Palakollu Assembly constituency

Palakollu Assembly constituency is a constituency in West Godavari 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 Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Most Successful parties from Palakollu Assembly Constituency

1. INC (7 Times) (43.75%)
2. TDP (8 Times) (50%)
3. CPI (1 Time) (6.25%)

Palakollu
Constituency No. 57 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Palakollu Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	West Godavari
Lok Sabha constituency	Narasapuram
Established	1951
Total electors	190,125
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nimmala Rama Naidu
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Nimmala Rama Naidu is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 190,125 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Palakollu
Yelamanchili
Poduru (Part)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Addepalli Satyanarayana Murthy		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Polisetty Seshavataram		Communist Party of India
1972	Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah		Indian National Congress
1978	Vardhineedi Satyanarayana
1983	Allu Venkata Satyanarayana		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah		Indian National Congress
1994	Allu Venkata Satyanarayana		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004	Ch. Satyanarayana Murthy (Dr.Babjee)
2009	Bangaru Usha Rani		Indian National Congress
2014	Nimmala Rama Naidu		Telugu Desam Party
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nimmala Rama Naidu	113,114	69.30
	YSRCP	Gudala Srihari Gopala Rao	45,169	27.67
	INC	Kolukuluri Arjun Rao	1,945	1.19
	NOTA	None Of The Above	919	0.56
Majority			67,945	41.62
Turnout			1,63,213
	TDP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nimmala Ramanaidu	67,549	43.18
	YSRCP	Ch. Satyanarayana Murty	49,740	31.80
	JSP	Gunnam Nagababu	32,984	21.09	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,170	0.75
Majority			17,809	11.39
Turnout			156,421	82.27	−1.05
	TDP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nimmala Rama Naidu	51,523	36.28
	YSRCP	Meka Seshu Babu	45,140	31.78
	Independent	Ch. Satyanarayana Murty	38,420	27.05
	NOTA	None of the above	733	0.52
Majority			6,383	4.49
Turnout			142,034	83.32	−3.32
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bangaru Usha Rani	49,720	38.09	+2.59
	PRP	Konidala Chiranjeevi	44,274	33.92
	TDP	Ch. Satyanarayana Murty	29,371	22.50	−25.23
Majority			5,446	13.27
Turnout			130,532	86.64	+11.48
	INC gain from PRP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ch. Satyanarayana Murty (Dr.Babjee)	46,077	47.73	−6.62
	INC	Gunnam Nagababu	34,076	35.50	−6.18
	Independent	Meka Seshu Babu	13,991	14.4
	BSP	kollabathula Eliya	1,496
	Pyramid Party of India	Venkateswara Rao Meka	902
Majority			12,001	12.43
Turnout			96,542	75.16	+6.56
	TDP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Allu Venkata Satyanarayana	47,220	54.35
	INC	Mentay Padmanabham	35,800	41.21
	NTRTDP(LP)	Devalla Rama Rao	1,933	2.22
	CPI(M)	Thottempudi Prabhavathi	1,362	1.57
	Independent	Adabala Sujana Devi	310	0.36
	Independent	Penugonda Venkateswara	122	0.14
	Independent	Sidagam Narasimha Murty (anthervedi)	98	0.11
	Independent	Jagannadha Rao	37	0.04
	TDP hold		Swing
Majority			11,420	13.14
Turnout			86,882	68.6

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Allu Venkata Satyanarayana	50,750	56.31
	INC	Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah	36,350	40.33
	BSP	Estheruani Muvvala	1745	1.9
	BJP	Chennasreeramulu Boda	899	1.0
	Independent	Kappala Subbaiah Paul	130	1.0
	Independent	Anisetti Subbarayudu	113	1.0
	Independent	Sidagam Narasimhamurty (ANTARVEDI)	79	1.0
	Independent	Tammineedi Satyanarayanarao	61	1.0
Majority			14,400	15.9
Turnout			90,127	71.03
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah	43,973	49.70
	TDP	Allu Venkata Satyanarayana	42,579	48.13
	Independent	Guru Prasad Rao Chintapalli	1,921	2.17
Majority			1,394	1.5
Turnout			90,548	74.32
	INC hold		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Allu Venkata Satyanarayana	47,044	62.8
	INC	Vardhineedi Satyanaraana	26,470	35.3
	Independent	Veeravalli Ramakrishna	380	0.5
	Independent	Sanku Veeranna	292	0.4
	Independent	Allu Peerala Swamu	247	0.3
	Independent	Kunor Raja Gottukukala	141	0.2
	Independent	Ghikkala Visweswara Rao	136	0.2
	Independent	Kopalla Tata Rao	108	0.1
	Independent	Chama Venkateswara Rao	90	0.1
Majority			20,574	27.2
Turnout			75685	72.5
	TDP hold		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Allu Venkata Satyanarayana	45,082	66.11
	INC	Vardhineedi Satyanarayana	18,507	27.14
	CPI(M)	Alluri Satyanarayana Raju	3828	5.6
	INC(J)	Nekkanti Visweswara Rao	502	0.7
	Independent	Guttula Nageswara Rao	269	0.4
Majority			26,575	38.5
Turnout			69,034	71.80
	Independent hold		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Vardhineedi Satyanarayana	32,762	47.07
	INC	Chodisetti Suryarao	19,699	28.2
	CPI(M)	Alluri Satyanarayana Raju	16,639	23.9
	Independent	Gadiraju Bangaramma	667	1.0
Majority			13,063	18.4
Turnout			70855	76.1
	INC(I) hold		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah	37,843	61.53
	Independent	Chodisetti Suryarao	22,755	37
	SSP	Kolukuluri Venkate	908	1.48
Majority			15,088
Turnout			61,506	76.74
	INC(I) hold		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Polisetty Seshavataram	27,161	49.68
	INC	U.Surapa Raju	19,905	36.41
	Independent	V.R Jakkamsetti	3,458	6.33
	SWA	K.V.Rao	3,169	5.80
	Independent	M.G.Raju	977	1.79
Majority			7,256
Turnout			54,670	76.16
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Addepalli Satyanarayana Murthy	24,028	50.04
	CPI	Polisetty Seshavataram	20,696	43.09
	SWA	Golla Krupanandam	2,431	5.07
	Socialist	Jana Nageswararao	315	0.63
Majority			3,332
Turnout			48,018	73.89
	INC hold		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Addepalli Satyanarayana Murthy	40,988
	CPI	B.Lakshmi Narasaraju	39,538
Majority			1,450
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palakollu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dasari Perumalla	40,052
	CPI	P.S.S Rao	35,520
Majority			4,532
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly