Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency)

Machilipatnam
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
District Krishna
State Andhra Pradesh
Electorate 171,433
Current constituency
Created 2009
Party Telugu Desam Party
MLA Kollu Ravindra
Reservation No

Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency) is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of 16 constituencies in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. The constituency was earlier a part of Avanigadda (Assembly constituency). As per the Delimitation Orders (2008), it was the newly formed constituency, covering Machilipatnam mandal and it is also a part of Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of legislative assembly

Kollu Ravindra is the present MLA of the constituency, representing Telugu Desam Party.[2] He defeated Perni Venkatramaiah of YSR Congress Party in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections.[3]

MLA Party Span
Kollu Ravindra TDP (2014 – till date)
Perni Venkataramaiah INC (2009 – 2014)

Source: Constituency results[3]

Election results

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Repalle[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
TDP Kollu Ravindra 75,209 53.43
YSRCP Perni Venkatramaiah 59,403 42.20
Majority 15,806 11.23
Turnout 140,772 82.11
TDP gain from INC Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 21. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "MLA". AP State Portal. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Machilipatnam Assembly 2014 Election Results". Elections.in. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Constituency: Machilipatnam (209)". Empowering India. Retrieved 4 May 2015.


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