Unguturu is a constituency in Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Eluru Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Patsamatla Dharmaraju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 200,033 electors in the constituency.[needs update] The constituency was established in 1967, as per Delimination Orders (1967).
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Unguturu |
| Bhimadole |
| Nidamarru |
| Ganapavaram |
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | C. S. C. V. M. Raju | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Kadiyala Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | Katamani Srinivasarao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Chava Ramakrushna Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Kondreddy Viswanadham | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Vatti Vasant Kumar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | Ganni Veeranjaneyulu | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Puppala Srinivasa Rao (Vasu Babu) | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Patsamatla Dharmaraju | Janasena Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vatti Vasant Kumar | 77.380 | 52.91 | +4.91 | |
| TDP | Immani Rajeswari | 61,700 | 42.16 | −8.37 | |
| Majority | 15,791 | 10.75 | |||
| Turnout | 146,243 | 82.21 | +5.94 | ||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vatti Vasant Kumar | 52,973 | 35.13 | −17.78 | |
| TDP | Ganni Lakshmi Kantam | 46,514 | 30.85 | −11.31 | |
| PRP | Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao | 43,314 | 28.73 | ||
| Majority | 6,459 | 4.28 | |||
| Turnout | 150,782 | 87.48 | +5.27 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Ganni Veeranjaneyulu | 82,118 | 50.50 | ||
| YSRCP | Puppala Srinivasa Rao (Vasubabu) | 73,188 | 45.01 | ||
| Majority | 8,930 | 5.49 | |||
| Turnout | 162,595 | 86.57 | −0.91 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Puppala Srinivasa Rao Vasubabu | 94,621 | 54.43% | ||
| TDP | Ganni veeranjaneyulu | 61,468 | 35.36% | ||
| JSP | Nowdu Venkata Ramana (Ramana Babu) | 10,721 | 6.17% | ||
| Majority | 33153 | 19.07% | |||
| Turnout | 173,841 | 86.9% | 0.33% | ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP | Patsamatla Dharmaraju | 108,894 | 59.63 | ||
| YSRCP | Puppala Srinivasa Rao Vasubabu | 63949 | 35.02 | ||
| INC | Pathapati Hari Kumara Raju | 3130 | 1.71 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 6650 | 1.15 | ||
| Majority | 44945 | 24.61 | |||
| Turnout | 182623 | ||||
| JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
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