Penamaluru Assembly constituency

Penamaluru Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna 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 Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Penamaluru
Constituency No. 78 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Penamaluru Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Krishna
Lok Sabha constituency	Machilipatnam
Established	2008
Total electors	267,751
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bode Prasad
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Bode Prasad is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bode Prasad.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 267,751 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Kankipadu
Vuyyuru
Penamaluru

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Kolusu Parthasarathy		Indian National Congress
2014	Bode Prasad		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Kolusu Parthasarathy		YSR Congress Party
2024	Bode Prasad		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penamaluru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bode Prasad	144,912	61.26
	YSRCP	Jogi Ramesh	84,997	35.93
	INC	Elisala Subramanyam	2,596	1.1
	NOTA	None of the above	1,510	0.64
Majority			59,915	25.33
Turnout			2,36,539
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penamaluru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kolusu Parthasarathy	101,485	47.43	+9.35
	TDP	Bode Prasad	90,168	42.14	−12.83
	BSP	L.Karunakar Das	15,388	7.19
Majority			11,317	5.29
Turnout			2,13,929
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penamaluru^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Bode Prasad	102,330	54.97
	YSRCP	V R Vidyasagar Kukkala	70,882	38.08
	INC	Nerella Sobhan Babu	3,336	1.79
Majority			31,448	16.90
Turnout			186,128	80.19	−0.52
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Penamaluru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kolusu Parthasarathy	61,346	37.44
	TDP	Chalasani Venkateswara Rao	61,169	37.33
	PRP	Dhanekula Murali Mohana Rao	31,930	19.49
Majority			177	0.11
Turnout			163,851	80.19
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly