Kakinada Rural Assembly constituency

Kakinada Rural Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada 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 Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Kakinada Rural
Constituency No. 38 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Kakinada Rural Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Kakinada
Lok Sabha constituency	Kakinada
Established	2008
Total electors	249,011
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pantham Venkateswara Rao
Party	JSP
Elected year	2024

Pantham Venkateswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSRCP party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 249,011 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

The three mandals that form the assembly constituency.^[2]

Mandals
Kakinada (urban) mandal (Part) Kakinada(M) Ward No. 66 to 70
Kakinada Rural
Karapa

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Kurasala Kannababu		Praja Rajyam Party
2014	Pilli Anantha Lakshmi		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Kurasala Kannababu		YSR Congress Party
2024	Pantham Venkateswara Rao		Jana Sena Party

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	Kurasala Kannababu	53,494	38.25
	INC	Venkateswar Rao Nulukurthi	45,457	32.50
	TDP	Satyanarayana Murthy Pilli	28,691	20.59
Majority			8,037	5.05
	PRP win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Pilli Anantha Lakshmi	61,144	36.98
	YSRCP	Srinivasa Venu Gopala Krishna Chelluboyina	52,096	31.51
	Independent	Kurasala Kannababu	43,456	26.46
Majority			9,048	5.47
Turnout			184,487	74.08	−0.5
	TDP gain from PRP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kurasala Kannababu	74,068	40.14%
	TDP	Pilli Anantha Lakshmi	65,279	35.38%
	JSP	Pantam Venkateswara Rao (Nanaji)	40,001	22.09%
Majority			8,789	4.76%
Turnout			165,338	74.59	−0.75
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kakinada Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Pantham Venkateswara Rao (Nanaji)	134,414	65.11
	YSRCP	Kurasala Kannababu	62,374	30.21
	INC	Pilli Satya Lakshmi	2205	1.07
Majority			74,086	35.88
Turnout			2,06,439
	JSP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly