# Parvathipuram Assembly constituency

Parvathipuram is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency.
Bonela Vijaya Chandra 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 182,333 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Parvathipuram
* Seethanagaram
* Balijipeta

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | V. D. Veerabhadra Deo Bahadur | Indian National Congress |
| 1955 | V.Chandrachudamani Dev | Independent |
| 1962 | V.Chandrachudamani Dev | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | V. Ramanaidu | Swatantra Party |
| 1972 | Chikati Parasuram Naidu | Independent |
| 1978 | Chikati Parasuram Naidu | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Mariserla Venkata Rami Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Mariserla Venkata Rami Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Yarra Krishna Murty | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Yarra Krishna Murty | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Mariserla Sivunnaidu | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Jayamani Savarapu | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Bobbili Chiranjeevulu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Alajangi Jogarao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Bonela Vijaya Chandra | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Bonela Vijaya Chandra | 83,905 | 55.33 |
| | YSRCP | Alajangi Jogarao | 59,491 | 39.23 |
| | INC | Bathina Mohana Rao | 1,640 | 1.08 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,465 | 2.29 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,414 | 16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,51,633 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | YSRCP | Alajangi Jogarao | 75,304 |
| | TDP | Bobbili Chiranjeevulu | 51,105 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,199 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Bobbili Chiranjeevulu | 62,458 | 47.94 | |
| | YSRCP | Jammana Prasanna Kumar | 56,329 | 43.24 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,129 | 4.70 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130,278 | 75.03 | +1.91 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Jayamani Savarapu | 49,614 | 41.36 | −7.40 |
| | TDP | Bobbili Chiranjeevulu | 46,896 | 39.09 | −7.85 |
| | PRP | Latha Rittapalli | 10,946 | 9.13 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,718 | 2.27 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 120,053 | 73.17 | −3.47 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Vijayaramaraju Satrucharla | 48,276 | 48.76 | −5.99 |
| | TDP | D Jagadeeswara Rao | 46,480 | 46.94 | +7.52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,796 | 1.82 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 99,010 | 76.64 | +1.54 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Parvathipuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Vyricherla Durgaprasad Veerabhadra Deo Bahadur | 28,129 | 55.44% | 55.44% |
| | KLP | Cheekati Parasuram Naiudu | 10,160 | 20.02% | |
| | Socialist | Muddidi Balu Paramkusan Naiudu | 8,910 | 17.56% | |
| | Independent | Darapureddi Balarameswami | 3,540 | 6.98% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 17,969 | 35.41% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,739 | 64.94% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 78,137 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |