Pithapuram Assembly constituency

Pithapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada 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 Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Pithapuram
Constituency No. 37 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Kakinada
Lok Sabha constituency	Kakinada
Established	1951
Total electors	229,591
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pawan Kalyan Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Party	JSP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Pendem Dorababu

Pawan Kalyan is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party.^[3][4] As of 2024, there are a total of 230,188 electors in the constituency.^[5] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Gollaprolu
Pithapuram
Kothapalle

Mandals in Pithapuram Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	R. V. Jagga Rao		Communist Party of India
1955	Vadrevu Gopalkrishna		Praja Party
1960 by-election	Peketi Thammiraju
1962	Rao Bhavanna		Indian National Congress
1967	Yalla Suryanarayanamurty
1972
1978	Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Venna Nageswara Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao		Indian National Congress
1994	Venna Nageswara Rao		Telugu Desam Party
1999	Veera Bhadra Rao Sangisetti		Independent
2004	Pendem Dorababu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Vanga Geetha		Praja Rajyam Party
2014	S. V. S. N. Varma		Independent
2019	Pendem Dorababu		YSR Congress Party
2024	Pawan Kalyan		Janasena Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Pawan Kalyan	134,394	64.87
	YSRCP	Vanga Geetha Viswanath	64,115	30.95
	NOTA	None of the above	2,027	0.98
	INC	Madepalli Satyananda Rao	1,231	0.59
Majority			70,279	33.92
Turnout			207,169	86.63
	JSP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Pendem Dorababu	83,459	44.71
	TDP	S. V. S. N. Varma	68,467	36.68
	JSP	Makineedi Seshu Kumari	28,011	15.00
Majority			14,992	8.03
Turnout			186,682	83.31
	YSRCP gain from Independent		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. V. S. N. Varma	97,511	57.59
	YSRCP	Pendem Dorababu	50,431	29.78
	TDP	P. V. Viswam	15,187	8.90
Majority			47,080	27.81
Turnout			169,330	79.45	+1.16
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	Vanga Geetha	46,623	31.19
	TDP	S. V. S. N. Varma	45,587	30.50
	INC	Mudragada Padmanabham	43,431	29.05
Majority			1,036	0.69
Turnout			149,479	78.29	+6.56
	PRP gain from BJP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pendem Dorababu	46,518	50.47
	INC	K. V. Chandra Mohana Rao	28,628	31.06
Majority			17,899	19.41
Turnout			92,182	71.73	+3.08
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Veera Sangisetti	36,612	41.6
	BJP	Dorababu Pendem	32,199	36.6	35.3
	INC	Devarapalli Rajarajeswari	17,087	19.4	18
	Anna Telugu Desam Party	Venkateswara Rao Mogali	1,000	11.1
	Communist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION)	Pilla Mariyamma	906	1.0	18
	Independent	J.V. Kameswara Rao	132	0.2
Majority			4,413	4.8	8.5
Turnout			92,690	72.4	1.5
	Independent gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Venna Nageswara Rao	43,905	50.9	6.3
	INC	Sangisetti Veerabhadra Rao	32,277	37.4	14.9
	BSP	Syamprasad Bandi	8,033	9.3	8.4
	BJP	Bavavarapu Babu	1,109	1.3
	CPI(M-L)	Yegupati Arjunarao	380	0.4
	Independent	Pilli Raju	208	0.2
	Independent	Vanga Geeta	164	0.2
	Independent	Neelam Rao	113	0.1	0.1
	Independent	Devarapalli Venkataramana Murty	47	0.1
Majority			11,628	13.3	5.8
Turnout			87,493	73.9	0.7
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Koppana Mohanarao	42,241	52.3	14
	TDP	Venna Nageshwararao	35,987	44.6	14.9
	Independent	Pilla Mariyamma	888	1.1	8.4
	BSP	Medisetti Chandra Rao	685	0.9
	Independent	Talisetti Venkateswararao	466	0.6
	Independent	Neelam Murali Mohanrao	192	0.2
	Independent	Bandi Appayya	177	0.2
	Independent	Pilli Rainndra Kumar	141	0.2
Majority			6,254	7.5	13.5
Turnout			83,357	74.6	4.2
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Venna Nageswara Rao	40,375	59.5	7.2
	INC	Sangisetty Veerabhadararao	25,986	38.3	7.3
	Independent	Bandi Appayya	544	0.8	7.3
	Independent	Padmaraju Punyamanthula	346	0.5
	Independent	M. S. N. Sastry	307	0.5	0.1
	Independent	Neelam Rao	300	0.4
Majority			14,389	12.0	14.3
Turnout			68.618	70.4	1.9
	TDP hold		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Venna Nageswara Rao	43,318	66.7
	INC	Koppana Mohanarao (incumbent)	20,128	31	13
	Independent	Bandili Sesharatanam	691	1.1
	JP	Madepalli Rama Rao	531	0.8	35.7
	Independent	Satyanarayana Sastry Meka	243	0.4
Majority			23,190	35.3	{increase
Turnout			65,650	72.3	4.9
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Koppana Mohanarao	28,585	44
	JP	Peketi Thammiraju	23,685	36.5	35.3
	Independent	Singisetty Veerabhadra Rao	9,897	15.2	18
	INC	Yella Suryanarayanamurthy (incumbent)	2,754	4.2	33.79
Majority			4,900	7.4	4.06
Turnout			66,028	77.2	3.48
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yalla Suryanarayanamurty	21,103	37.99	2.8
	CPI	Venkata Rao	19,251	34.65	14.19
	Independent	Thammiraju Peketi	14,205	25.57	15.52
	RPI(K)	Venkateswara Rao Pitta	996	1.79
Majority			1,852	3.34	1.34
Turnout			55,555	73.72	4.96
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yalla Suryanarayanamurty	21,053	40.79	16.45
	Independent	Peketi Thammiraju	18,636	36.11	6.64
	CPI	M. Suryarao	10,559	20.46
	Independent	S. Sanaboyina	1,365	2.64
Majority			2,417	4.68	9.81
Turnout			51,613	78.68
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rao Bhavanna	30,010	57.24
	Independent	Peketi Thammiraju	22,414	42.75
Majority			7,596	14.49	14.75
Turnout			52,424
	INC gain from KMPP		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Vadrevu Gopalkrishna	23,773	64.62	43.52
	CPI	Kandkikonda Bulliraju	13,018	35.38	3.17
Majority			10,755	29.24	16.03
Turnout			36,791	62.95	3.97
	KMPP gain from CPI		Swing

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	R. V. Jagga Rao	18,920	38.55
	INC	R. Atachayya Rao	12,438	25.35	25.35
	KMPP	V. G. Krishna	10,357	21.10
	Independent	K. Rajalingeswara Rao	3,373	6.87
	Socialist	C. Bhavanarao	1,445	2.94%
	KLP	Triupathi Rao	1,375	2.80
	Independent	C. Sathiraju	1,166	2.38%
Margin of victory			6,482	13.21
Turnout			49,074	66.92
Registered electors			73,335
	CPI win (new seat)