Sompeta Assembly constituency

Sompeta Assembly constituency was a constituency in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh that elected representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It was one of the six assembly segments in Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Sompeta
Former constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Srikakulam
Lok Sabha constituency	Srikakulam
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951) and abolished in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Gouthu Latchanna		Krishikar Lok Party
1955
1962
1967
1972	Majji Thulasi Das		Indian National Congress
1978	Gouthu Latchanna		Janata Party
1983	Majji Narayana Rao		Indian National Congress
1985[2]	Gouthu Syam Sunder Sivaji		Telugu Desam Party
1989
1994
1999[3]
2004[4]

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sompeta^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	Gouthu Latchanna	13,341	33.89%
	INC	Pothuru Swamy Babu	8,424	21.40%	21.40%
	Independent	Jagannatharajamani Raji Deo	8,071	20.51%
	CPI	Marpu Padmanabham	6,221	15.80%
	Independent	Sanapathi Krishnamurthy	3,304	8.39%
Margin of victory			4,917	12.49%
Turnout			39,361	58.17%
Registered electors			67,670
	KLP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly