# Gannavaram, Krishna Assembly constituency

Gannavaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna(Partial) & NTR(Partial) of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.
Yarlagadda Venkata 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 258,031 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

## Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Bapulapadu
* Gannavaram
* Unguturu
* Vijayawada Rural (Part)

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1955 | Puchalapalli Sundarayya | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Puchalapalli Sundarayya | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | V. Seetha Ramayya | Indian National Congress |
| 1968 | K. Venkata Rathnam | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | T. S. Anand Babu | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Puchalapalli Sundarayya | Communist Party of India |
| 1983 | M. Rathna Bose | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | M. Balakrishna Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | M. Rathna Bose | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Gadde Rama Mohan | Independent |
| 1999 | D. V. BalavardhanaRao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | M. Venkateswara Rao | Independent |
| 2009 | D. V. Balavardhana Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2014 | Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2024 | Yarlagadda Venkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Yarlagadda Venkata Rao | 135,552 | 56.59 |
| | YSRCP | Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan | 97,924 | 40.88 |
| | CPI(M) | Kallam Venkateswara Rao | 1,219 | 0.51 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,731 | 0.72 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37,628 | 15.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,39,525 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan | 103,881 | 47.07 |
| | YSRCP | Yarlagadda Venkata Rao | 1,03,043 | 46.69 |
| | CPI | Afsar Syed | 6,675 | 03.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 838 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 220,718 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan | 99,163 | 49.74 |
| | YSRCP | Dutta Ramachandrarao | 89,615 | 44.95 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,548 | 4.79 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gannavaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Dasari Venkata Bala Vardhana Rao | 82,218 | 47.02 | |
| | INC | Muddaraboina Venkateswara Rao | 66,923 | 38.28 | |
| | PRP | Bathina Rama Mohana Rao | 19,806 | 11.33 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,295 | 8.74 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 174,847 | 86.74 | 2.63 |
| | TDP gain from Independent | TDP gain from Independent | Swing | | |