# Kuppam Assembly constituency

Kuppam Assembly constituency is a constituency in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency.
Most Successful parties from Kuppam Assembly
N. Chandrababu Naidu 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 213,145 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

## Mandals

* Mandal
* Kuppam Municipality
* Kuppam
* Gudupalle
* Santipuram
* Ramakuppam

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Political party |
| 1955 | D. Ramabrahmam | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | A. P. Vajravelu Chetty | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | D. Venkatesham | Independent |
| 1972 | D. Venkatesham | Independent |
| 1978 | B. R. Doraswamy Naidu | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
| 1983 | N. Rangaswami Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | N. Rangaswami Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2009 | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2014 | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2024 | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuppam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC(I) | B.R.Doraswamy Naidu | 24,644 | 41.39 | |
| | JP | D.Venkatachalam | 14,222 | 23.86 | new |
| | Independent | M.Venkarachalam | 7,004 | 11.75 | |
| | AIADMK | R.J.Karunanidhi | 5,338 | 8.96 | |
| | INC | A.P.Vajravelu Chetty | 4,543 | 7.62 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,442 | 17.52 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,596 | 66.3 | |
| | INC(I) gain from Independent | INC(I) gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuppam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | N.Rangaswami Naidu | 38,543 | 60.02 | new |
| | INC | B.R.Doraswami Naidu | 24,550 | 38.23 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,993 | 21.79 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,212 | 66.7 | 0.4 |
| | TDP gain from INC(I) | TDP gain from INC(I) | Swing | | |

### 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuppam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | N.Rangaswami Naidu | 46,548 | 75.83 | 15.81 |
| | INC | Dr.S.Krishna | 9,584 | 15.61 | 22.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,964 | 60.22 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,385 | 57.0 | 9.7 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuppam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | N. Chandrababu Naidu | 50,098 | 52.65 | 23.18 |
| | INC | B.R.Doraswamy Naidu | 43,180 | 45.38 | 29.77 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,918 | 7.27 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,157 | 74.4 | 17.4 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuppam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | N. Chandrababu Naidu | 81,210 | 75.49 | 22.84 |
| | INC | R.Gopinath | 24,622 | 22.89 | 22.49 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56,588 | 52.60 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 107,582 | 76.3 | 1.9 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuppam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | N. Chandrababu Naidu | 93,288 | 74.42 | 1.07 |
| | INC | M. Subramanyam Reddy | 27,601 | 22.02 | 0.87 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65,687 | 52.40 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 125,357 | 80.0 | 3.7 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuppam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | N. Chandrababu Naidu | 98,123 | 69.93 | 4.49 |
| | INC | M. Subramanyam Reddy | 38,535 | 27.46 | 5.44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59,588 | 42.47 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,40,297 | 75.4 | 4.6 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuppam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | N. Chandrababu Naidu | 89,952 | 61.91 | 8.02 |
| | INC | M. Subramanyam Reddy | 43,886 | 30.21 | 2.75 |
| | PRP | K. Rajendra Babu | 5,366 | 3.69 | New |
| | BJP | N. S. Thulasinath | 2,117 | 1.46 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 46,066 | 31.71 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,45,287 | 82.60 | 7.20 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuppam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | N. Chandrababu Naidu | 102,952 | 62.59 |
| | YSRCP | K. Chandramouli | 55,831 | 33.94 |
| | INC | K. Srinivasulu | 2,785 | 1.69 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 905 | 0.55 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47,121 | 28.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,64,481 | 83.97 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,95,887 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuppam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | N. Chandrababu Naidu | 100,146 | 55.18 | 7.41 |
| | YSRCP | Krishna Chandra Mouli | 69,424 | 38.25 | 4.31 |
| | INC | Dr. B. R. Suresh Babu | 3,839 | 2.12 | 0.43 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,905 | 1.60 | 1.05 |
| | JSP | Venkataramana Muddhineni | 1,879 | 1.04 | |
| | BJP | N. S. Thulasinath | 1,139 | 0.63 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,722 | 16.93 | 11.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,81,499 | 85.08 | 1.11 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,13,329 | | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kuppam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | N. Chandrababu Naidu | 121,929 | 59.96 | 4.78 |
| | YSRCP | K. R. J. Bharath | 73,923 | 36.35 | 1.90 |
| | INC | A. Govindha Rajulu | 2,574 | 1.27 | 0.85 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,115 | 1.04 | 0.56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48,006 | 23.61 | 6.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,03,367 | 89.88 | 4.81 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

## Trivia

Kuppam assembly constituency is represented by N. Chandrababu Naidu since 1989, who holds the distinction of being the longest-serving Chief Minister (9 years) and Opposition leader (10 years) of United Andhra Pradesh and also served as the 1st Chief Minister of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh (5 years) and is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.