# Kaikalur Assembly constituency

Kaikalur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Eluru Lok Sabha constituency.
Kamineni Srinivas is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from the Bharatiya Janata Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 2,04,628 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
As per AP Chief Election Officer office, the Kaikalur Constituency is having total of 235 Parts/Polling Booths.

## Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Mandavalli
* Kaikalur
* Kalidindi
* Mudinepalle

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Adusumilli Venkata Subramanyam | Indian National Congress |
| 1955 | Kammili Appa Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Kammili Appa Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Chennamsetti Panduranga Rao | Independent |
| 1972 | Kammili Mangatayaramma | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Kanumuri Bapi Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | Kanumuri Bapi Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 1985 | Kanumuri Bapi Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Kanumuri Bapi Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Namburu Venkata Rama Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Yerneni Raja Ramachandar | Independent |
| 2004 | Yerneni Raja Ramachandar | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Jayamangala Venkata Ramana | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2014 | Kamineni Srinivas | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Dulam Nageswara Rao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Kamineni Srinivas | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kaikalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Adusumilli Venkatasubramanyam | 17,952 | 37.23 | 37.23 |
| | CPI | Atluri Purnachalapathi Rao | 17,836 | 36.99 | |
| | Independent | Parvathaneni Basavasankara Rao | 9,408 | 19.51 | |
| | Independent | Garikimukka Asirvadam | 1,151 | 2.39 | |
| | Independent | Motepalli Venkata Rangayya | 590 | 1.22 | |
| | Socialist | Gudipati Seetharamayya | 518 | 1.07 | |
| | Independent | Kammili Appa Rao | 391 | 0.81 | |
| | Independent | Tentu Satyanarayana | 370 | 0.77 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 116 | 0.24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,216 | 78.90 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 61,110 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kaikalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Yerneni Raja Ramachandar | 54,140 | 48.98 | +19.30 |
| | TDP | Kammili Vital Rao | 52,084 | 47.12 | +13.53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,056 | 1.86 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,528 | 76.87 | +3.70 |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kaikalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Jayamangala Venkata Ramana | 50,346 | 40.00 | −15.11 |
| | PRP | Kamineni Srinivas | 49,372 | 31.39 | |
| | INC | Yerneni Raja Ramachandar | 44,846 | 28.51 | −20.47 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 974 | 0.62 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,295 | 91.00 | +9.07 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kaikalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Kamineni Srinivas | 88,092 | 53.80 | |
| | YSRCP | Ram Prasad Uppala | 66,521 | 40.63 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 790 | 0.48 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,571 | 13.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 163,739 | 86.50 | +0.56 |
| | BJP gain from TDP | BJP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kaikalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Dulam Nageswara Rao | 82,128 | 47.81 | +7.18 |
| | TDP | Jayamangala Venkata Ramana | 72,771 | 42.36 | New |
| | JSP | B. V. Rao | 10,738 | 6.25 | New |
| | BJP | Keerthi Venkata Ramaprasad | 1,701 | 0.99 | −52.81 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,529 | 0.89 | +0.41 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,357 | 5.43 | +7.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,72,366 | 88.04 | +1.54 |
| | YSRCP gain from BJP | YSRCP gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kaikalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Kamineni Srinivas | 109,280 | 60.38 | +59.39 |
| | YSRCP | Dulam Nageswara Rao | 64,007 | 35.36 | −12.45 |
| | Independent | Boyina Sai | 22,480 | 21.37 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,598 | 0.88 | −0.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45,273 | 25.01 | 24.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,80,991 | | |
| | BJP gain from YSRCP | BJP gain from YSRCP | Swing | | |