Rajam Assembly constituency
Rajam | |
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Constituency No. 9 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Vizianagaram |
LS constituency | Vizianagaram |
Established | 2008 |
Total electors | 219,313 |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Telugu Desam Party |
Elected year | 2024 |
Rajam is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Kondru Murali Mohan is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3][needs update] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
Mandal |
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Rajam |
Vangara |
Santhakaviti |
Regidi Amadalavalasa |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Vunukuru)
Year | Member | Political party | |
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1955 | Chelikani Sreeranga Naikulu | Krishikar Lok Party | |
1962 | Palavalasa Sangamnaidu | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | M. B. Parankusam | Independent politician | |
1972 | Palavalasa Rukminamma | Indian National Congress | |
1978 | Mudili Babu Parankusam | Janata Party | |
1983 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
1985 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | ||
1989 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | ||
1994 | Palavalasa Rajasekharam | Indian National Congress | |
1999 | Kimidi Ganapathi Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
2004 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Honjaram)
Year | Member | Political party | |
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1952 | Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu | Krishikar Lok Party |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Boddam)
Year | Member | Political party | |
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1962 | Allu Dasavatharam | Indian National Congress |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Rajam)
Year | Member | Political party | |
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2009 | Kondru Murali Mohan | Indian National Congress | |
2014 | Kambala Jogulu | YSR Congress Party | |
2019 | |||
2024 | Kondru Murali Mohan | Telugu Desam Party |
Election results
Honjaram
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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KLP | Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu | 16,731 | 36.67% | ||
Independent | Chelikami Sreeranganayakulu | 15,846 | 34.73% | ||
INC | Pydi Narasimha Appa Rao | 13,051 | 28.60% | 28.60% | |
Margin of victory | 885 | 1.94% | |||
Turnout | 45,628 | 55.61% | |||
Registered electors | 82,048 | ||||
KLP win (new seat) |
2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 61,771 | 46.0 | ||
TDP | Kavali Pratibha Bharathi | 34,638 | 25.8 | ||
PRP | Kambala Jogulu | 27,923 | 20.8 | ||
BJP | Paka Rajarao | 4,234 | 3.2 | ||
Independent | Bosi Manmadharao | 1,741 | 1.3 | ||
LSP | Adinarayana Dukka | 1,645 | 1.2 | ||
BSP | Bhupathi Apparao | 1,271 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 27,133 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 133,223 | 74.2 | 1.5 | ||
INC gain from TDP | Swing |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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YSRCP | Kambala Jogulu | 69,192 | 47.0 | New | |
TDP | Kavali Pratibha Bharathi | 68,680 | 46.7 | 20.9 | |
INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 4,790 | 3.3 | 42.7 | |
Independent | P.M.J. Babu | 1,205 | 0.8 | New | |
LSP | Tunia Shankar Babu Rao | 1,141 | 0.8 | 0.4 | |
BSP | Mannena Chaitanya Kumar | 737 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
AAP | Paila M.M.R.R. Suresh Kumar | 491 | 0.3 | New | |
JSP | Savarapu Praveena | 480 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 512 | 0.3 | 19.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,47,887 | 74.2 | 1.5 | ||
YSRCP gain from INC | Swing |
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
YSRCP | Kambala Jogulu | 83,561 | 52.6 | 5.6 | |
TDP | Kondru Murali Mohan | 66,713 | 42.0 | 4.7 | |
JSP | Mucha Srinivasa Rao | 4,987 | 3.1 | New | |
INC | Kambala Rajvardhan | 2,214 | 1.4 | 1.9 | |
BJP | Chaitanya Kumar Mannema | 967 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 16,848 | 10.6 | 10.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,58,947 | 73.9 | 0.3 | ||
YSRCP hold | Swing | 5.15 |
2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Kondru Murali Mohan | 94,385 | 53.4 | ||
YSRCP | Dr.Tale Rajesh | 73,663 | 41.7 | ||
INC | Kambala Rajavardhan | 3,684 | 2 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2,536 | 1.44 | ||
Majority | 20,722 | 11.74 | |||
Turnout | 1,76,494 | 75.82 | |||
TDP 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.
- ^ "Rajam Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "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.