# Tekkali Assembly constituency

Tekkali Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.
Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora was the first MLA from the constituency. Kinjarapu Atchannaidu 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 222,222 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.
* Mandals
* Nandigam
* Tekkali
* Santha Bommali
* Kotabommali

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora | Independent |
| 1955 | Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Ronanki Satyanarayana | Swatantra Party |
| 1967 | N. Ramulu | Swatantra Party |
| 1972 | Sattaru Lokanadham Naidu | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Bammaidi Narayanaswami | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Attada Janardhana Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Saroja Varada | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Duvvada Nagavali | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | N. T. Rama Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1995 by-election | Appayya Dora Hanumanthu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Korla Revatipathi | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Appayya Dora Hanumanthu | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Korla Revatipathi | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 by-election | Korla Bharathi | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2024 | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tekkali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu | 107,923 | 55.71 |
| | YSRCP | Duvvada Srinivas | 73,488 | 37.94 |
| | INC | Killi Krupa Rani | 2,684 | 1.39 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 7,342 | 3.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34,435 | 17.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,93,713 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tekkali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu | 87,658 | 50.5 | 0.4 |
| | YSRCP | Perada Tilak | 79,113 | 45.6 | 0.07 |
| | JSP | Kaniti Kiran Kumar | 2810 | 2 | New |
| | INC | Chintada Dileep Kumar | 1743 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,545 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,73,648 | 78.5 | 0.1 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | 0.17 | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tekkali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu | 81,167 | 50.9 | 17.5 |
| | YSRCP | Duvvada Srinivas | 72,780 | 45.67 | New |
| | BSP | Lasa Someswara Rao | 2,137 | 1.3 | New |
| | INC | Killi Rammohana Rao | 1,849 | 1.2 | 33.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,387 | 5.2 | 3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 160,394 | 78.4 | 2.4 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | 25.5 | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tekkali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Dr. Revatipathi Korla | 47,513 | 34.8 | 12.9 |
| | TDP | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu | 45,620 | 33.4 | 2.3 |
| | PRP | Duvvada Srinivas | 36,552 | 26.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,893 | 1.4 | 15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 136,450 | 76.0 | 3.0 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 7.6 | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tekkali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | A. D. Hanumanthu | 49,480 | 47.7 | 2.1 |
| | TDP | L. L. Naidu | 32,209 | 31.1 | 21.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,271 | 16.7 | 10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,03,491 | 73.0 | 6.7 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | 11.55 | |

### 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Tekkali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora | 9,113 | 27.85% | |
| | INC | Bandi Kurmanna | 8,628 | 26.37% | 26.37% |
| | KLP | Attada Krishnamurthi | 6,795 | 20.77% | |
| | CPI | Bandalam Gavrayya | 5,341 | 16.32% | |
| | KMPP | Prabas Chandra Sathapathi | 2,840 | 8.68% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 485 | 1.48% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,717 | 53.46% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 61,196 | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |