Pathapatnam Assembly constituency

Pathapatnam Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam 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 Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Pathapatnam
Constituency No. 4 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Pathapatnam Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Srikakulam
Lok Sabha constituency	Srikakulam
Established	1951
Total electors	216,221
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mamidi Govinda Rao
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Mamidi Govinda Rao 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 216,221 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).^[5]

Mandals

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

Mandal
Pathapatnam
Meliaputti
L. N. Peta
Kothur
Hiramandalam

Pathapatnam Assembly constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Lukulapu Lakshmanadas		Indian National Congress
1955
1962
1967	P. Gunnayya
1972	Sukka pagadalu
1978	Kalamata Mohanarao		Independent
1983	Thota Tulasidas Naidu		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Dharmana Narayana Rao		Indian National Congress
1989	Kalamata Mohana Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1994
1996 by-election	Lakshmi Parvathi		NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)
1999	Kalamata Mohana Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2004
2009	Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla		Indian National Congress
2014	Kalamata Venkata Ramana Murthy		YSR Congress Party
2019	Reddy Shanthi
2024	Mamidi Govinda Rao		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pathapatnam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Mamidi Govinda Rao	89,452	54.77
	YSRCP	Reddy Shanthi	62,925	38.53
	INC	Koppurothu Venkata Rao	3,565	2.18
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,604	2.21
Majority			26,527
Turnout			1,63,335
			Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pathapatnam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Reddy Shanthi	76,941	50.42
	TDP	Kalamata Venkata Ramana Murthy	61,390	40.23
	JSP	Gedela Chaitanya	5,508	3.61
	BJP	Raghava Rao Salana	1,450	0.95
	INC	Banna Ramu	1,702	1.12
Majority			15,551
Turnout
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pathapatnam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kalamata Venkata Ramana Murty	69,320	49.15
	TDP	Vijayaramaraju Satrucherla	65,455	46.41
Majority			3,865	2.74
Turnout			141,038	73.50	+0.42
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pathapatnam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijayaramaraju Satrucherla	58,936	46.76	−2.05
	TDP	Kalamata Venkata Ramana Murty	38,146	30.26	−20.93
	PRP	Palavalasa Karunakar Rao	20,339	16.14
Majority			20,790	16.50
Turnout			126,041	73.08	−0.95
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pathapatnam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kalamata Mohan Rao	44,357	51.19
	INC	Gorle Haribabu Naidu	42,293	48.81
Majority			2,064	2.38
Turnout			86,650	74.03
	TDP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pathapatnam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kalamata Mohan Rao	46,599	56.38
	INC	Gorle Haribabu Naidu	36044	43.61
Majority			10,555	12.77
Turnout			82643	74.03
	TDP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pathapatnam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kalamata Mohan Rao	48,425	56.76
	INC	Dharmana Narayana Rao	36,889	43.24
Majority			11,536	13.52
Turnout			82643	72.13
	TDP hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Pathapatnam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lukulapu Lakshmanadas	29,535	36.53%	36.53%
	CPI	Darapu Govindarajulu	21,354	26.41%
	Independent	Challa Narasimham	10,683	13.21%
	Independent	Mandangi Pentananaidu	7,536	9.32%
	KLP	Mekala Sundaranarayana	7,434	9.19%
	KLP	Timpurana Raghavadas	4,310	5.33%
Margin of victory			8,181	10.12%
Turnout			80,852	55.20%
Registered electors			1,46,470
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly