# Chodavaram Assembly constituency

Chodavaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anakapalle district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency.
Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju 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 210,313 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
* Chodavaram
* Butchayyapeta
* Ravikamatham
* Rolugunta

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Kandarpa Venkataramesam | Krishikar Lok Party |
| 1955 | Reddi Jagannadham | Independent |
| 1962 | Ilapakuthi Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Palavelli Vechalapu | Swatantra Party |
| 1972 | Palavelli Vechalapu | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Seetharama Sastri Emani | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Gunuru Yerrunaidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Gunuru Yerrunaidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Balireddy Satya Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Gunuru Yerrunaidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Balireddy Satya Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2009 | Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2014 | Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Karanam Dharmasri | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KLP | Kandarpa Venkataramesam | 16,168 | 46.99% | |
| | INC | Bhupathiraju Satyanarayana Raju | 8,849 | 25.72% | 25.72% |
| | KMPP | Mandhambhotla Narasimhamorthy | 6,473 | 18.81% | |
| | Independent | Pilla Puradesi Najudu | 2,918 | 8.48% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,319 | 21.27% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,408 | 51.08% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 67,363 | | |
| | win (new seat) | win (new seat) | win (new seat) | win (new seat) | win (new seat) |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | 63,250 | 52.62 | +6.56 |
| | INC | Balireddy Satya Rao | 53,649 | 44.63 | −6.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,601 | 7.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 120,212 | 78.27 | +5.01 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju | 55,641 | 36.13 | −16.49 |
| | INC | Karanam Dharmasri | 54,256 | 35.23 | −9.40 |
| | PRP | Pinapolu Venkateswaralu | 35,185 | 22.85 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,385 | 0.90 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 153,994 | 81.15 | +2.88 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | KSNS Raju | 80,560 | 48.63 | +12.50 |
| | YSRCP | Karanam Dharmasri | 79,948 | 48.08 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 612 | 0.31 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 166,583 | 84.81 | +3.66 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Karanam Dharmasri | 94,215 | 53.92 | +5.84 |
| | TDP | KSNS Raju | 66,578 | 38.10 | −10.53 |
| | JSP | P. V. S. N. Raju | 5,300 | 3.03 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,637 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chodavaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju | 109,651 | 59.03 | +20.93 |
| | YSRCP | Karanam Dharmasri | 67462 | 36.32 | −17.60 |
| | INC | Jagath Srinivas | 2527 | | |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 3849 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42189 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 185741 | | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | | |