Ponnur Assembly constituency

Ponnur
Ponnur
Constituency No. 88 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Ponnur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Guntur
Lok Sabha constituency	Guntur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,25,815
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Ponnur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Guntur 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 Guntur Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

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Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar of the Telugu Desam Party is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[3]^[4] As of 2019, there are a total of 225,815 electors in the constituency.^[1] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Year	Member
1952	Kolla Venkaiah	Communist Party of India
1955	Govada Paramdhamaiah	Krishikar Lok Party
1962	Nannapaneni Venkata Rao	Indian National Congress
1967	P.A.Prasadarao	Indian National Congress
1972	Doppapudi Ranga Rao	Independent
1978	Gogineni Nageswara Rao	Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Dhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Dhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Chittineni Venkata Rao	Indian National Congress
1994	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019	Kilari Venkata Rosaiah	YSR Congress Party
2024	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	Telugu Desam Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	110,410	56.95
	YSRCP	Ambati Murali Krishna	77,495	39.97
	INC	Jakka Ravindranath	2,400	1.24
	NOTA	None of the above	1,248	0.64
Majority			32,915	16.98
Turnout			1,93,875
Registered electors			2,27,648
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kilari Venkata Rosaiah	87,570	45.88
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	86,458	45.30
	JSP	Boni Parvathi (Naidu)	12,033	6.30
Majority			1,112	0.58
Turnout			1,90,861	83.61	−1.06
Registered electors			2,28,234
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

	YSRCP	TDP	JSP	Others	NOTA	Total
Pedakakani	25,787	24,417	3,406	942	265	54,817
Chebrolu	25,351	25,115	4,192	1,165	446	56,269
Ponnur	17,497	18,355	2,225	678	223	38,978
Ponnur Urban	17,947	17,925	2,117	764	249	39,002
Postal Votes	988	646	93	52	16	1,795
Total	87,570	86,458	12,033	3,601	1,199	190,861
Percentage	45.88%	45.30%	6.30%	1.89%	0.63%	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	88,386	50.15
	YSRCP	Ravi Venkata Ramana	80,625	45.74
Majority			7,761	4.41
Turnout			176,251	84.67	+3.62
	TDP hold		Swing

Mandals

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	61,008	38.51	−15.70
	INC	Marupudi Leeladhara Rao	58,840	37.14	−7.51
	PRP	Tella Venkateswara Rao	30,317	19.14
Majority			2,168	1.37
Turnout			158,425	81.05	+4.45
	TDP hold		Swing

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar	51,288	54.21	−3.57
	INC	Mannava Raja Kishore	42,243	44.65	−3.23
Majority			9,025	9.56
Turnout			94,606	76.60	+10.82
	TDP hold		Swing

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Nageswara Rao Gogineni	30,066	42.80%
	JP	Talasila Venkata Ramaiah	22,614	32.19%
Margin of victory			7,452	10.61%
Turnout			71,523	71.10%
Registered electors			100,592
	INC(I) gain from Independent		Swing

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Doppapudi Ranga Rao	26,649	44.98%
	INC	Manu Anta Rao Yalavarti	26,307	44.40%
Margin of victory			342	0.58%
Turnout			60,271	69.97%
Registered electors			85,135
	Independent gain from INC		Swing