Palakonda Assembly constituency

Palakonda is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam 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]

Palakonda
Constituency No. 10 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Palakonda Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Parvathipuram Manyam
Lok Sabha constituency	Araku
Established	1951
Total electors	184,414
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nimmaka Jaya Krishna
Party	JSP
Elected year	2024

Nimmaka Jaya Krishna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 184,414 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Palakonda
Seethampeta
Veeraghattam
Bhamini

Mandals in Palakonda Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Palavasa Sangam Naiudu		Indian National Congress
1955	Pydi Narasimhapparao		Independent
1962	Kemburu Suryanarayana Naidu		Swatantra Party
1967	J. Joji
1972	Kottapalli Narasayya		Indian National Congress
1978	Kambala Rajaratnam		Janata Party
1983	Syama Rao Gonipati		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Tale Bhadrayya
1989	P. J. Amruta Kumari		Indian National Congress
1994	Tale Bhadrayya		Telugu Desam Party
1999	P. J. Amruta Kumari		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Kambala Jogulu		Telugu Desam Party
2009	Nimmaka Sugreevulu		Indian National Congress
2014	Viswasarayi Kalavathi		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Nimmaka Jaya Krishna		Janasena Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Palavasa Sangam Naiudu	15,942	42.22%	42.22%
	KLP	Meesala Rajaratnam Naidu	14,296	37.86%
	Independent	Kodinarayananaswami	5,265	13.94%
	Socialist	Vavilapalli Satyanarayanana Naiudu	2,256	5.97%
Margin of victory			1,646	4.36%
Turnout			37,759	56.20%
Registered electors			67,182
	INC win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pydi Narasimhapparao	12,267	35.96
	Independent	Kemburu Suryanarayana Naidu	11,490	33.69
	KLP	Peesapati Pundrareekakchacharyulu	10,352	30.35
Majority			777	2.27	2.09
Turnout			34,109	58.89	2.69
	Independent hold		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	Kemburu Suryanarayana Naidu	22,555	56.84	23.15
	INC	Payedi Narasimhapparao	17,126	43.15	7.19
Majority			5,429	13.69	11.42
Turnout			39,681
	SWA gain from Independent		Swing	10.9

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	J. Joji	17,184	43.70	13.14
	INC	K. Narasayya	15,289	38.88	4.27
	Independent	Pinnta Jammayya	6,850	17.42	New
Majority			1,895	4.82	8.87
Turnout			39,323	61.04
	SWA hold		Swing	14.75

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kottapalli Narasayya	25,544	71.07	32.19
	Independent	Pinnta Jammayya	6,044	16.82	0.6
	Independent	Boddepalli Narasimhulu	4,355	12.12	New
Majority			19,500	54.25	49.43
Turnout			35,943	45.97	24.78
	INC gain from SWA		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Kambala Rajaratnam	24,145	45.1
	INC(I)	Daramana Adinarayana	12,387	23.1	47.97
	INC	Pagadalamma Sukka	10,319	19.3	51.77
	Independent	Dunga Subhashiniraju	3,278	6.1
	RPI(K)	Nuthulapati Padmavati	2,668	5.0	New
	Independent	Samala Madhavarao	802	1.5
Majority			11,758	21.2	33.05
Turnout			55,433	69.9	23.93
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Syama Rao Gonipati	34,670	63.2
	INC	Jampu Latchayya	15,585	28.4	9.1
	LKD	Uttaravilli Ramakrishna	1,500	2.7
	Independent	Tandara Rayappa	792	1.4
	Independent	Eswaramma Gandi	762	1.4
	Independent	Varahalamma Bonela	634	1.2
	Independent	Sanjeevu Jami	623	1.1
	Independent	N. Balapapadamavathi	188	0.3
	Independent	Raman Alikanna	139	0.3
Majority			19,085	34.1	12.9
Turnout			55,951	68.3	1.6
	TDP gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Tale Bhadrayya	37,858	69.4
	INC	P. J. Amruta Kumari	14,954	27.4	1
	Independent	Dalappayya Kuppili	1,067	2.0
	Independent	Makayya Koppala	699	1.3
Majority			22,904	41.2	7.1
Turnout			55,590	63.9	4.4
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. J. Amruta Kumari	35,027	49.8	22.4
	TDP	Satteyya Gondela	33,852	48.1	21.3
	BSP	ApparaO Kolli	554	0.8
	Independent	Yarrayya Geddapu	451	0.6
	Independent	Sanjeevu Jami	263	0.4	New
	Independent	Gonepati Syamarao	252	0.4
Majority			1,175	1.6	39.6
Turnout			74,213	70.7	6.8
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Tale Bhadrayya	45,818	62.3	14.2
	INC	P. J. Amruta Kumari	24,844	33.8	16
	BJP	Matha Chittibabu	1,266	1.7
	BSP	Prema Karmanandam	763	1.0	0.2
	SSP	Nuthulapati Rao	455	0.6	New
	National Students Party	Mulla Udaya Kumar	296	0.4	New
	Independent	Matcha Manyalu	144	0.2
Majority			20,974	27.8	26.2
Turnout			75,574	68.0	2.7
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	P. J. Amruta Kumari	24,253	33.1	31.4
	TDP	Tale Bhadrayya	23,057	31.5	30.8
	INC	Rajaratnam Kambala	23,021	31.4	2.4
	Independent	Raju Pinniniti	1,471	2.0
	Anna Telugu Desam Party	Gavarayya Madapala	1,302	1.8	New
	Independent	Parasilli Alwar	214	0.3
Majority			1,196	1.5	26.3
Turnout			77,800	64.4	3.6
	BJP gain from TDP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kambala Jogulu	42,327	53.3	21.8
	INC	T. Rajababu	30,703	38.7	7.3
Majority			11,624	14.7	13.3
Turnout			79,347	72.5	8.1
	TDP gain from BJP		Swing	10.9

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nimmaka Sugreevulu	45,909	42.4	3.7
	TDP	Gopalarao Nimmaka	29,759	27.5	25.8
	PRP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	21,725	20.1	New
Majority			16,150	14.9	0.2
Turnout			1,08,295	69.8	2.7
	INC gain from TDP		Swing	14.75

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	55,337	46.1	New
	TDP	Nimmaka Jayakrishna	53,717	44.8	17.3
	CPI(M)	Pattika Kumar	3,165	2.6	New
	INC	Nimmaka Sugreevulu	3,162	2.6	39.8
	CPI	Kurangi Manmadha Rao	2,483	2.1	New
Majority			1,620	1.3	13.6
Turnout			1,21,428	72.2	2.4
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	72,054	52.7	New
	TDP	Nimmaka Jayakrishna	54,074	39.55	7.13
	NOTA	None of the above	3548	2.6
	BJP	Suneetha Thadangi	1169	0.86	New
	INC	H Prasad Rao	1001	0.73
Majority			17,980	1.3	13.6
Turnout			1,36,712	73.91	2.4
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Nimmaka Jaya Krishna	75,208	50.69
	YSRCP	Viswasarayi Kalavathi	61,917	41.73
	INC	Chanti Babu Savara	2,041	1.38
	NOTA	None of the above	4,260	2.87
Majority			13,291	8.96
Turnout			1,48,375	74.03
	JSP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly