Paderu Assembly constituency

Paderu
Paderu
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Alluri Sitharama Raju
Total electors	227,042
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Bhagya Lakshmi Kottagulli
Party	YSR Congress Party

Paderu Assembly constituency is an ST reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku (ST) (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Kurupam (ST), Palakonda, Salur, Araku Valley (ST) and Rampachodavaram.^[2] Bhagya Lakshmi Kottagulli is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.^[3] As of 25 March 2019^[update], there are a total of 227,042 electors in the constituency.^[4]

Mandals

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

Year	Member
1962	Depuru Kondalarao	Indian National Congress
1967	Depuru Kondalarao	Indian National Congress
1972	Inguva Ramanna Padalu	Indian National Congress
1978	Depuru Kondalarao	Indian National Congress
1983	Korabu Venkataratnam	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Mottadam Vera Venkata Satyanarayana	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Pasupulate Balaraju	Indian National Congress
1994	Goddeti Demudu	Communist Party of India
1999	Mottadam Vera Venkata Satyanarayana	Telugu Desam Party
2004	Goddeti Demudu	Communist Party of India

Year	Member	Political party
1955	Matcharasa Matcharaju		Independent politician

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paderu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Rajarao Lake	33,890	31.43
	Independent	Ravi Sankar Samida	26,335	24.43
	TDP	Manikumari Matyarasa	23,523	21.82
	INC	Balaraju Matsyarasa	20.052	18.60
Majority			7,555	7.00
Turnout			107,803	60.29	-1.24
	BSP gain from TDP		Swing

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Paderu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balaraju Pasupuleti	35,653	32.40
	CPI	Demudu Goddeti	35,066	31.87
	PRP	Krishnaveni Tamarbha	16,894	15.35
Majority			587	0.53
Turnout			110,297	56.44	-3.85
	INC gain from BSP		Swing

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Paderu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Giddi Eswari	52,384	40.97
	CPI	Demudu Goddeti	26,243	20.53
	INC	Balaraju Pasupuleti	21,086	16.49
	BJP	Lokula Gandhi	17,029	13.32
Majority			26,141	20.44
Turnout			127,849	59.80	+3.36
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

^ "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. 18, 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.
^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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