Kakinada Rural (Assembly constituency)

Kakinada Rural
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	East Godavari
State	Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Reservation	No

Kakinada Rural (Assembly constituency) is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of 19 constituencies in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. As per the Delimitation Orders (2008), the constituency covers Karapa mandal, Kakinada (rural) mandal, Kakinada (urban) mandal (part), Kakinada (urban) (M) (part), Kakinada (M) - Ward No.66 to 70.^[1] It is one of the 7 assembly constituencies under Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency). The other six being Tuni, Pithapuram, Prathipadu, Peddapuram, Kakinada City and Jaggampeta.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 2009 - Kurasala Kannababu - Praja Rajyam Party
• 2014 - Anantha Lakshmi Pilli - Telugu Desam Party

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2009

Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections, 2009: Kakinada Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	Kurasala Kannababu	53,494	38.25
	INC	Venkateswara Rao Nulukurthi	45,457	32.50
	TDP	Satyanarayana Murthy Pilli	28,691	20.51
Majority			8,037	5.75
Turnout			139,855	75.34
	PRP win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Kakinada Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Anantha Lakshmi Pilli	61,144	36.98
	YSRCP	Srinivasa Venu Gopala Krishna Chelluboyina	52,096	31.51
	Independent	Kurasala Kannababu	43,742	26.46
Majority			9,048	5.47
Turnout			165,338	74.59	-0.75
	PRP gain from TDP		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 19 October 2014.
2. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 30. Retrieved 11 October 2014.