# Prathipadu, Kakinada Assembly constituency

Prathipadu Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.
Varupula Satyaprabha 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 202,743 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
* Sankhavaram
* Prathipadu
* Yeleswaram
* Rowthulapudi

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1955 | Parvata Gurraju | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Mudragada Veeraraghavarao | Independent |
| 1967 | Mudragada Veeraraghavarao | Independent |
| 1972 | Varupula Jogiraju | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Mudragada Padmanabham | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Mudragada Padmanabham | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Mudragada Padmanabham | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Mudragada Padmanabham | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Parvatha Subbarao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Parvatha Bapanamma | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Varupula Subbarao | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Parvatha Sri Satyanarayana Murthy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2014 | Varupula Subbarao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2019 | Parvatha Purnachandra Prasad | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Varupula Satyaprabha | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| INC | Parvata Gurraju | 17,833 |
| Independent | Yenumula Venkannadora | 11,939 |
| INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing |

### 1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Mudragada Veeraraghavarao | 34,294 |
| INC | Parvatha Gurraju | 20,918 |
| Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing |

### 1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Mudragada Veeraraghavarao | 35,239 |
| INC | Varupula Jogiraju | 22,833 |
| Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing |

### 1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| INC | Jogiraju Varupula | 34,533 |
| Independent | Veeraraghavarao Mudragada | 31,228 |
| INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing |

### 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| TDP | Mudragada Padma Nabham reddy | 45,976 |
| INC | Varupula Subbarao | 31,634 |
| TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing |

### 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| TDP | Mudrangada Padmanabhamreddy | 54,354 |
| INC | Sampara Sundara Rama Kumar | 13025 |
| TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing |

### 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| INC | Mudragada Padmanabhamreddy | 58,567 |
| TDP | Varupula Subba Rao | 45,725 |
| INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing |

### 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| TDP | Parvatha Subbarao | 68,066 |
| INC | Mudragada Padmanabhamreddy | 46429 |
| TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing |

### 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| TDP | Parvatha Bapanamma | 65,685 |
| INC | Varupula Subbarao | 46159 |
| TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Varupula Subbarao | 70,962 | 54.41 | +17.80 |
| | TDP | Parvatha Bapanamma | 52,594 | 40.33 | −11.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,368 | 14.08 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130,415 | 74.69 | +1.89 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Parvatha Srisatyanarayana Murthy | 46,925 | 35.32 | −5.01 |
| | INC | Varupula Subbarao | 43,639 | 32.84 | −19.25 |
| | PRP | Thota Venkataswamy Naidu | 30,544 | 22.99 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,286 | 2.47 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 132,980 | 75.13 | +0.44 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Varupula Subbarao | 63,693 | 43.01 | |
| | TDP | Parvatha Sri Satyanarayanamurthy | 60,280 | 40.71 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,413 | 2.30 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 148,075 | 80.13 | +5.00 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Parvatha Purnachandra Prasad | 90,004 | 46.77 |
| | TDP | Varupula Raja | 71,908 | 43.92 |
| | JSP | Varupula Thammaiah Babu | 6,907 | 4.22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,666 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prathipadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Varapula Sathyaprabha | 103,002 | 58.36 |
| | YSRCP | Varapula Subbarao | 64,234 | 36.4 |
| | INC | N V V Satyanarayana | 1,354 | 0.77 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,582 | 1.46 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38,768 | 21.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,76,485 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |