Prathipadu, Guntur Assembly constituency

Not to be confused with Prathipadu, Kakinada Assembly constituency.

Prathipadu Assembly constituency is a Scheduled Caste reserved 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]

Prathipadu
Constituency No. 93 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Prathipadu 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	267888
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Burla Ramanjaneyulu
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Burla Ramanjaneyulu is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 250,247 electors in the constituency.^{[3][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

History

In the Prathipadu assembly constituency, several political parties have competed for representation over the years. The Indian National Congress (INC) has been a prominent contender, securing victory in 5 elections held in 1952, 1972, 1978, 2004, and 2009. Following closely behind, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has demonstrated significant electoral success, winning seats in 7 elections conducted in 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1999,2014 and 2024. Additionally, other parties such as the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), Krishikar Lok Party (KLP), Communist Party of India (CPI), and Swatantra Party have also made notable contributions to the political landscape of the constituency.

According to the orders of the Delimitation Commission in 1955, the Assembly Constituency was named Pedda Kakani and included Prathipadu firka and Peddakakani firka (excluding Koppuravur, Venigandla, Nambur, Kantamraj-Kondur, Penumuli, and Devarayabhotlapalem villages) in Guntur taluk.^[4]

In the 1967 delimitation order, the Prathipadu Assembly Constituency was established, comprising Prathipadu firka in Guntur taluk, Nadendla firka, and six villages in Narasaraopet firka in Narasaraopet taluk. The six villages from Narasaraopet firka are:

• Dondapadu
• Kondakavur
• Ellamanda
• Kesanipalle
• Pothavarappadu
• Jonnalagadda.^[5]

In the 1976 delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies, the Prathipadu Assembly Constituency was formed with Prathipadu firka and Pedakakani firka (excluding the villages of Kopparavur, Venigandla, Pedakakani, Nambur, Kantamraju-Kondur, Penumuli, and Devarayabhotlapalem) in Guntur taluk.^[6] The latest delimitation was done in 2008.

Mandals

It was formed with five mandals of Guntur district in 2009.^[7]

Mandal
Guntur Mandal (except M.Corp.)
Vatticherukuru
Prathipadu
Pedanandipadu
Kakumanu

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Tamma Kotamma Reddy		Indian National Congress
1967	M. C. Nagaiah		Swatantra Party
1972	Peter Paul Chukka		Indian National Congress
1978	Karumuru Lakshminarayanareddy		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Makineni Peda Rathaiah		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989
1994
1999
2004	Ravi Venkata Ramana		Indian National Congress
2009	Mekathoti Sucharitha		Indian National Congress
2012			YSR Congress Party
2014	Ravela Kishore Babu		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Mekathoti Sucharitha		YSR Congress Party
2024	Burla Ramanjaneyulu		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Burla Ramanjaneyulu	128,665	58.09	17.63
	YSRCP	Balasani Kiran Kumar	86,650	39.12	4.86
	INC	Korivi Vinaya Kumar	3,491	1.58
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,389	0.63
Majority			42,015	18.97	15.45
Turnout			2,21,479	83.72	0.21
	TDP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Mekathoti Sucharitha	92,508	43.98%	−2.04
	TDP	Dokka Manikya Vara Prasada Rao	85,110	40.46%	−9.64
	JSP	Ravela Kishore Babu	26,371	12.54%	+12.54
Majority			7,398	3.52
Turnout			2,10,342	83.93
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ravela Kishore Babu	96,274	50.10	+10.61
	YSRCP	Mekathoti Sucharitha	88,869	46.02	−2.82
Majority			7,405	3.90
Turnout			193,101	85.46	+4.13
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2012 By-Election

2012 Andhra Pradesh by-elections: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Mekathoti Sucharitha	87,742	48.83	+9.51
	TDP	Kandukuri Veeraiah	70,961	39.49	1.38
Majority			16,781	9.34
Turnout			1,79,662
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mekathoti Sucharitha	66,324	39.32	−12.39
	TDP	Kandukuri Veeraiah	64,282	38.11	−8.74
	PRP	Korivi Vinay Kumar	33,889	20.09	+20.09
Majority			2,042	1.21
Turnout			168,669	81.33	+0.23
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravi Venkata Ramana	52,403	51.71	+8.51
	TDP	Makineni Peda Rattaiah	47,479	46.85	−8.70
Majority			4,925	4.86
Turnout			101,366	81.10	+10.10
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Makineni Peda Rathaiah	52,038	55.55%
	INC	Rayapati Srinivas	40,468	43.20%
Margin of victory			11,570	12.35%
Turnout			95,087	72.06%
Registered electors			131,951
	TDP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Makineni Peda Rathaiah	50,765	55.79%
	INC	Chebrolu Hanumaiah	37,786	41.53%
Margin of victory			12,979	14.26%
Turnout			92,299	73.81%
Registered electors			125,053
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Makineni Peda Rathaiah	47,972	51.13%
	INC	Venkata Appa Rao Guntupalli	45,192	48.17%
Margin of victory			2,780	2.96%
Turnout			95,509	73.83%
Registered electors			129,363
	TDP hold		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Makineni Peda Rathaiah	42,004	55.40%
	INC	Peter Paul Chukka	31,214	41.17%
Margin of victory			10,790	14.23%
Turnout			76,921	70.80%
Registered electors			108,651
	TDP hold		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Makineni Peda Rathaiah	41,885	59.09%
	INC	Venkata Appa Rao Guntupalli	28,491	40.19%
Margin of victory			13,394	18.90%
Turnout			72,178	70.93%
Registered electors			101,754
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Lakshmi Narayana Reddy Karumuru	27,961	39.07%
	JP	Sadasiva Rao K	26,703	37.31%
Margin of victory			1,258	1.76%
Turnout			73,089	74.90%
Registered electors			97,584
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Peter Paul Chukka	37,402	57.15%
	SWA	Manne China Nagaiah	25,993	39.72%
Margin of victory			11,409	17.43%
Turnout			67,067	67.57%
Registered electors			99,257
	INC gain from SWA		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	M.C. Nagaiah	26,361	44.40%
	Independent	E.C.R Reddy	23,723	39.96%
Margin of victory			2,638	4.44%
Turnout			63,715	74.39%
Registered electors			85,653
	SWA gain from CPI		Swing

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tamma Kotamma Reddy	15,130	26.49%
	CPI	Managva Seshayya	14,274	24.99%
	Independent	Gingupalli Bapaiah	13,732	24.04%
	KLP	B. Venkatasivaiah	12,954	22.68%
	KMPP	Y. Ananda Rao	1,028	1.80%
Margin of victory			856	1.50%
Turnout			57,118	74.30%
Registered electors			76,879
	INC win (new seat)

Peddakakani

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Peddakakani^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	PANGULURI KOTESWARARAO	17,392	35.53
	INC	GUNTUPALLI SURYANARAYANA	15,450	31.56
Turnout			48,939	68.12%
Registered electors			70,689
	CPI gain from KLP		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Peddakakani^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	GINJUPALLI BAPAYYA	25,865	55.51
	CPI	PANGULURI KOTESWARARAO	20,728	44.49
Turnout			46,592	72.14%
Registered electors			64,583
	KLP gain from INC		Swing