Nellore Assembly constituency

Nellore Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency of the Madras Legislative Assembly until 1953 and of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India after 1953 until 2008. It was one of constituencies in Nellore district. The constituency was split into Nellore City Assembly constituency and Nellore Rural Assembly constituency as part of the 2008 delimitation.^[1]

Nellore
Former constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Nellore
Lok Sabha constituency	Nellore
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Swarna Vemayya		Independent
	Khandavalli Krishna Rao
1955	Anam Chenchu Subba Reddy		Indian National Congress
1962	Ganga China Kondaiah		Indian National Congress
1967	M. R. Annadata		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Anam Venkata Reddy		Indian National Congress
1978	Kunam Venkata Subba Reddy
1983	Koganti Karthik		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Kunam Venkata Subba Reddy		Indian National Congress
1989	Jakka Kodandarami Reddy		Independent
1994	Thallapaka Ramesh Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Anam Vivekananda Reddy		Indian National Congress
2004

Election results

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nellore^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anam Vivekananda Reddy	67,635	58.37%
	BJP	Sannapareddy Suresh Reddy	45,863	39.58%
Margin of victory			21,772	18.79%
Turnout			116,059	53.15%
Registered electors			218,351
	INC hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nellore^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anam Vivekananda Reddy	51,724	44.73%
	BJP	Narasimha Reddy Dega	46,068	39.84%
Margin of victory			5,656	4.89%
Turnout			118,725	50.54%
Registered electors			234,910
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nellore^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Tallapaka Ramesh Reddy	63,806	51.24%
	INC	P V Prasanna Kumar Reddy	53,824	43.23%
Margin of victory			9,982	8.02%
Turnout			125,675	61.71%
Registered electors			203,645
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nellore^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kodandarami Reddy Jakka	56,566	50.28%
	TDP	Tallapaka Ramesh Reddy	42,092	37.42%
Margin of victory			14,474	12.87%
Turnout			116,473	64.39%
Registered electors			180,878
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nellore^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Koonam Venkata Subba Reddy	47,074	51.32%
	TDP	Tallapaka Ramesh Reddy	44,086	48.06%
Margin of victory			2,988	3.26%
Turnout			92,588	62.24%
Registered electors			148,757
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nellore^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Anam Ramanarayana Reddy	51,613	60.71%
	INC	Koonam Venkata Subba Reddy	22,068	25.96%
Margin of victory			29,545	34.75%
Turnout			87,752	60.89%
Registered electors			144,122
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nellore^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Koonam Venkata Subba Reddy	50,202	67.40%
	JP	Anam Venkata Reddy	18,934	25.42%
	INC	Madala Goplaiah	3,756	5.04%
Margin of victory			31,268	41.98%
Turnout			75,631	72.17%
Registered electors			104,801
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nellore^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anam Venkata Reddy	33,359	59.58%
	CPI(M)	Mallapu Arlappa	9,039	16.14%
	ABJS	Madhara Roa Annadatha	7,920	14.14%
	Independent	Abdul Khadar Mohammad	5,228	9.34%
Margin of victory			24,320	43.43%
Turnout			57,159	60.92%
Registered electors			93,827
	INC gain from ABJS		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nellore^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	Madhara Roa Annadatha	13,806	29.91%
	CPI(M)	V Nidigallu	11,951	25.89%
	CPI	Ramakotaiah Paruchuru	10,284	22.28%
	INC	R Vennelaganti	10,115	21.91%
Margin of victory			1,855	4.02%
Turnout			47,903	65.66%
Registered electors			72,956
	ABJS gain from INC		Swing

1962

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ganga China Kondaiah	24,344	45.86%
	CPI	Paruchuri Ramakotaiah	23,736	44.71%
Margin of victory			608	1.15%
Turnout			54,346	72.99%
Registered electors			74,453
	INC hold		Swing

1955

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anam Chenchu Subba Reddy	20,657	57.50%
	CPI	Puchalapalli Venktarama Chandra Reddy	12,537	34.90%
Margin of victory			8,120	22.60%
Turnout			35,925	56.28%
Registered electors			63,835
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Nellore^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Khandavalli Krishna Rao	31,705	23.17%
	Independent	Swarna Vemayya	25,468	18.61%
	INC	Anam Chenchu Subba Reddy	23,139	16.91%
	Independent	Ponnaburu Veera Raghava Reddy	22,390	16.37%
	INC	Korabathina Chinaiah	21,550	15.75%
	Independent	Bodda Seshaiah	7,100	5.19%
	Independent	T V Kamala Bai	5,463	3.99%
Margin of victory
Turnout
Registered electors			1,24,488
	Independent win (new seat)