Duggirala Assembly constituency

Duggirala was one of the 294 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India.^[2] It was in Guntur district and was dissolved before the 2009 elections, with most of its area now in Tenali Assembly constituency, Mangalagiri Assembly constituency and Repalle Assembly constituency.^[3]

Duggirala
Former constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Guntur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tenali
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Total electors	121,878[1]
Reservation	None

History of the constituency

The Duggirala constituency was first created for the Madras state Legislative Assembly in 1952.^[4] After the passing of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it became a part of the new Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.^[5] After the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, its extent was the Duggirala, Kollipar and Kollur firkas in Tenali taluk of Guntur district.^[2]

It was not present in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and hence was defunct as of the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[6]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	MLA	Party
1952[a]	A. Rami Reddy[7]		Indian National Congress
1954	M. Nageswararao Rao
1955[b]	Putumbaka Sriramulu
1962	Lankireddy Lakshma Reddy
1967	A. Rami Reddy		Independent politician
1972	Bontu Gopala Reddy		Indian National Congress
1978	G.Vedantha Rao
1983	M.V Sivarama Krishna Reddy		Independent politician
1985	Alapati Dharma Rao		Indian National Congress
1989	Gudibandi Venkata Reddy[3]
1994
1999[8]
2004[1]

1. for Madras State
2. for Andhra State

Election results

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gudibandi Venkata Reddy	54,257	54.92
	TDP	Chandu Sambasivarao	42,461	42.98
Majority			11,796	11.94
Turnout			98,789	81.05
Registered electors			121,878
	INC hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gudibandi Venkata Reddy	46,714	49.51
	TDP	Kotaru Koteswara Rao	46,202	48.97
	Anna Telugu Desam Party	Mikkilineni Ravindra Babu	976	1.03
Majority			512	0.54
Turnout			94,349	70.18
Registered electors			137,081
	INC hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gudibandi Venkata Reddy	41,930	49.51
	TDP	Kotaru Koteswara Rao	39,117	47.97
Majority			2,713	2.04
Turnout			94,349	70.18
Registered electors			135,081
	INC hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gudibandi Venkata Reddy	51,944	51.94
	TDP	Mareddy Balkoteswara Reddy	40,564	40.56
Majority			11,380	11.04
Turnout			100,349	75.18
Registered electors			123,081
	INC hold		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Alapati Dharma Rao	43,617	43.61
	TDP	Bandaru Issac Prabhakar	32,320	32.32
Majority			11,380	11.2
Turnout			87,349	72.18
Registered electors			111,081
	INC gain from		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mareddy Venkata Sivarama Krishna Reddy	43,252	43.2
	INC	Gollapudi Vendanta Rao	14,310	14.32
Majority			28,942	29.2
Turnout			84,349	70.18
Registered electors			90,081
	Independent Politician gain from		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Gollapudi Vendanta Rao	31,843	43.2
	CPI(M)	Gudibandi Nagi Reddy	30,773	41.32
Majority			1,070	1.92
Turnout			74,349	70.18
Registered electors			84,081
	INC(I) gain from		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bonthu Gopala Reddy	36,789	46.42
	INC(O)	Pasupuleti Krishnamurti	30,773	41.32
Majority			6,016	5.1
Turnout			70,349	70.18
Registered electors			78,081
	INC gain from		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A.Ramiredddy	22,866	50.02
	INC	Pasupuleti Krishnamurti	22,185	49.32
Majority			681	0.7
Turnout			55,349	70.18
Registered electors			65,081
	Independent Politician gain from		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lankireddy Lakshma Reddy	22,629	50.02
	Independent	Katragadda Narayana Rao	20,322	45.32
Majority			2,307	4.7
Turnout			49,349	70.18
Registered electors			57,081
	INC hold		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M.Narayana Rao	21,913	50.02
	Independent	L.B.G.Rao	20,644	47.32
Majority			1,269	2.7
Turnout			42,349	70.18
Registered electors			49,081
	INC hold		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Putumbaka Sriramulu	28,945	50.02
	CPI	Vurabandi Acharyulu	18,364	35.32
Majority			10,581	14.7
Turnout			46,349	70.18
Registered electors			50,081
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Duggirala^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A.Ramireddy	19,002	41.63
	CPI	K. Kotaiah	17,367	38.04
	KLP	M. Narasimha Rao	6,120	13.41
	Independent	B. Balayogi	1,920	4.21
	Independent	A. Simon	690	1.51
	Independent	P. Yesuratnam	551	1.21
Margin of victory			1,635	3.58
Turnout			45,650	77.55
Registered electors			58,862
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Guntur district