Razole Assembly constituency

Razole is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Konaseema 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 Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Razole
Constituency No. 45 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Razole Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Konaseema
Lok Sabha constituency	Amalapuram
Established	1951
Total electors	186,819
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Deva Varaprasad
Party	JSP
Elected year	2024

Deva Varaprasad is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 186,819 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Razole
Malikipuram
Sakhinetipalle
Mamidikuduru (Part)

The villages of Mamidikuduru Mandal that are covered by the constituency are Mamidikuduru, Geddada, Edarada, Komarada, Magatapalle and Gogannamatham. The other part of this mandal is a part of Gannavaram Assembly constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Alluru Venkararamaraju		Communist Party of India
1955
1962	Gaddem Mahalakshmi		Indian National Congress
1967	G. R. Nayinala
1972	Bikkina Gopalakrishnarao		Independent
1978	Rudraraju Ramalingaraju		Indian National Congress
1983	Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Mangena Gangaiah		Indian National Congress
1994	Alluru Venkata Suryanarayana Raju		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004	Alluri Krishnam Raju		Indian National Congress
2009	Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao
2014	Gollapalli Surya Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao		Janasena Party
2024	Deva Varaprasad

Election results

1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Razole^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Alluri Venkataramaraju	41,847	20.08%
	KMPP	Akula Buliswami	37,307	17.90%
	CPI	Ganji Nagaswara Rao	34,688	16.65%
	KMPP	Pamula Venkataratnam	27,386	13.14%
	INC	Boyi Bhimanna	27,311	13.11%	13.11%
	INC	Mupparti Venkataratnam	23,118	11.10%	11.10%
	RPI	Pamula Prakass Rao	12,653	6.07%
	Independent	Kanteti Narasimharaju	4,051	1.94%
Margin of victory			4,540	2.18%
Turnout			2,08,361	128.80%
Registered electors			1,61,776
	CPI win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Razole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Alluri Krishnam Raju	68,104	62.19	+13.10
	TDP	Alluri Venkata Suryanarayana Raju	40,086	36.60	−13.07
Majority			28,018	25.59
Turnout			109,517	83.95	+6.76
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Razole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao	52,319	39.76	−22.43
	PRP	Nalli Venkata Krishna Mallik	46,450	35.30
	TDP	Bathula Ramu	25,286	19.21	−17.39
Majority			5,869	4.46
Turnout			131,598	79.50	−4.45
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Razole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gollapalli Surya Rao	66,960	49.52
	YSRCP	Bonthu Rajeswara Rao	62,277	46.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	856	0.63
	Independent	Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao	318	0.24
Majority			4,683	3.47
Turnout			135,230	77.71	−1.79
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Razole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao	50,053	32.92	+32.92
	YSRCP	Bonthu Rajeswara Rao	49,239	32.91	−13.45
	TDP	Gollapalli Surya Rao	44,592	30.47	−18.92
Majority			814	0.56
Turnout			1,45,641
	JSP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Razole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Deva Varaprasad	95,514	60.13	27.21
	YSRCP	Gollapalli Surya Rao	56,503	35.57	2.66
	INC	Sarella Prasanna Kumar	1,435	0.90
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,628	1.02
Majority			39,011	24.56
Turnout			1,58,840
	JSP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly