Bapatla Assembly constituency

Bapatla Assembly constituency is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[2][3] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency.^[4]

Bapatla
Constituency No. 92 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Bapatla Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Guntur[1]
Lok Sabha constituency	Bapatla
Established	1951
Total electors	183,917
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vegesana Narendra Varma Raju
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Vegesana Narendra Varma Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.^[5] As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 183,917 electors in the constituency.^[6][7][8][9] The constituency was established in 1951, as per Delimination Orders (1951).

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Mandal
Bapatla
Pittalavanipalem
Karlapalem

Mandals in Bapatla Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Vasireddi Srikrishna		Communist Party of India
1955	Mantena Venkataraju		Indian National Congress
1962	Kommineni Venkateswararao		Independent
1967	Kona Prabhakara Rao		Indian National Congress
1972
1978			Indian National Congress (I)
1983	C. V. Ramaraju		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Chirala Govardhana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Seshagiri Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Manthena Anantha Varma
2004	Gade Venkata Reddy		Indian National Congress
2009
2014	Kona Raghupathi		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024[10]	Vegesana Narendra Varma Raju		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Vemmulapalli Srikrishna	22,806	35.73%
	INC	Nankena Venkataraju	20,399	31.96%	31.96%
	KLP	Goavada Prandhamayya	16,273	25.49%
	AIFB	Velagan Lakshmi Sundara Rao	1,171	1.83%
	Independent	Vamavarapu Venkateswarlu	1,124	1.76%
	Independent	Bendapudi Narayana Rao	1,076	1.69%
	Independent	C. L. Daniel	986	1.54%
Margin of victory			2,407	3.77%
Turnout			63,835	74.93%
Registered electors			85,198
	CPI win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manthen Venkata Raju	26,581	56.41%
	CPI	Vemupalli Srikrishna	18,626	39.53%
Margin of victory			7,995	16.88%
Turnout			47,120	70.67%
Registered electors			66,676
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kommineni Venkateswara Rao	14,317	29.71%
	INC	Mantena Satyavathi	13,104	27.19%
Margin of victory			1213	2.52%
Turnout			50,069	67.26%
Registered electors			74,436
	Independent (I) gain from INC		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kona Prabhakar Rao	32,344	56.59%
	CPI(M)	Kommineni Venkateswara Rao	17,117	29.95%
Margin of victory			15,227	26.64%
Turnout			59,464	74.85%
Registered electors			79,444
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kona Prabhakar Rao	33,314	49.82%
	Independent	Muppalaneni Seshagiri Rao	31,025	46.40%
Margin of victory			2289	3.42%
Turnout			68,003	73.50%
Registered electors			92,516
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Kona Prabhakar Rao	40,332	46.95%
	JP	Muppalaneni Seshagiri Rao	40,143	46.73%
Margin of victory			189	0.22%
Turnout			87,507	78.64%
Registered electors			111,272
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	C V Ramaraju	57,263	66.73%
	INC	Kona Prabhakar Rao	27,831	32.43%
Margin of victory			29,432	34.30%
Turnout			87,673	72.83%
Registered electors			120,375
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu	37,129	42.92%
	INC	Manthena Venkata Suryanarayana Raju	19,102	22.08%
Margin of victory			18,027	20.84%
Turnout			89,469	70.03%
Registered electors			127,752
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chirala Govardan Reddy	58,505	57.01%
	TDP	Achyutha Ramaraju Penumatsa	42,922	41.83%
Margin of victory			15,583	15.19%
Turnout			106,074	71.81%
Registered electors			147,707
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Seshagiiri Rao Muppalaneni	63,001	59.67%
	BSP	Kathi Padma Rao	21,507	20.37%
	INC	Chukka Peter Paul	19,067	18.06%
Margin of victory			41,494	39.30%
Turnout			107,329	69.41%
Registered electors			154,625
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Anantha Varma Manthena	50,008	46.61%
	INC	Seshagiiri Rao Muppalaneni	36,163	33.71%
Margin of victory			13,845	12.91%
Turnout			110,016	67.83%
Registered electors			162,199
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gade Venkata Reddy	61,370	55.60%
	TDP	Anantha Varma Manthena	45,801	41.49%
Margin of victory			15,569	1.11%
Turnout			110,439	72.51%
Registered electors			152,312
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gade Venkata Reddy	37,456	30.51%
	TDP	Chirala Govardhan Reddy	36,093	29.40%
	Independent	Kona Raghupathi	29,041	23.65%
	PRP	Uggirala Seetaramulu @ Seetaramaiah	15,911	12.92%
	LSP	Cherukuri Subba Rao	2,219	1.80%
Margin of victory			1,363	1.11%
Turnout			123,135	76.02%
Registered electors			161,981
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kona Raghupathi	71,076	50.29
	TDP	Annam Satish Prabhakar	65,263	46.17
Majority			5813	4.11
Turnout			148,808	82.82
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kona Raghupathi	79,836	51.92
	TDP	Annam Satish Prabhakar	64,637	42.04
	JSP	Lakshmi Narasimha Ikkurthi	4,006	2.6
Majority			15,199	9.88
Turnout			1,53,769	83.08
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vegesana Narendra Varma	90,626	56.21%
	YSRCP	Kona Raghupathi	62,858	38.98%
	INC	Ganta Anjibabu	4,193	2.60%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,128	0.70%
Majority			27,768	17.22%
Turnout			1,61,226
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly