# Salur Assembly constituency

Salur is a Scheduled Tribe 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.
Gummadi Sandhya Rani 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 190,619 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
* Salur
* Pachipenta
* Mentada
* Makkuva

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora | Krishikar Lok Party |
| 1955 | Allu Yerukunaidu | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1962 | Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju | Independent |
| 1967 | B. Rajayya | Independent |
| 1972 | Mutyallu Janni | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | S. R. T. P. S. Veerapa Raju | Communist Party of India |
| 1983 | B. Rajaiah | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | B. Rajaiah | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Lakshmi Narasimha Sanyasi Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Rajendra Prathap Bhanj Deo | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Rajendra Prathap Bhanj Deo | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Rajendra Prathap Bhanj Deo | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2009 | Rajanna Dora Peedika | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Rajanna Dora Peedika | YSR Congress Party |
| 2019 | Rajanna Dora Peedika | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Gummadi Sandhya Rani | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KLP | Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora | 19,408 | 53.40% | |
| | INC | Alur Yorukumaiudu | 6,760 | 18.60% | 18.60% |
| | Socialist | Alaganji Ramamurthy | 6,231 | 17.14% | |
| | Independent | Kottakki Chiranjividas | 3,944 | 10.85% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,648 | 34.80% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,343 | 46.85% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 77,570 | | |
| | KLP win (new seat) | KLP win (new seat) | KLP win (new seat) | KLP win (new seat) | KLP win (new seat) |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | R. P. Bhanj Deo | 48,580 | 51.32 | −6.86 |
| | INC | Rajanna Dora Peedika | 46,087 | 48.68 | +8.45 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,493 | 2.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,667 | 74.64 | +2.52 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Rajanna Dora Peedika | 49,517 | 40.94 | −7.74 |
| | TDP | Gummadi Sandhya Rani | 47,861 | 39.57 | −11.75 |
| | PRP | Hanumantha Rao T.V. | 13,479 | 11.14 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,656 | 1.37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 121,002 | 71.57 | −3.07 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Rajanna Dora Peedika | 63,755 | 47.28 | |
| | TDP | Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Deo | 58,758 | 43.57 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,997 | 3.71 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 134,857 | 77.04 | +5.47 |
| | YSRCP gain from INC | YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | YSRCP | Rajanna Dora Peedika | 78,430 |
| | TDP | R.P. Bhanj Deo | 58,401 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,029 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Salur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Gummadi Sandhya Rani | 80,211 | 50.65 |
| | YSRCP | Rajanna Dora Peedika | 66,478 | 41.98 |
| | INC | Muvvala Pushpa Rao | 2,239 | 1.41 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 5,743 | 3.63 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,733 | 8.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,58,355 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |