# Bobbili Assembly constituency

Bobbili 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 Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
R. V. S. K. K. Ranga Rao (Babynayana) 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 220,017 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
* Bobbili
* Ramabhadrapuram
* Badangi
* Therlam

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1955 | Kotagiri Sitharama Swamy | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Tentu Lakshmu Naidu | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | S. R. K. R. Rao | Independent |
| 1972 | C. V. Krishna Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Kolli Venkata Kurmi Naidu | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Sambangi Venkata China Appalanaidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Sambangi Venkata China Appalanaidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Jagan Mohana Rao Peddinti | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Sambangi Venkata China Appala Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Jagan Mohana Rao Peddinti | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2019 | Sambangi Venkata China Appalanaidu | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | R. V. S. K. K. Ranga Rao (Babynayana) | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Socialist | Kolli kuruni naidu | 18,263 | 49.48% | |
| | INC | Kotagiri Seetharamaswami | 13,877 | 37.60% | 37.60% |
| | KLP | Anjajala Venkatesan | 4,770 | 12.92% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,386 | 11.88% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,910 | 60.19% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 61,326 | | |
| | SP win (new seat) | SP win (new seat) | SP win (new seat) | SP win (new seat) | SP win (new seat) |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao | 53,581 | 53.81 | −0.70 |
| | TDP | Appalanaidu S.V.Ch. | 40,891 | 41.06 | −3.46 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,690 | 12.75 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 99,583 | 81.93 | +4.37 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao | 75,697 | 49.13 | −4.68 |
| | TDP | Thentu Lakshmu Naidu | 51,525 | 33.44 | −7.62 |
| | PRP | Venkataramana Merupalli | 15,115 | 9.81 | |
| | Independent | Kolli Yerukunaidu | 11,876 | 8.98 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,172 | 15.69 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 154,065 | 76.25 | −5.68 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao | 83,587 | 49.90 | |
| | TDP | Thentu Lakshmu Naidu | 76,629 | 45.74 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,958 | 4.16 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,281 | 79.65 | +3.40 |
| | YSRCP gain from INC | YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | YSRCP | Sambangi Venkatachina Appala Naidu | 84,955 |
| | TDP | Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Rangarao | 76,603 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,352 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bobbili :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | R. V. S. K. K. Ranga Rao (Babynayana) | 112,366 | 59.45 |
| | YSRCP | Sambangi Venkata China Appala Naidu | 67,718 | 35.83 |
| | INC | Maripi Vidyasagar | 4,782 | 2.53 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,561 | 1.35 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44,648 | 23.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,89,024 | |
| | TDP gain from YSR Congress | TDP gain from YSR Congress | Swing | |