Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency

Gandhara Nellore is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency^[1] of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] As of 2019, there are a total of 199,405 electors in the constituency.^{[3][needs update]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008). It has constituency number 171.^[4]

Gangadhara Nellore
Constituency No. 171 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Chittoor
Lok Sabha constituency	Chittoor
Established	2008
Total electors	205,110
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent V. M. Thomas
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	K. Narayana Swamy

In the Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency, there were a total of 205110 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2024 Assembly election. V. M. Thomas won the 2024 Assembly election.

Mandals

Mandal
Penumuru
Vedurukuppam
Karvetinagar
Srirangarajapuram
Gangadhara Nellore
Palasamudram

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2009	Gummadi Kuthuhalamma		Indian National Congress
2014	K. Narayana Swamy		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Dr V. M. Thomas		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gangadhara Nellore^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	V. M. Thomas	101,176	55.22
	YSRCP	Kalathuru Krupa Lakshmi	75,165	41.02
	INC	Ramesh Babu Deyala	2,682	1.46
	Independent	K. Karuna Sree	153	0.08
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,125	1.16
Turnout			183,221
Registered electors			205,110
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing	26,011

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gangadhara Nellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	K. Narayana Swamy	103,038	59.67
	TDP	Anaganti Harikrishna	57,444	33.27
	JSP	Ugandhar .P	3,364	1.95
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,829	1.64
	INC	Sodem. Narasimhulu	2,279	1.32
	BJP	V. Rajendran	1,572	0.91
	MPP	Pallipattu Abhinav Vishnu	563	0.33
	Independent	Chenji. Madhu Babu	384	0.22
	ANC	G. Palani	372	0.22
	Independent	N. Rajesh	348	0.2
	JHP	Peruru. Ramaiah	268	0.16
	Independent	K. Chinnabba	212	0.12
Total valid votes			172,673	86.39
Rejected ballots			1,249
Turnout			173,922	87.02
Registered electors			199,874
	YSRCP hold		Swing	45,594

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gangadhara Nellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	K. Narayana Swamy	84,538	54.32
	TDP	Kuthuhalam Gummadi	63,973	41.11
	INC	Narasimhulu Sodem	1,967	1.26
	BSP	Bhaskar Produtur	1,522	0.98
	JSP	K. Mani Krishna	988	0.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	553	0.36
	AAP	M. Prasad	477	0.31
	Independent	Kothapalli Sanker	417	0.27
	Independent	Penumur. Ramachandraiah	335	0.22
	Independent	Palyam Chinnabba	224	0.14
	Independent	N. Rajesh	215	0.14
	Independent	Peruru. Ramaiah	175	0.11
	Independent	Mallampalli Chengalrayulu	120	0.08
	Independent	M. Ravi	119	0.08
Margin of victory			20,565	13.26
Total valid votes			155,623	84.33
Rejected ballots			51
Turnout			155,674	84.36
Registered electors			184,535
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gangadhara Nellore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gummadi Kuthuhalamma	62,249	45.62
	TDP	Gandhi	51,423	37.69
	PRP	M. Nagabushanam	12,405	9.09
	Independent	Devarajulu	4,409	3.23
	BJP	V. Rajendran	1,490	1.09
	BSP	E. Murugaiah	1,270	0.93
	Independent	Kaveripakam Markondaiah	909	0.67
	Independent	N. Rajesh	891	0.65
	LSP	K. Jayaprakash	686	0.50
	RPI(A)	N. Jayakar	415	0.30
	BSSP	Siva Prasad	295	0.22
Margin of victory			10,826	7.93
Total valid votes			136,442
Rejected ballots			61
Turnout			136,503	83.64
Registered electors			163,206
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly