# Panyam Assembly constituency

Panyam Assembly constituency is a constituency partially in Kurnool district and Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency.
Gowru Charitha Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 288,031 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).

## Mandals

* Mandal
* Kallur
* Orvakal
* Panyam
* Gadivemula

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1967 | V. Reddy | Independent |
| 1972 | Erasu Ayyapu Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Erasu Ayyapu Reddy | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Challa Ramakrishna Reddy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Bijjam Partha Sarathi Reddy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Gowru Charitha Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 2019 | Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Gowru Charitha Reddy | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Panyam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy | 63,077 | 49.65 | +10.39 |
| | TDP | Bijjam Partha Sarathi Reddy | 59,495 | 46.83 | −12.25 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,592 | 2.82 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 127,055 | 68.63 | +3.53 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Panyam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy | 63,323 | 40.67 | −8.98 |
| | TDP | Byreddy Rajasekher Reddy | 54,409 | 34.95 | −11.88 |
| | PRP | D.Vishnu Vardhan Reddy | 28,600 | 18.37 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,914 | 5.72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,697 | 68.33 | −0.30 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Panyam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Gowru Charitha Reddy | 72,245 | 35.76 | |
| | Independent | Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy | 60,598 | 29.99 | |
| | TDP | Erasu Prathap Reddy | 53,358 | 26.41 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,647 | 5.77 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 202,038 | 82.32 | +13.99 |
| | YSRCP gain from INC | YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Panyam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy | 122,476 | 56.78 |
| | TDP | Gowru Charitha Reddy | 78,619 | 36.45 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43,857 | 20.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 215,690 | |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Panyam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Gowru Charitha Reddy | 141,272 | 56.45 |
| | YSRCP | Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy | 1,00,681 | 40.23 |
| | CPI(M) | D Gouse Desai | 3,081 | 1.23 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,663 | 1.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 40,591 | 16.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,50,276 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |