Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India

Cheepurupalli
Constituency No. 15 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Established	1951
Total electors	198,832
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram 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 the Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3]^[4] As of 2019, there are a total of 198,832 electors in the constituency.^[5] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Cheepurupalli
Garividi
Gurla
Merakamudidam

Mandals in Cheepurupalli Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952	Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu	Independent
1955	Modandi Satyanarayana Raju	Praja Socialist Party
1962	Kotla Sanyasi Appala Naidu	Swatantra Party
1967	T. R. Rao	Independent
1972	Pydapu Naidu routhu	Indian National Congress
1978	Chigilipalli Syamalarao	Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Tripurana Venkata Ratnam	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Kemburi Rama Mohan Rao
1989	Tankala Saraswatamma
1994	Gadde Babu Rao
1999	Gadde Babu Rao
2004	Botsa Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
2009	Botsa Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
2014	Kimidi Mrunalini	Telugu Desam Party
2019	Botsa Satyanarayana	YSR Congress Party
2024	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu	23,446	19.32%
	Independent	Mudundi Satyanarayanaraju	23,289	19.19%
	INC	Peddinti Ramaswamy Naidu	15,888	13.09%	13.09%
	INC	Pothula Gunnayya	14,953	12.32%	12.32%
	Socialist	Tentu Lakshmanajudu	14,790	12.19%
	KLP	Mondata Parannaidu	10,746	8.85%
	KLP	Kothapalle Pannayya	8,853	7.29%
	Independent	Gollapalli Sambayya	5,716	4.71%
	Independent	Beri Geddayya	3,693	3.04%
Margin of victory			157	0.13%
Turnout			1,21,374	80.16%
Registered electors			1,51,407
	Independent win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Botcha Satyanarayana	58,008	52.62	+18.98
	TDP	Gaddae Babu Rao	46,974	42.61	+4.29
Majority			11,034	10.01
Turnout			110,229	73.63	+4.32
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Botcha Satyanarayana	60,677	42.65	-9.97
	TDP	Gadde Babu Rao	54,735	38.47	-4.14
	PRP	Sunitha Routhu	16,418	11.54
Majority			5,942	4.18
Turnout			142,281	79.87	+6.24
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kimidi Mrunalini	63,787	41.61
	INC	Botcha Satyanarayana	42,945	27.88
	YSRCP	Bellana Chandra Sekhar	42,179	27.52
Majority			20,842	13.59
Turnout			154,054	81.38	+1.51
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Botcha Satyanarayana	89,262	53.81
	TDP	Kimidi Nagarjuna	62,764	37.84
	JSP	Mylipalli Srinivasa Rao	3,659	2.21
Majority			26,498	15.97
Turnout			154,054	81.38	+1.51
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing	{{{swing}}}

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao	88,225	50.98
	YSRCP	Botcha Satyanarayana	75,444	44.06
	INC	Aadinarayana	4,075	2.36
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2855	1.65
Majority			11,971	6.06
Turnout			173,055
			Swing

References

^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ Staff Reporter (25 May 2019). "Many MLAs in the race for berths in Jagan's Cabinet". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.