Parvathipuram Assembly constituency

Parvathipuram is a Scheduled Caste 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]

Parvathipuram
Constituency No. 12 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Parvathipuram 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	182,333
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bonela Vijaya Chandra
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Bonela Vijaya Chandra is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 182,333 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
Parvathipuram
Seethanagaram
Balijipeta

Mandals in Parvathipuram Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	V. D. Veerabhadra Deo Bahadur		Indian National Congress
1955	V.Chandrachudamani Dev		Independent
1962			Indian National Congress
1967	V. Ramanaidu		Swatantra Party
1972	Chikati Parasuram Naidu		Independent
1978			Janata Party
1983	Mariserla Venkata Rami Naidu		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Yarra Krishna Murty
1994
1999	Mariserla Sivunnaidu		Indian National Congress
2004	Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla
2009	Savarapu Jayamani
2014	Bobbili Chiranjeevulu		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Alajangi Jogarao		YSR Congress Party
2024	Bonela Vijaya Chandra		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bonela Vijaya Chandra	83,905	55.33
	YSRCP	Alajangi Jogarao	59,491	39.23
	INC	Bathina Mohana Rao	1,640	1.08
	NOTA	None of the above	3,465	2.29
Majority			24,414	16.1
Turnout			1,51,633
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Alajangi Jogarao	75,304
	TDP	Bobbili Chiranjeevulu	51,105
Majority			24,199
Turnout
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bobbili Chiranjeevulu	62,458	47.94
	YSRCP	Jammana Prasanna Kumar	56,329	43.24
Majority			6,129	4.70
Turnout			130,278	75.03	+1.91
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Savarapu Jayamani	49,614	41.36	−7.40
	TDP	Bobbili Chiranjeevulu	46,896	39.09	−7.85
	PRP	Latha Rittapalli	10,946	9.13
Majority			2,718	2.27
Turnout			120,053	73.17	−3.47
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijayaramaraju Satrucharla	48,276	48.76	−5.99
	TDP	D Jagadeeswara Rao	46,480	46.94	+7.52
Majority			1,796	1.82
Turnout			99,010	76.64	+1.54
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vyricherla Durgaprasad Veerabhadra Deo Bahadur	28,129	55.44%	55.44%
	KLP	Cheekati Parasuram Naiudu	10,160	20.02%
	Socialist	Muddidi Balu Paramkusan Naiudu	8,910	17.56%
	Independent	Darapureddi Balarameswami	3,540	6.98%
Margin of victory			17,969	35.41%
Turnout			50,739	64.94%
Registered electors			78,137
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly