Guntur West Assembly constituency
Guntur West is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Guntur Lok Sabha constituency, along with Tadikonda, Mangalagiri, Ponnuru, Tenali and Guntur East.[2] Maddali Giridhara Rao is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party and later defected to the YSRC Party.[3][4] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 265,135 electors in the constituency.[5]
| Guntur West | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Location of Guntur West Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh  | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India | 
| Region | South India | 
| State | Andhra Pradesh | 
| District | Guntur | 
| Total electors | 265,135 | 
| Reservation | None | 
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
|  Incumbent    Maddali Giridhara Rao   | |
| Party | Telugu Desam Party | 
| Elected year | 2019 | 
History
    
Earlier called as Guntur-II (Assembly Constituency), it has undergone some minor changes in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and was named as Guntur West (Assembly Constituency).[6]: 15 [7]
Mandals
    
It covers Guntur mandal (Part), Guntur (M.Corp) (Part) and Guntur (M.Corp) – Ward No.1 to 6 and 24 to 28.[8]
| Mandal | 
|---|
| Guntur mandal | 
Members of the Legislative Assembly
    
    Guntur West (2009–present)
    
| Span | Political party | MLA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Telugu Desam Party | Maddali Giridhara Rao | |
| 2014 | Modugula Venugopala Reddy | ||
| 2009 | Indian National Congress | Kanna Lakshminarayana | |
Guntur-II (1955-2009)
    
| span | Political party | MLA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Indian National Congress | Tadisetti Venkata rao | |
| 1999 | Telugu Desam Party | Sanakkayala Aruna | |
| 1994 | Challa Venkata Krishna Reddy | ||
| 1989 | Indian National Congress | Chadalavada Jaya Rambabu | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1983 | Telugu Desam Party | Nissankara Rao Venkatarathnam | |
| 1978 | Indian National Congress | Gade Veeranjaneya Sharma | |
| 1972 | Independent | Nissankara Rao Venkatarathnam | |
| 1967 | Indian National Congress | Chebrolu Hanumaiah | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1955 | Meduri Nageswara Rao | ||
Election results
    
    
1955
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Meduri Nageswara Rao | 21,648 | 52.30% | ||
| CPI | Bellamkonda Veeraiah | 18,352 | 44.34% | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,296 | 7.96% | |||
| Turnout | 41,389 | 60.13% | |||
| Registered electors | 68,830 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
1962
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Chebrolu Hanumaiah | 26,261 | 49.42% | ||
| CPI | Damineni Yagna Ramaiah | 25,903 | 48.75% | ||
| Margin of victory | 358 | 0.67% | |||
| Turnout | 55,135 | 79.49% | |||
| Registered electors | 69,363 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1967
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Chebrolu Hanumaiah | 31,936 | 53.43% | ||
| CPI | Kanaparthi Nagaiah | 17,877 | 19.91% | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,059 | 23.52% | |||
| Turnout | 63,219 | 75.32% | |||
| Registered electors | 83,932 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1972
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Nissankara Roa Venkatarathnam | 35,103 | 50.94% | ||
| INC | Chebrolu Hanumaiah | 32,340 | 46.93% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,763 | 4.01% | |||
| Turnout | 70,131 | 64.86% | |||
| Registered electors | 108,131 | ||||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1978
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | Gade Veeranjaneya Sharma | 26,472 | 43.42% | ||
| JP | Nissankara Rao Venkatarathnam | 19,607 | 32.16% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,865 | 11.26% | |||
| Turnout | 61,975 | 69.44% | |||
| Registered electors | 89,254 | ||||
| INC(I) gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1983
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Nissankara Rao Venkatarathnam | 42,472 | 57.40% | ||
| INC | Gade Veeranjaneya Sharma | 12,709 | 17.18% | ||
| Margin of victory | 29,763 | 40.22% | |||
| Turnout | 75,210 | 66.05% | |||
| Registered electors | 113,865 | ||||
| TDP gain from INC(I) | Swing | ||||
1985
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jaya Rambabu Chadalavada | 36,713 | 48.71% | ||
| TDP | Gade Durga Prasunamba | 35,448 | 47.03% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,265 | 1.68% | |||
| Turnout | 76,224 | 60.47% | |||
| Registered electors | 146,152 | ||||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
1989
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jaya ramababu Chadalavada | 58,590 | 60.01% | ||
| TDP | Kilari Koteswara Rao | 37,616 | 38.53% | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,974 | 21.48% | |||
| Turnout | 100,027 | 63.38% | |||
| Registered electors | 157,826 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1994
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Challa Venkata Krishna Reddy | 51,322 | 52.31% | ||
| INC | Jaya Rambabu Chadalavada | 38,554 | 39.30% | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,768 | 13.01% | |||
| Turnout | 99,456 | 60.02% | |||
| Registered electors | 165,701 | ||||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1999
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Aruna Sanakkayala | 55,612 | 52.06% | ||
| INC | Eswara Venkata Bharathi Kosanam | 49,298 | 46.15% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,314 | 5.91% | |||
| Turnout | 108,485 | 56.31% | |||
| Registered electors | 200,756 | ||||
| TDP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2004
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Tadisetti Venkata Rao | 50,658 | 45.30% | ||
| TDP | Dr. T.V. Rao | 35,354 | 31.61% | ||
| Margin of victory | 15,304 | 13.68% | |||
| Turnout | 111,925 | 59.65% | |||
| Registered electors | 187,633 | ||||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kanna Lakshminarayana | 44,676 | 34.59 | ||
| TDP | Chukkapalli Ramesh | 41,375 | 32.03 | ||
| PRP | Tulasi Rama Chandra Prabhu | 34,004 | 26.32 | ||
| Majority | 3,301 | 2.56 | |||
| Turnout | 1,29,457 | 65.76 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2014
    
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Modugula Venugopala Reddy | 78,837 | 46.00 | ||
| YSRCP | Lella Appi Reddy | 60,924 | 35.55 | ||
| Majority | 17,913 | 10.45 | |||
| Turnout | 1,71,377 | 66.00 | |||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
References
    
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