Gannavaram (SC) (Assembly constituency)

Gannavaram (SC)
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	East Godavari
State	Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Reservation	No

Gannavaram (SC) (Assembly constituency) is one of 19 constituencies of East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It is a Scheduled Castes reserved constituency. As per the Delimitation Orders (2008), the constituency covers the mandals of P.Gannavaram, Ambajipeta, Ainavilli and part of Mamidikuduru. It also covers villages of Pedapatnam, Appanapalle, Botlakurru Doddavaram, Pasarlapudi, Pedapatnam, Nagaram, Mogalikuduru, Makanapalem, Lutukurru, Pasarlapudilanka and Adurru.^[1]

Overview

It is part of the Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Ramachandrapuram, Mummidivaram, Razole, Amalapuram, Kothapeta, and Mandapeta.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 2009 - Pamula Rajeswari Devi - Indian National Congress
• 2014 - Pulaparty Narayana Murty - Telugu Desam Party

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2009

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Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections, 2009: Gannavaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pamula Rajeswari Devi	44,756	33.26
	TDP	Pulaparty Narayana Murty	41,651	30.96
	PRP	Janga Goutham	41,359	30.74
Majority			3,105	2.30
Turnout			134,551	78.60

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Gannavaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Pulaparty Narayana Murty	74,967	52.49
	YSRCP	Chitti Babu Kondeti	61,462	43.04
Majority			13,505	9.45
Turnout			142,815	78.02	-0.58
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.