562
	BJP gain from YSRCP		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. 16, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Etcherla Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "BJP opens its account in Srikakulam district". The Hindu. 4 June 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

18°17′N 83°49′E / 18.28°N 83.82°E / 18.28; 83.82

[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. 16, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[3] "Etcherla Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.

[4] "BJP opens its account in Srikakulam district". The Hindu. 4 June 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 June 2024.

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

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