Chintalapudi is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Eluru 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 Eluru Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Songa Roshan Kumar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] [needs update] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Chintalapudi |
| Lingapalem |
| Kamavarapukota |
| Jangareddigudem |
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Motaparithi Kunerao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1962 | Revulagadda Yesupadam | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | G. Vishnumurthy | ||
| 1972 | Koneswararao Dannapaneni | Independent | |
| 1978 | Gadde Venkateswara Rao | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1983 | Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao | Independent | |
| 1985 | Telugu Desam Party | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Ghanta Murali Ramakrishna | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Maddala Rajesh Kumar | ||
| 2014 | Peethala Sujatha | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Vunnamatla Rakada Eliza | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Songa Roshan Kumar | Telugu Desam Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Motaparithi Kunerao | 24,003 | 45.95% | ||
| INC | Kamadana Venkatarama Surya Prakasa Rao | 16,667 | 31.91% | 31.91% | |
| KMPP | Kummareddi Suryanarayana | 11,562 | 22.14% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,336 | 14.05% | |||
| Turnout | 52,232 | 72.81% | |||
| Registered electors | 71,734 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ghanta Murali Ramakrishna | 75,044 | 49.58 | +16.40 | |
| TDP | Kotagiri Vidyadher Rao | 73,538 | 48.53 | −8.50 | |
| Majority | 1,506 | 1.05 | |||
| Turnout | 151,546 | 86.68 | +4.78 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Maddala Rajesh Kumar | 62,078 | 33.35 | −11.23 | |
| TDP | Karra Raja Rao | 60,661 | 32.55 | −10.98 | |
| PRP | K M Ambedkar | 45,778 | 27.03 | ||
| Majority | 1,417 | 0.80 | |||
| Turnout | 177,513 | 83.73 | −2.95 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Peethala Sujatha | 105,417 | 52.04 | ||
| YSRCP | Burla Devi Priya | 90,253 | 44.56 | ||
| Majority | 15,164 | 7.48 | |||
| Turnout | 202,553 | 84.40 | +0.67 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Vunnamatla Eliza | 115,755 | 53.53 | ||
| TDP | Karra Rajarao | 79,580 | 36.8 | ||
| Majority | 36,175 | 16.73 | |||
| Turnout | 216,232 | 84.40 | +0.67 | ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Songa Roshan Kumar | 120,126 | 53.3 | ||
| YSRCP | Kambham Vijaya Raju | 92,360 | 40.98 | ||
| INC | Vunnamatla Eliza | 4,958 | 2.20 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 4,121 | 1.83 | ||
| Majority | 27,766 | 12.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,25,391 | ||||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
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