Kuchinapudi Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly, India

Kuchinapudi
Former constituency No. 92 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Guntur
LS constituency	Bapatla
Established	1955
Abolished	2009
Total electors	114,305
Reservation	None

Kuchinapudi Assembly constituency was a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India^[1] until 2009 in Guntur district.

History of the constituency

After the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Act, 1952, the Kuchinapudi constituency was first created for the Andhra state Legislative Assembly in 1955.^[2] It's extent was Repalle taluk (excluding Repalle and Cherukupalli firkas). After the passing of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it became a part of the new Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.^[3] There is no change in the extent of constituency according to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Act, 1962. After the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Act, 1976, its extent was the Kuchinapudi firka (excluding any area included in Repalle municipality) and Chodayapalem, Pedamatlapudi and Dhulipudi firkas in Repalle taluk.^[4]

It was not present in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and hence was defunct as of the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[5]

Overview

It was a part of the Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly segments, namely, Ponnur, Bapatla, Chirala, Parchur, Martur and Addanki.^[6]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1955	Angani Bhagavantha Rao	Krishikar Lok Party
1962	Evuru Subbarao	Independent
1967	B. Anagani	Indian National Congress
1972	Anagani Bhagavanta Rao	Indian National Congress
1978	Evuru Subba Rao	Janata Party
1983	Mopidevi Nagabhushanam	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Evuru Seetharamma
1989	Seetharamamma Ivuri
1994	Seetharamamma Evuru
1999	Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao^[7]	Indian National Congress
2004	Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao^[7]	Indian National Congress

Election results

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuchinapudi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao	46,311	53.44
	TDP	Kesana Sankara Rao	37,770	43.58
	BSP	Jangam Samelu	1,884	2.17
Majority			8,541	9.86
Turnout			86,665	75.81
Registered electors			1,14,305
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961". Election Commission of India. 7 December 1961. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951". Election Commission of India. 23 August 1951. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
^ "Seventh Amendment". Indiacode.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "Lok Sabha & Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 2004" (PDF). www.ceotelangana.nic.in.
^ The Hindu (19 June 2020). "Mopidevi rewarded for loyalty to the YSR family". Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2024.