Giddalur Assembly constituency

Giddalur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Prakasam 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 Ongole Lok Sabha constituency.

Giddalur
Constituency No. 112 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Giddalur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
Lok Sabha constituency	Ongole
Established	1955
Total electors	232,920
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Muthumula Ashok Reddy
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Muthumula Ashok Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 232,920 electors in the constituency.^{[2][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

History

It was part of the Kurnool district until 1969, being merged into Prakasam district in 1970. Before 2008, it was under Nandyal parliament segment, and after the delimitation it was moved to Ongole MP segment.

Mandals

Mandal
Bestavaripeta
Racherla
Giddalur
Komarolu
Cumbum
Ardhaveedu

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Pidatala Ranga Reddy		Indian National Congress
1962	Edula Balarami Reddy		Independent
1967	Pidatala Ranga Reddy		Indian National Congress
1972
1978			Janata Party
1983	Mudiam Peera Reddy		Independent
1985	Pidatala Ranga Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Yalluri Venkata Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	Pidathala Ramabhupala Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Pidathala Vijay Kumar Reddy
2000	Pidathala Sai Kalpana
2004	Pagadala Ramaiah		Indian National Congress
2009	Anna Rambabu		Praja Rajyam Party
2014	Muthumula Ashok Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2019	Anna Rambabu
2024	Muthumula Ashok Reddy		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Muthumula Ashok Reddy	98,463	47.60	+21.04
	YSRCP	Kunduru Nagarjuna Reddy (KP)	97,490	47.13	−20.77
	INC	Pagadala Pedda Rangaswamy	2,879	1.39
	Independent	Malyadri Reddy Balasani	178	0.09
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,251	1.09
Majority			973	0.47
Turnout			2,06,869
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Anna Rambabu	133,130	67.90%
	TDP	Muthumula Ashok Reddy	52,076	26.56%
Majority			81,035	41.34%	34.26%
Turnout			1,96,036	84.16%	75%
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Muthumula Ashok Reddy	94,413	55.33
	TDP	Anna Rambabu	81,520	44.77
Majority			12,893	7.08
Turnout			182,105	82.41	+8.04
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Giddalur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	Anna Rambabu	55,573	37.54
	INC	Bhiraboina Chandrasekhar	48,027	32.44	−25.65
	TDP	Chegireddy Linga Reddy	34,097	23.03	−12.87
Majority			7,546	5.10
Turnout			148,030	74.37	+2.77
	PRP gain from INC		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pagadala Ramaiah	50,987	58.09	+14.38
	TDP	Pidathala Sai Kalpana	31,505	35.90	−12.88
Majority			19,482	22.19
Turnout			87.767	71.60	+8.66
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Pidathala Vijay Kumar Reddy	38,136	48.78%
	INC	Pagadala Ramaiah	34,954	44.71%
Margin of victory			3,182	4.07%
Turnout			80,598	64.88%
Registered electors			124,224
	TDP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Pidathala Ramabhupala Reddy	29,496	40.83%
	Independent	Mudiam Peera Reddy	20,035	27.73%
Margin of victory			9,461	13.10%
Turnout			73,819	71.10%
Registered electors			103,820
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yalluri Venkata Reddy	45,694	58.26%
	TDP	Pidathala Vijay Kumar Reddy	31,774	40.51%
Margin of victory			13,920	17.75%
Turnout			80,884	64.16%
Registered electors			126,057
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Pidathala Ranga Reddy	40,577	59.86%
	INC	Mudiam Peera Reddy	24,315	35.87%
Margin of victory			16,262	23.99%
Turnout			68,878	66.54%
Registered electors			103,520
	TDP hold		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mudiam Peera Reddy	32,853	52.23%
	INC	Pidatala Ranga Reddy	30,049	47.77%
Margin of victory			2,804	4.46%
Turnout			64,012	65.90%
Registered electors			97,128
	Independent gain from JP		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Pidatala Ranga Reddy	30,705	49.44%
	INC(I)	Mudiam Peera Reddy	20,533	33.06%
Margin of victory			10,172	16.38%
Turnout			65,017	71.14%
Registered electors			91,389
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pidatala Ranga Reddy	43,706	83.48%
	SWA	Jadi Narayana	6,168	11.78%
Margin of victory			37,538	71.69%
Turnout			53,230	69.14%
Registered electors			76,984
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pidatala Ranga Reddy	29,970	60.98%
	Independent	A.R.Swami	13,832	28.15%
Margin of victory			16,138	32.84%
Turnout			50,957	71.26%
Registered electors			71,510
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edula Balarami Reddy	25,630	51.71%
	INC	Pidathala Ranga Reddy	23,934	48.29%
Margin of victory			1,696	3.42%
Turnout			51,536	70.67%
Registered electors			72,921
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Giddalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pidathala Ranga Reddy	21,469	62.12%
	CPI	Thupakula Basavayya	13,092	37.88%
Margin of victory			8,377	24.24%
Turnout			34,561	66.15%
Registered electors			52,245
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly