# Etcherla Assembly constituency

Etcherla 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 Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
Nadukuditi Eswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatiya Janta Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 231,279 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).

## Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Etcherla
* Laveru
* Ranasthalam
* G.Sigadam

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1967 | N. A. Naidu | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Balllada Hariappala Reddy | Independent |
| 1978 | Kothapalli Narasayya | Janata Party |
| 1983 | K. Pratibha Bharati | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | K. Pratibha Bharati | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | K. Pratibha Bharati | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | K. Pratibha Bharati | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | K. Pratibha Bharati | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Kondru Murali Mohan | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Meesala Neelakantam | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Gorle Kiran Kumar | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Nadukuditi Eswara Rao | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 58,676 | 52.6 | 8.5 |
| | TDP | Kavalipratibha Bharathi | 52,987 | 47.5 | 7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,689 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,11,640 | 76.7 | 6.3 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | 8.05 | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Meesala Neelakantam | 59,365 | 39.1 | 13.5 |
| | TDP | Nayana Suryanarayana Reddy | 44,350 | 29.2 | 18.3 |
| | PRP | Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao | 29,957 | 19.7 | New |
| | Independent | Gorle Haribabunaidu | 6,893 | 4.5 | New |
| | LSP | Appalanaidu Gurugubilli | 3,287 | 2.2 | New |
| | BJP | Paidi Venugopalam | 3,037 | 2.0 | New |
| | RJD | Appararao Dabbada | 2,612 | 1.7 | New |
| | BSP | Gudivada Kuppayya | 2,300 | 1.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,015 | 9.9 | 4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,51,801 | 80.8 | 4.1 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 2.4 | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kimidi Kala Venkat Rao | 85,769 | 49.5 | 20.3 |
| | YSRCP | Gorle Kiran Kumar | 81,028 | 46.8 | New |
| | INC | Ravikiran Kilari | 2,148 | 1.2 | 37.9 |
| | LSP | Amminaidu Paidi | 1,344 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| | BSP | Gudivada Kuppayya | 1,023 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| | AAP | Dhanalakoti Ramanah | 849 | 0.5 | New |
| | JSP | Venkatarao Vandana | 517 | 0.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,741 | 2.7 | 7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,74,001 | 82.8 | 2.0 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | 29.1 | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Gorle Kiran kumar | 106,672 | 52.3 | 5.5 |
| | TDP | Kimidi Kala Venkata Rao | 80,961 | 42.4 | 7.1 |
| | JSP | Badana Venkata Janardhan Rao | 5,068 | 2.7 | New |
| | INC | Kottakotla Simhadri Naidu | 2,135 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| | BJP | Surya Prakash Rokkam | 1,022 | 0.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,711 | 9.8 | 7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,90,744 | 84.2 | 1.4 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | 6.3 | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Etcherla :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Nadukuditi Eswara Rao | 112,770 | 54.59 | 54.09 |
| | YSRCP | Gorle Kiran kumar | 83,681 | 40.51 | 11.79 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,952 | 1.91 | |
| | INC | K. Malleswara Rao | 2,452 | 1.19 | 0.09 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29,089 | 14.08 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,06,562 | | |
| | BJP gain from YSRCP | BJP gain from YSRCP | Swing | | |