Martur Assembly constituency

Martur was one of the 294 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It was in Prakasam district, and was dissolved before the 2009 elections. Most of its area is now in Parchur Assembly constituency and Addanki Assembly constituency.

Martur
Former constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
Lok Sabha constituency	Bapatla
Established	1978
Abolished	2008
Total electors	142,411 (2004)[1]
Reservation	None

History of the constituency

Martur Assembly Constituency was first created for the 1955 Andhra State Assembly elections and existed until 1967, abolished in the Delimitation Act 1961.^[2] It was again reformed in the 1978 Assembly elections and existed until the 2008 delimitation. After passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, its extent was the Martur and Kommalapadu firkas in Addanki taluk, Marella firka, Tammalur, Sankarapuram, Avisanavaripalem, Polavaram, Pedaravipad, Vempadu, Mundlamur, Malkapuram villages in Tallur firka of Darsi taluk.^[3] It was abolished due to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and hence was defunct as of the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[4]

Members of the Legislative assembly

Year	MLA	Party
2004	Gottipati Ravi Kumar		Indian National Congress
1999	Gottipati Narasaiah		Telugu Desam Party
1994	Gottipati Hanumantha Rao		Independent politician
1989	Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1983	Gottipati Hanumantha Rao
1978	Jagarlamudi Chandramouli		Janata Party
1962	Nooti Venkateswarlu		Indian National Congress
1955	Bandlamudi Venkata Sivayya		Krishikar Lok Party

Election results

2004

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gottipati Ravi Kumar	64,983	55.31%
	TDP	Gottipati Narsaiah	51,177	43.56%
Margin of victory			13,806	11.75%
Turnout			117,492	82.48%
Registered electors			142,477
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Martur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gottipati Narsaiah	73,422	67.35%
	INC	Narra Seshagiri Rao	33,763	30.97%
Margin of victory			39,659	36.38%
Turnout			111,021	69.54%
Registered electors			161,988
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Martur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gottipati Hanumnatha Rao	55,482	51.36%
	INC	Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy	46,349	42.91%
Margin of victory			9,133	8.45%
Turnout			109,473	79.97%
Registered electors			136,889
	Independent gain from TDP		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Martur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy	60,226	54.13%
	INC	Gottipati Hanumantha Rao	50,101	45.03%
Margin of victory			10,125	9.10%
Turnout			114,778	75.87%
Registered electors			151,283
	TDP hold		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Martur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy	51,138	56.83%
	INC	Kandimalla Subba Rao	37,840	42.06%
Margin of victory			13,298	14.78%
Turnout			91,261	71.63%
Registered electors			127,404
	TDP hold		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Martur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gottipati Hanumantha Rao	41,846	54.91%
	INC	Kandimalla Butchaiah	33,352	43.76%
Margin of victory			8,494	11.14%
Turnout			77,476	73.40%
Registered electors			105,558
	TDP gain from JP		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Martur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Jagarlamudi Chandramouli	39,067	51.36%
	INC(I)	Kandimalla Butchaiah	27,963	36.76%
	INC	Kavuri Venkateswarlu	8,203	10.78%
Margin of victory			11,104	14.60%
Turnout			77,644	77.40%
Registered electors			100,314
	JP win (new seat)

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Martur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nooti Venkateswarlu	17,974	40.04%
		Kandimalla Butchaiah	16,141	35.95%
Margin of victory			1,833	4.08%
Turnout			46,787	63.72%
Registered electors			73,428
	INC gain from KLP		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Martur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	Bandlamudi Venkatasivayya	24,419	60.53%
	CPI	Pedavalli Sriramulu	15,926	39.47%
Margin of victory			8,493	21.05%
Turnout			40,345	62.58%
Registered electors			64,469
	KLP win (new seat)