# Santhanuthalapadu Assembly constituency

Santhanuthalapadu is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency.
B. N. Vijay Kumar 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 211,326 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).

## Mandals

* Mandal
* Naguluppalapadu
* Maddipadu
* Santhanuthalapadu
* Chimakurthi

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1962 | Tavanam Chenchaiah | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | V. C. K. Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Aareti Kotaiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Yellaiah Vema | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | Aareti Kotaiah | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Kasukurthi Adhenna | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Venkata Seshu Gurrala | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Chenchaiah Thavanam | Communist Party of India |
| 1999 | David Raju Palaparthi | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Dara Sambaiah | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | B. N. Vijay Kumar | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Audimulapu Suresh | YSR Congress Party |
| 2019 | T. J. R. Sudhakar Babu | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | B. N. Vijay Kumar | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI | Tavanam Chenchaiah | 18,649 | 47.54% |
| | INC | Vemula Nagaratnam | 15,658 | 39.92% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,991 | 7.62% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,496 | 61.61% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 67,350 | |
| | CPI gain from | CPI gain from | Swing | |

### 1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | V.C.K.Rao | 29,478 | 54.46% |
| | CPI(M) | Tavanam Chenchaiah | 19,657 | 36.32% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,821 | 18.15% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,535 | 70.96% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 79,669 | |
| | INC gain from CPI | INC gain from CPI | Swing | |

### 1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Aareti Kotaiah | 26,051 | 62.61% |
| | Independent | Tavanam Chenchaiah | 12,482 | 30.00% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,569 | 32.61% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,058 | 46.95% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 89,588 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC(I) | Vema Yellaiah | 34,270 | 46.82% |
| | CPI(M) | Tavanam Chenchaiah | 20,228 | 27.63% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,042 | 19.18% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74,902 | 63.16% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 118,590 | |
| | INC(I) gain from INC | INC(I) gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Aareti Kotaiah | 52,139 | 63.54% |
| | INC | Vema Yellaiah | 18,280 | 22.28% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 33,859 | 41.27% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 83,364 | 64.93% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 128,381 | |
| | TDP gain from INC(I) | TDP gain from INC(I) | Swing | |

### 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Gurrala Venkata Seshu | 58,405 | 54.40% |
| | CPI(M) | Tavanam Chenchaiah | 46,514 | 43.33% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,891 | 11.08% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,923 | 63.91% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 172,566 | |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Tavanam Chenchaiah | 56,120 | 54.75% |
| | INC | Gurrala Venkata Seshu | 31,186 | 30.43% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,934 | 24.33% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 104,375 | 68.98% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 151,309 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Adenna Kasukurthy | 48,115 | 52.67% |
| | INC | Chinthapalli poulu | 40,008 | 43.80% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,107 | 8.87% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,572 | 66.81% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 138,556 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | David Raju Palaparthi | 56,543 | 49.55% |
| | INC | Gurrala Venkata Seshu | 46,192 | 40.48% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,351 | 9.07% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 118,232 | 64.31% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 183,853 | |
| | TDP gain from CPI(M) | TDP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Dara Sambaiah | 66,464 | 55.72 | +15.24 |
| | TDP | David Raju Palaparthi | 50,829 | 42.61 | −8.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,635 | 13.11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 119,290 | 74.57 | +12.50 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | B. N. Vijay Kumar | 63,769 | 43.90 | −11.82 |
| | CPI(M) | Anjaiah Jala | 54,238 | 37.40 | |
| | PRP | Kommuri Kanaka Rao | 19,129 | 13.20 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,531 | 6.50 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145,171 | 72.80 | −1.77 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Audimulapu Suresh | 80,954 | 48.22 | |
| | TDP | B. N. Vijay Kumar | 79,678 | 47.46 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,276 | 0.76 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 167,888 | 83.19 | +10.39 |
| | YSRCP gain from INC | YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | T. J. R. Sudhakar Babu | 89,160 | 49.45% | |
| | TDP | B. N. Vijay Kumar | 80,082 | 44.42% | |
| | CPI(M) | Anjaiah Jala | 5,988 | 3.32% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,078 | 5.03% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,80,290 | 85.28 | +2.1 |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | B. N. Vijay Kumar | 105,757 | 55.69 |
| | YSRCP | Merugu Nagarjuna | 75,372 | 39.69 |
| | INC | Vijesh Raj Palaparthi | 2,715 | 1.43 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,725 | 0.91 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,385 | 16.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,89,916 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |