Etcherla Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam 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 Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Nadukuditi Eswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatiya Janta Party.[3][4] As of 2019, there are a total of 231,279 electors in the constituency.[5][needs update] The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Etcherla |
| Laveru |
| Ranasthalam |
| G.Sigadam |
| Year | Member | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | N. A. Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Balllada Hariappala Reddy | Independent | |
| 1978 | Kothapalli Narasayya | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | K. Pratibha Bharati | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Kondru Murali Mohan | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Meesala Neelakantam | ||
| 2014 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Gorle Kiran Kumar | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Nadukuditi Eswara Rao | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 58,676 | 52.6 |  8.5
| |
| TDP | Kavalipratibha Bharathi | 52,987 | 47.5 |  7.6
| |
| Majority | 5,689 | 5.1 | 5.4
| ||
| Turnout | 1,11,640 | 76.7 | 6.3
| ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | 8.05
|
|||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Meesala Neelakantam | 59,365 | 39.1 | 13.5
| |
| TDP | Nayana Suryanarayana Reddy | 44,350 | 29.2 | 18.3
| |
| PRP | Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao | 29,957 | 19.7 | New | |
| Independent | Gorle Haribabunaidu | 6,893 | 4.5 | New | |
| LSP | Appalanaidu Gurugubilli | 3,287 | 2.2 | New | |
| BJP | Paidi Venugopalam | 3,037 | 2.0 | New | |
| RJD | Appararao Dabbada | 2,612 | 1.7 | New | |
| BSP | Gudivada Kuppayya | 2,300 | 1.5 | New | |
| Majority | 15,015 | 9.9 | 4.8
| ||
| Turnout | 1,51,801 | 80.8 | 4.1
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 2.4
|
|||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao | 85,769 | 49.5 | 20.3
| |
| YSRCP | Gorle Kiran Kumar | 81,028 | 46.8 | New | |
| INC | Ravikiran Kilari | 2,148 | 1.2 | 37.9
| |
| LSP | Amminaidu Paidi | 1,344 | 0.8 | 1.4
| |
| BSP | Gudivada Kuppayya | 1,023 | 0.6 | 0.9
| |
| AAP | Dhanalakoti Ramanah | 849 | 0.5 | New | |
| JSP | Venkatarao Vandana | 517 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 4,741 | 2.7 | 7.2
| ||
| Turnout | 1,74,001 | 82.8 | 2.0
| ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | 29.1
|
|||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Gorle Kiran kumar | 106,672 | 52.3 | 5.5
| |
| TDP | Kimidi Kala Venkata Rao | 80,961 | 42.4 | 7.1
| |
| JSP | Badana Venkata Janardhan Rao | 5,068 | 2.7 | New | |
| INC | Kottakotla Simhadri Naidu | 2,135 | 1.1 | 0.1
| |
| BJP | Surya Prakash Rokkam | 1,022 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 18,711 | 9.8 | 7.1
| ||
| Turnout | 1,90,744 | 84.2 | 1.4
| ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | 6.3
|
|||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nadukuditi Eswara Rao | 112,770 | 54.59 | 54.09
| |
| YSRCP | Gorle Kiran kumar | 83,681 | 40.51 | 11.79
| |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,952 | 1.91 | ||
| INC | K. Malleswara Rao | 2,452 | 1.19 | 0.09
| |
| Majority | 29,089 | 14.08 | |||
| Turnout | 2,06,562 | ||||
| BJP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
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