Yanam Assembly constituency

Yanam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India, covering the area of Yanam. Yanam assembly constituency is part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Yanam
Constituency No. 30 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Yanam
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	37,747
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok
Party	Independent
Elected year	2021

Member of the Assembly

Member of Representative Assembly of French India

Further information: French India Representative Assembly

• 1946: Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty; Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu,^[2]
• 1951: Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty; Canacala Tataya.^[3]

The de facto transfer of French settlements in India has happened on 1 November 1954. These four French settlements were organized as State of Pondicherry. Later, on 11 June 1955, The Government of India has dissolved the Representative Assembly by State of Pondicherry (Representative Assembly Decree Amendment) Order, 1955.^[4]

Member of Pondicherry Representative Assembly

Further information: Pondicherry Representative Assembly

• 1955: Erra Jagannadha Rao (Congress); Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (Congress).^[5]
• 1959: Kanakalapeta constituency: Kamichetty Savithri (Ind.)^{[note 1]}; Adiandhrapeta constituency: Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (Ind.).

As the people aspired for a popular government, the Indian Parliament enacted The Union Territories Act, 1963^[7] that came into force on 1 July 1963, and the pattern of government prevailing in the rest of the country was introduced in this territory. The Pondicherry Representative Assembly was converted into the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry on 1 July 1963 as per Section 54(3) of The Union Territories Act, 1963 and its members were deemed to have been elected to the Assembly.^[8]: 966 Thus, the MLAs of Yanam to the First Legislvative Assembly (1963–1964) were Smt.Kamichetty Savithri and Shri Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The elections for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly are held since 1964. Before the Elections to the Pondicherry Legislative Assembly were held in August 1964, the constituencies were delimited by the Delimitation Commission and the entire territory was divided into 30 single-member constituencies and 1 seat is allocated for Yanam region.^[8]: 965

Year	Assembly	Member	Party
1963	1st	Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu and Kamichetty Savithri		Independent
1964	2nd	Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu		Indian National Congress
1969	3rd	Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu		Independent
1974	4th	Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu		Independent
1977	5th	Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu		Janata Party
1980	6th	Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu		Independent
1985	7th	Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu		Indian National Congress
1990	8th	Raksha Harikrishna		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	9th	Velaga Rajeswara Rao		Indian National Congress
1996	10th	Malladi Krishna Rao		Independent
2000	10th	P. Shanmugam		Indian National Congress
2001	11th	Malladi Krishna Rao		Independent
2006	12th	Malladi Krishna Rao		Indian National Congress
2011	13th	Malladi Krishna Rao		Indian National Congress
2016	14th	Malladi Krishna Rao		Indian National Congress
2021	15th	Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok		Independent politician

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			49.07%
2016			61.36%
2011			80.95%
2006			64.89%
2001			57.34%
1996			62.31%
1991			56.87%
1990			42.99%
1985			41.45%
1980			48.43%
1977			48.07%
1974			52.74%
1969			55.56%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok	17,132	49.07%
	AINRC	N. Rangaswamy	16,477	47.20%
	Independent	Davulury Veera Vratha Pathi	320	0.92%
	Independent	Tekumudi Venkata Rao	210	0.60%
Margin of victory			655	1.88%	−23.95%
Turnout			34,910	92.31%	−0.42%
Registered electors			37,820		3.45%
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-12.29%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Malladi Krishna Rao	20,801	61.36%	−19.58%
	AINRC	Tirikoty Bairava Swamy	12,047	35.54%
	AIADMK	Manchala Satya Sai Kumar	343	1.01%	−15.41%
	Independent	Pemmadi Durga Prasad	250	0.74%
Margin of victory			8,754	25.82%	−38.70%
Turnout			33,899	92.73%	−3.05%
Registered electors			36,557		18.17%
	INC hold		Swing	-19.58%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Malladi Krishna Rao	23,985	80.95%	16.06%
	AIADMK	Manchala Satya Sai Kumar	4,867	16.43%	15.80%
	Independent	Nalla Naga Raju	154	0.52%
	Independent	Kalla Venkata Ratnam	153	0.52%
	Independent	Mellam Srinivasa Rao	134	0.45%
Margin of victory			19,118	64.52%	29.73%
Turnout			29,631	95.78%	−0.96%
Registered electors			30,936		65.09%
	INC hold		Swing	16.06%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Malladi Krishna Rao	11,763	64.89%	63.22%
	Independent	Raksha Harikrishna	5,457	30.10%
	Buddhiviveki Vikas Party	Elipe Rajkumar	464	2.56%
	AIADMK	Manchala Satya Sai Kumar	114	0.63%	0.10%
	Independent	Surimilli Subba Rao	87	0.48%
	BSP	Moka Venkateswara Rao	86	0.47%
Margin of victory			6,306	34.79%	15.73%
Turnout			18,128	96.74%	13.31%
Registered electors			18,739		0.06%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	7.55%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malladi Krishna Rao	8,959	57.34%
	BJP	Gollapalli Gangadhara Pratap	5,981	38.28%
	INC	Elaprolu Chittibabu	261	1.67%	−24.90%
	Independent	Vegeshna Subba Raju	161	1.03%
	AIADMK	Giddi Sri Hari Rao	82	0.52%
Margin of victory			2,978	19.06%	−16.67%
Turnout			15,624	83.43%	0.04%
Registered electors			18,727		18.10%
	Independent hold		Swing	0.47%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malladi Krishna Rao	8,445	62.31%
	INC	Velaga Rajeshwara Rao	3,602	26.58%	−30.30%
	Independent	Kamichetty Venu Gopala Rao Naidu	1,347	9.94%
Margin of victory			4,843	35.73%	21.12%
Turnout			13,554	86.68%	3.29%
Registered electors			15,857		17.75%
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	5.43%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Velaga Rajeshwara Rao	6,331	56.87%	28.78%
	DMK	Raksha Harikrishna	4,704	42.26%	−0.73%
	Independent	Sirajuddin Mohammed Ahammed	51	0.46%
Margin of victory			1,627	14.62%	−0.28%
Turnout			11,132	83.39%	−2.33%
Registered electors			13,467		6.21%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	13.88%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Raksha Harikrishna	4,632	42.99%	38.29%
	INC	Velaga Rajeshwara Rao	3,027	28.09%	−13.36%
	Independent	Kamichetty Venkata Venu	2,955	27.42%
	BSP	Kamuju Srinivasa Rao	121	1.12%
Margin of victory			1,605	14.90%	9.35%
Turnout			10,775	85.72%	−1.55%
Registered electors			12,680		57.83%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	1.53%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu	2,884	41.45%
	Independent	Raksha Harikrishna	2,498	35.91%
	TDP	Ponugumatla Vishnu Murty	1,248	17.94%
	DMK	Mohamed Ahamed Sirajuddin	327	4.70%
Margin of victory			386	5.55%	0.21%
Turnout			6,957	87.27%	−0.14%
Registered electors			8,034		34.33%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-6.97%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu	2,433	48.43%
	INC(I)	Abdul Khader Jeelani Mohammed	2,165	43.09%
	JP	Ponugumatla Vishnu Murty	426	8.48%
Margin of victory			268	5.33%	3.78%
Turnout			5,024	87.41%	1.87%
Registered electors			5,981		18.76%
	Independent gain from JP		Swing	0.35%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu	2,047	48.07%
	INC	Abdul Khader Jeelani Mohammed	1,981	46.52%	0.67%
	Independent	Satyamurty	230	5.40%
Margin of victory			66	1.55%	−5.33%
Turnout			4,258	85.54%	−4.73%
Registered electors			5,036		0.96%
	JP gain from Independent		Swing	-4.66%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu	2,284	52.74%
	INC	Naidou Maddimsetty Satyamurty	1,986	45.86%	1.42%
	AIADMK	C. S. Jayalakshmi	61	1.41%
Margin of victory			298	6.88%	−4.25%
Turnout			4,331	90.28%	0.63%
Registered electors			4,988		6.44%
	Independent hold		Swing	-2.83%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. S. P. V. Rao Naidu	2,287	55.56%
	INC	Yarra Zagannadharao	1,829	44.44%
Margin of victory			458	11.13%
Turnout			4,116	89.65%
Registered electors			4,686
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu	0 #DIV/0!	{{{percentage}}}
Margin of victory
Turnout			0
Registered electors			0
	INC win (new seat)

Pondicherry Representative Assembly

Assembly Elections 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Yanam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu	0	0	0
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Elections 1955

1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election: Yanam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu	0	0	0
	INC	Yerra Jagannadha Rao	0	0	0
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

French India

Assembly Elections 1951

1951 French India Representative Assembly election: Yanaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty	1,042	100	0
		Canacala Tataya	1042	100	0
			Swing

Assembly Elections 1946

1946 French India Representative Assembly election: Yanaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty	1,103	100	0
		Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassadaraw Naidou	1103	100	0
		Mohamed Zicria	0	0	0
		Erra Satianarayanamourty	0	0	0
			Swing

See also

• Yanaon
• Representative Assembly of French India
• Pondicherry Representative Assembly

Notes

1. For Kanakalapeta constituency, two independents secured exactly 707 votes each and so to decide the winner, lots were cast. Finally, Kamichetty Savithri was declared winner. In the same constituency, Congress candidate polled only 8 votes.^[6]