# Srikakulam Assembly constituency

Srikakulam Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.
Gondu Shankar Rao 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 255,177 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

The two mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandals
* Srikakulam
* Gara

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Killi Appala Naidu | Krishikar Lok Party |
| 1955 | Pasagada Suryanarayana | Independent politician |
| 1962 | Andhavarapu Thavitiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Tangi Satyanarayana | Swatantra Party |
| 1972 | Challa Lakshminarayana | Independent |
| 1978 | Challa Lakshminarayana | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Tangi Satyanarayana | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Dharmana Prasada Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Dharmana Prasada Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Gunda Lakshmi Devi | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Dharmana Prasada Rao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Gondu Shankar | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Srikakulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KLP | Killi Appala Naidu | 17,668 | 15.55% | |
| | KLP | Kavali Narayana | 16,244 | 14.30% | |
| | INC | Kottapalli Narasayya | 16,222 | 14.28% | 14.28% |
| | INC | Thammineni Paparao | 15,028 | 13.23% | 13.23% |
| | Independent | Gundu Surya Naidu | 12,210 | 10.75% | |
| | Independent | Nadimpalli Lingaraju | 10,960 | 9.65% | |
| | Socialist | Lolugu Sreeramulu Naiudu | 9,453 | 8.32% | |
| | Independent | Muddada Gurayya | 6,524 | 5.74% | |
| | Independent | S. P. S. Appalacharyulu | 4,781 | 4.21% | |
| | Independent | Ruppa Appalaswamy | 4,542 | 4.00% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,424 | 1.25% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,13,632 | 80.72% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,40,781 | | |
| | win (new seat) | win (new seat) | win (new seat) | win (new seat) | win (new seat) |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srikakulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 69,168 | 52.8 | 9.3 |
| | TDP | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | 61,941 | 47.2 | 6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,227 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,30,763 | 71.1 | 4.5 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | 7.84 | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srikakulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 56,457 | 38.8 | 14.0 |
| | TDP | Appala Suryanarayana Gunda | 51,987 | 35.8 | 11.4 |
| | PRP | Kornu Nagarjun | 28,553 | 19.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,470 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,45,380 | 74.4 | 3.3 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 1.3 | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srikakulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Gunda Lakshmi Devi | 88,814 | 54.3 | 18.5 |
| | YSRCP | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 64,683 | 39.5 | New |
| | INC | Chowdari Satish | 3,683 | 2.3 | 36.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,131 | 14.7 | 11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,64,523 | 72.2 | 2.2 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | 27.5 | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srikakulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 84,084 | 48.3 | 8.8 |
| | TDP | Gunda Lakshmi Devi | 78,307 | 45.0 | 9.3 |
| | JSP | Korada Sarveswara Rao | 7,557 | 4.3 | New |
| | INC | Chowdari Satish | 1,827 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| | BJP | Challa Venkateswara Rao | 1,340 | 0.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,777 | 3.3 | 11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,74,215 | 69.2 | 3.0 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | 9.05 | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Srikakulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Gondu Shankar | 117,091 | 60.93 |
| | YSRCP | Dharmana Prasada Rao | 64,570 | 33.6 |
| | INC | Ambati Krishna Rao | 4,353 | 2.27 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,373 | 1.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52,521 | 27.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,92,168 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |