Kovur Assembly constituency

Kovur
Kovur
Constituency No. 116 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Kovur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Nellore
Lok Sabha constituency	Nellore
Established	1951
Total electors	264,629
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy
Party	TDP

Kovur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Nellore Lok Sabha constituency.

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Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 264,629 electors in the constituency.^[1]^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Year	Member
1952	Basavareddi Sankarayya	Communist Party of India
1962	Rebala Dasaratharama Reddy	Indian National Congress
1967	V. Venkureddy
1972	Pellakuru Ramacandra Reddy
1978	Pellakuru Ramacandra Reddy
1983	Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy	Telugu Desam Party
1985		Telugu Desam Party
1989		Indian National Congress
1994	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
1999	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
2004	Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy	Indian National Congress
2009	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
2012	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy	YSR Congress Party
2014	Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
2019	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy	YSR Congress Party
2024	Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy	Telugu Desam Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy	130,623	60.68
	YSRCP	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy	76,040	35.33
	INC	Kiran Kumar Reddy Narapareddy	3,203	1.49
	NOTA	None of the above	2,377	1.1
Majority			54,583	25.35
Turnout			2,15,254
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy	116,239	56.55
	TDP	Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy	76,348	37.14
	JSP	T. Raghavaiah	5,292	2.57
	BJP	Marem Vijayalakshmi	1,481	0.72
Majority			39,891
Turnout			1,99,360	19.66
Registered electors			264,685
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy	94,108	48.52
	YSRCP	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy	86,171	44.43
Majority			7,937	4.09
Turnout			193,941	80.54	+6.13
Registered electors			240,902
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy	116,239	56.55
	TDP	Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy	76,348	37.14
Majority			39,891
Turnout			199,360
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

Mandals

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kovur^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy	49,589	52.81%
	TDP	Papi Reddy Bezawada	43,202	46.01%
Margin of victory			6,387	6.80%
Turnout			96,546	69.69%
Registered electors			138,542
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kovur^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy	46,503	60.38%
	INC	Devakumar Reddy Chevuru	29,426	38.21%
Margin of victory			17,077	22.17%
Turnout			78,359	66.42%
Registered electors			117,968
	TDP hold		Swing

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kovur^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy	36,455	51.50%
	CPI(M)	Jakke Venka Reddy	16,934	23.92%
Margin of victory			19,521	27.58%
Turnout			74,298	64.34%
Registered electors			115,475
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing