Araku (ST) (Lok Sabha constituency)

Coordinates: 18°20′00″N 82°52′00″E / 18.3333°N 82.8667°E

Araku [ edit ]
Reservation	Scheduled Tribes
Current MP	Kothapalli Geetha
Party	YSR Congress Party
Elected Year	2014
State	Andhra Pradesh
Total Electors	1,272,340
Most Successful Party	INC (1 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Palakonda Kurupam Parvathipuram Araku Valley (ST) Paderu

Araku (ST) (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes^[1] This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly Segments

Araku Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
129	Palakonda	ST
130	Kurupam	ST
131	Parvathipuram	SC
132	Salur	ST
147	Araku Valley	ST
148	Paderu	ST
172	Rampachodavaram	ST

Members of Parliament

Key

  INC     YSRCP  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Kishore Chandra Deo	Indian National Congress
	2014	Kothapalli Geetha	YSR Congress Party

Election Results

General Elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Araku

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Kishore Chandra Deo	360,458	45.49
	CPI(M)	Midiyam Baburao	168,014	21.20
	PRP	Meenaka Simhachalam	128,649	16.24
Majority			192,444	24.29
Turnout			792,367	67.01
	INC win (new seat)

General Elections 2014

General Election, 2014: Araku ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	YSRCP	Kothapalli Geetha	413,191	45.42	N/A
	TDP	Gummidi Sandhyarani	321,793	35.38	N/A
	INC	Kishore Chandra Deo	52,884	5.81	-39.68
	CPI(M)	Midiyam Baburao	38,898	4.26	-16.94
	Independent	Kangala Baludora	23,251	2.55	N/A
	Independent	Chetti Sankararao	8,951	0.98	N/A
	AAP	Burjabariki Dhanaraju	8,569	0.94	N/A
	Independent	Sallangi Ratnam	7,688	0.85	N/A
	Independent	Biddika Ramaiah	7,587	0.83	N/A
	Independent	Illa Rami Reddy	5,692	0.63	N/A
	Independent	Vanugu Sankararao	4,614	0.51	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	16,532	1.82	N/A
Majority			91,398	10.04	-14.25
Turnout			909,614	72.92	+5.91
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing	+25.58

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 30.