Salur Assembly constituency

Salur is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[2] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency.^[3]

Salur
Constituency No. 13 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Salur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Parvathipuram Manyam
Lok Sabha constituency	Araku
Established	1951
Total electors	190,619[1][needs update]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gummadi Sandhya Rani
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Gummadi Sandhya Rani is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[4] As of 2019, there are a total of 190,619 electors in the constituency.^{[1][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:^[3]

Mandal
Salur
Pachipenta
Mentada
Makkuva

Mandals in Saluru Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora		Krishikar Lok Party
1955	Allu Yerukunaidu		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju		Independent
1967	B. Rajayya
1972	Mutyallu Janni		Indian National Congress
1978	S. R. T. P. S. Veerapa Raju		Communist Party of India
1983	B. Rajaiah		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju		Indian National Congress
1994	Rajendra Prathap Bhanj Deo		Telugu Desam Party
1999
2004
2009	Rajanna Dora Peedika		Indian National Congress
2014			YSR Congress Party
2019
2024	Gummadi Sandhya Rani		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora	19,408	53.40%
	INC	Alur Yorukumaiudu	6,760	18.60%	18.60%
	Socialist	Alaganji Ramamurthy	6,231	17.14%
	Independent	Kottakki Chiranjividas	3,944	10.85%
Margin of victory			12,648	34.80%
Turnout			36,343	46.85%
Registered electors			77,570
	KLP win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	Allu Yerukunaidu	19,204	22.56	New
	INC	Kunichetti Dora	14,674	17.24	1.36
	INC	Boina Rajayya	13,473	15.83	2.77
	PSP	Dippala Dora	8,774	10.31
	Independent	Andrarama Bahadur	6,168	7.25
	Independent	Raja Dugaraja	5,198	6.11
	Independent	Balaga Narayana	5,179	6.08
	Independent	Sankaravamsam Deo	4,287	5.04
	Independent	Gadipalli Parayya	4,286	5.03
	Independent	Kota Naidu	1,987	2.33
	Independent	Marpina Naidu	1,896	2.23
Majority			18,003	21.15	13.65
Turnout			85,126	83.31	36.46
	Praja Socialist Party & Indian National Congress gain from KLP		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lakshmi Raju	18,857	66.99	New
	INC	Allu Naidu	9,288	33.0	0.07
Majority			9,569	33.99	4.4
Turnout			28,145
	Independent gain from Praja Socialist Party & Indian National Congress		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B. Rajayya	17,679	43.11	New
	SWA	J. Mutyalu	10,323	25.17	New
	INC	D. Suridora	7,692	18.76	14.24
	CPI	P.V. Swamy	5,318	12.97	New
Majority			7,356	17.94	16.05
Turnout			41,012	57.45
	Independent hold		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mutyallu Janni	24,787	67.14	48.38
	ABJS	S. R. T. P. S. Raju	12,132	32.86	New
Majority			12,655	34.28	16.34
Turnout			36,919	42.48	14.97
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. R. T. P. S. Veerapa Raju	29,126	54.3	New
	JP	Lakshmi Raju	24,477	45.7	New
Majority			4,649	8.3	25.98
Turnout			56,227	72.0	29.52
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Boniya Rajaiah	32,684	61.2	New
	INC	Dukka Appanna	16,560	31.0	New
	CPI	Vadigala Pentayya	4,209	7.9	46.4
Majority			16,124	29.4	21.1
Turnout			54,835	63.7	8.3
	TDP gain from CPI		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Boina Rajayya	33,348	56.5	4.7
	INC	L.N. Raju	25,712	43.5	12.5
Majority			7,636	12.6	16.8
Turnout			60,576	68.2	4.5
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lakshmi Raju	35,823	49.6	6.1
	TDP	R. P. Bhanj Deo	35,182	48.7	7.8
	Independent	Janni Mutyalu	1,199	1.7
Majority			641	0.8	11.8
Turnout			76,484	72.4	4.2
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	R. P. Bhanj Deo	54,702	66.1	17.4
	INC	Vikrama Raju	25,332	30.6	19
	BJP	Pakki Usharani	1,943	2.4
	Independent	Appanna Dukka	286	0.4
	Independent	Kolaka George	259	0.3
	Independent	Kumari Jayalaxmi	200	0.2
Majority			29,370	34.5	33.7
Turnout			85,101	72.9	0.5
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	R. P. Bhanj Deo	48,517	58.2	−7.9
	INC	Gummadi Sandhya Rani	33,547	40.2	+9.6
	Independent	Mutyala Uooyaka	1,334	1.6
Majority			14,970	17.3	−17.2
Turnout			86,427	72.1	−0.8
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	R. P. Bhanj Deo	48,580	51.32	−6.86
	INC	Rajanna Dora Peedika	46,087	48.68	+8.45
Majority			2,493	2.64
Turnout			94,667	74.64	+2.52
	TDP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajanna Dora Peedika	49,517	40.94	−7.74
	TDP	Gummadi Sandhya Rani	47,861	39.57	−11.75
	PRP	Hanumantha Rao T.V.	13,479	11.14
Majority			1,656	1.37
Turnout			121,002	71.57	−3.07
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Rajanna Dora Peedika	63,755	47.28
	TDP	Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Deo	58,758	43.57
Majority			4,997	3.71
Turnout			134,857	77.04	+5.47
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Rajanna Dora Peedika	78,430
	TDP	R.P. Bhanj Deo	58,401
Majority			20,029
Turnout
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gummadi Sandhya Rani	80,211	50.65
	YSRCP	Rajanna Dora Peedika	66,478	41.98
	INC	Muvvala Pushpa Rao	2,239	1.41
	NOTA	None of the above	5,743	3.63
Majority			13,733	8.67
Turnout			1,58,355
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly