# Srungavarapukota Assembly constituency

Srungavarapukota Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.
Kolla Lalitha Kumari 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 212,623 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951). This assembly is currently part of Vizinagaram. There are ongoing requests from people of Vepada mandal to include this in Vizag.

## Mandals

The five mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Srungavarapukota
* Lakkavarapukota
* Kothavalasa
* Vepada
* Jami

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | C. V. Somayajulu | Socialist Party |
| 1955 | Chaganti Venkata Somayajulu | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1957 by-election | Gujjala Dharam Naidu | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Gujjala Dharam Naidu | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Kolla Appala Naidu | Independent |
| 1972 | Kakaralapudi V R S P Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Sanyasidora Duru | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1983 | Dukku Labudu Bariki | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Dukku Labudu Bariki | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Dukku Labudu Bariki | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Dukku Labudu Bariki | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Hymavathi Devi Sobha | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Kumbha Ravibabu | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Kolla Lalitha Kumari | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2014 | Kolla Lalitha Kumari | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Kolla Lalitha Kumari | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srungavarapukota :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Kolla Lalitha Kumari | 1,11,026 | 58.36 |
| | YSRCP | Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao | 72,236 | 37.97 |
| | INC | Gedela Tirupati | 1918 | 1.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38,790 | 20.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,90,254 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srungavarapukota :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao | 91,451 | 49.73 | |
| | TDP | Kolla Lalitha Kumari | 80,086 | 43.55 | |
| | CPI | P. Kameshwararao | 3,116 | 1.71 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,365 | 6.18 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,83,901 | 86.49 | +1.40 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srungavarapukota :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kolla Lalitha Kumari | 82,142 | 47.73 | |
| | YSRCP | Rongali Jagannadham | 53,605 | 31.15 | |
| | INC | Indukuri Raghu Raju | 30,696 | 17.83 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,537 | 16.58 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 172,112 | 85.10 | +2.33 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srungavarapukota :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kolla Lalitha Kumari | 40,142 | 25.51 | −19.26 |
| | INC | Allu Kesava Venkata Joginaidu | 36,702 | 23.33 | −26.76 |
| | Independent | Indukuri Raghu Raju | 31,248 | 19.86 | |
| | Independent | Valluri Jayaprakash Babu | 20,284 | 12.89 | |
| | PRP | Gorle Maheswararao | 19,330 | 12.29 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,440 | 2.18 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,337 | 82.77 | +8.60 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srungavarapukota :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | D. Kumbha Ravibabu | 55,224 | 50.09 | +3.82 |
| | TDP | Hymavathi Devi Sobha | 49,362 | 44.77 | −2.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,862 | 5.32 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,255 | 74.17 | +5.02 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Srungavarapukota :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Socialist | C. V. Somayajulu | 17,451 | 59.66% | |
| | INC | T. Venkataramanayya | 5,577 | 19.07% | 19.07% |
| | KMPP | Allu Joginaiudu | 4,550 | 15.55% | |
| | Independent | V. Sriramamurthy | 1,674 | 5.72% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,874 | 40.59% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,252 | 38.41% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 76,151 | | |
| | Socialist win (new seat) | Socialist win (new seat) | Socialist win (new seat) | Socialist win (new seat) | Socialist win (new seat) |