# Nuzvid Assembly constituency

Nuzvid Assembly constituency is a constituency in Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Eluru Lok Sabha constituency.
Kolusu Parthasarathy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 230,650 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Agiripalli
* Chatrai
* Musunuru
* Nuzvid

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1955 | Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Paladugu Venkata Rao | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1983 | Kotagiri Hanumantha Rao | Independent |
| 1985 | Kotagiri Hanumantha Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Paladugu Venkata Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Kotagiri Hanumantha Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Kotagiri Hanumantha Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Chinnam Rama Kotaiah | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2014 | Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2019 | Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Kolusu Parthasarathy | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Kolusu Parthasarathy | 108,229 | 51.12 |
| | YSRCP | Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao | 95,851 | 45.27 |
| | INC | Krishna Mareedu | 2,405 | 1.14 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,771 | 1.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,378 | 5.85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,11,717 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao | 101,950 | 50.84% |
| | TDP | Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao | 85,740 | 42.75% |
| | JSP | Vikunta Baskara Rao Basava | 5,464 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,210 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 188,586 | 87.84% |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao | 95,565 | 50.67 | |
| | TDP | Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao | 84500 | 45.16 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,397 | 5.51 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 188,586 | 87.85 | −0.80 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Chinnam Rama Kotaiah | 70,206 | 41.32 | −1.08 |
| | INC | Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao | 65,063 | 38.30 | −17.34 |
| | PRP | Muttamsetti Vijaya Nirmala | 24,786 | 14.59 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,143 | 3.02 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 169,896 | 88.65 | +10.75 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao | 80,706 | 55.64 | +21.77 |
| | TDP | Hanumantha Rao Kotagiri | 61,498 | 42.40 | +7.53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,208 | 13.24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145,050 | 77.90 | +3.90 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Nuzvid :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao | 30,671 | 55.49% | 55.49% |
| | Independent | P. V. Raghavayya | 24,607 | 44.51% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,064 | 10.97% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,278 | 78.98% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 69,991 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |