Araku Valley Assembly constituency

Araku Valley
Araku Valley
Constituency No. 28 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Araku Valley Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Alluri Sitharama Raju
Lok Sabha constituency	Araku
Established	2008
Total electors	220,773
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Regam Matyalingam
Party	YSRCP
Elected year	2024

Araku Valley is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

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Regam Matyalingam is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 220,773 electors in the constituency.^[1]^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Regam Matyalingam	65,658	36.71
	BJP	Pangi Raja Rao	33,781	18.89
	Independent	Vanthala Ramanna	13,555	7.58
	BSP	Lake Rajarao	13,506	7.55
	INC	Gangadharaswami Setty	12,503	6.99
	NOTA	None of the above	3,593	2.01
Majority			31,877	17.82
Turnout			1,78,852
	YSRCP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Chetti Palguna	53,101	33.70
	AIFB	Donnu Dora Siyyari	27,660	17.55
	TDP	Kidari Sravan Kumar	19,929	12.65
Majority			25,441	16.15
Turnout			157,575	71.34	+1.22
	YSRCP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kidari Sarveswara Rao	63,700	43.88
	TDP	Siveri Soma	29,647	20.42
	Independent	Ravibabu Kumbha	25,789	17.76
Majority			34,053	23.46
Turnout			150,109	70.12	+8.93
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Siveri Soma	34,959	29.04
	INC	Vanjangi Kanthamma	34,557	28.71
	Independent	Gangadhara Swamy Setti	19,165	15.92
	BSP	Pangi Raja Rao	13,302	11.05
	PRP	Mandi Jayavathi	8,101	6.73
Majority			402	0.33
Turnout			120,459	61.19
	TDP win (new seat)

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