Proddatur Assembly constituency

Proddatur Assembly constituency is a constituency in YSR 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 Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency.

Proddatur
Constituency No. 132 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Proddatur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	YSR
Lok Sabha constituency	Kadapa
Established	1951
Total electors	236,730
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 236,730 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Overview

It is part of Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Sasana Sabha segments, namely, Badvel, Kadapa, Pulivendla, Kamalapuram, Jammalamagudu and Mydukur in YSR Kadapa district.

Mandals

Mandal
Rajupalem
Proddatur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Kundala Balanarayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1955	Kundala Balanarayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1957 by-election	Ramireddy Chandra Obula Reddy		Independent
1962	Panyam Yerra Muni Reddy
1967	Rama Subba Reddy Rajulapalle
1972	Kopparapu Subba Rao
1978	Ramireddy Chandra Obula Reddy
1983	Mallela Ramana Venkata Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
1985	Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy
1989			Indian National Congress
1994
1999
2004
2009	Mallela Linga Reddy		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Proddatur^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kundala Balanarayana Reddy	15,054	33.06%	33.06%
	KMPP	Panem Yonamani Reddy	11,660	25.61%
	CPI	Ramireddy Chandra Obula Reddy	10,565	23.20%
	Socialist	A. Subbarami Reddi	2,983	6.55%
	Independent	K. John	2,330	5.12%
	Independent	Vedantam Lakshmiah	2,020	4.44%
	Independent	Thallur Ethirajulu Naidu	923	2.03%
Margin of victory			3,394	7.45%
Turnout			45,535	66.80%
Registered electors			68,162
	INC win (new seat)

1957 by-election

1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Proddatur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ramireddy Chandra Obula Reddy	28,083
	INC	P. Yerramynireddi	16,420
	Independent	T.H. Rao	1,618
Margin of victory			11,663
Turnout
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Proddatur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy	54,419	39.62	+1.17
	Independent	Mallela Linga Reddy	37,390	27.22
	BJP	Kovvuru Balachandra Reddy	22,118	16.10
Majority			17,029	12.40
Turnout			137,359	70.00	+8.25
	INC hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Proddatur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Mallela Linga Reddy	73,023	46.45
	INC	Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy	56,867	36.18
	PRP	Mallela Muralidhar	22,784	14.49
Majority			16,156	10.27
Turnout			157,198	76.97	+6.97
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Proddatur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy	93,866	51.40
	TDP	Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy	80,921	44 .32
Majority			12,945	7.08
Turnout			182,601	78.65	+1.68
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Proddatur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy	107,941	59.21
	TDP	Mallela Linga Reddy	64,793	35.54
Majority			45,148	256.67
Turnout			192,293	78.65	+1.68
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Proddatur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy	106,712	53.02
	YSRCP	Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy	83,968	41.72
	INC	Shaik Poola Mohammed Nazeer	6,016	2.99
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,740	0.86
Majority			22,744	11.29
Turnout			2,01,284
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly