Paderu Assembly constituency

Paderu is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju 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 Araku Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Paderu
Constituency No. 29 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Paderu Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Alluri Sitharama Raju
Lok Sabha constituency	Araku
Established	1967
Total electors	227,042
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju
Party	YSRCP
Elected year	2024

Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 227,042 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).

Mandals

The five mandals that form the assembly constituency are:^[2]

Mandal
Paderu
G.Madugula
Chintapalli
Gudem Kotha Veedhi
Koyyuru

Mandals in Paderu Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1967	Tamarba Chittinaidu		Indian National Congress
1972
1978	Giddi Appalanaidu		Janata Party
1983	Tammarba Chittinaidu		Indian National Congress
1985	Kottagulli Chittinaidu		Telugu Desam Party
1989	Matsyarasa Balaraju		Indian National Congress
1994	Kottagulli Chittinaidu		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Matyarasa Manikumari
2004	Lake Rajarao		Bahujan Samaj Party
2009	Pasupuleti Balaraju		Indian National Congress
2014	Giddi Eswari		YSR Congress Party
2019	Kottagulli Bhagya Lakshmi
2024	Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paderu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju	68,170	42.3
	TDP	Giddi Eswari	48,832	30.3
	Independent	Vanthala Subba Rao	15,935	9.89
	INC	Bulli Babu Sataka	13,566	8.42
	NOTA	None of the above	1,420	0.88
Majority			19,338	12
Turnout			1,61,160
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paderu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kottagulli Bhagya Lakshmi	71,153
	TDP	Giddi Eswari	28,349
Majority			42,804
Turnout
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paderu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Giddi Eswari	52,384	40.97
	CPI	Demudu Goddeti	26,243	20.53
	INC	Pasupuleti Balaraju	21,086	16.49
	BJP	Lokula Gandhi	17,029	13.32
Majority			26,141	20.44
Turnout			127,849	59.80	+3.36
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paderu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pasupuleti Balaraju	35,653	32.40
	CPI	Demudu Goddeti	35,066	31.87
	PRP	Krishnaveni Tamarbha	16,894	15.35
Majority			587	0.53
Turnout			110,297	56.44	−3.85
	INC gain from BSP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paderu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Rajarao Lake	33,890	31.43
	Independent	Ravi Sankar Samida	26,335	24.43
	TDP	Manikumari Matyarasa	23,523	21.82
	INC	Balaraju Matsyarasa	20.052	18.60
Majority			7,555	7.00
Turnout			107,803	60.29	−1.24
	BSP gain from TDP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly