# Amalapuram Assembly constituency

Amalapuram is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency.
Aithabathula Ananda Rao 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 229,431 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Uppalaguptam
* Allavaram
* Amalapuram

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

As part of Madras Presidency (until 1953)
| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1937 | Kala Venkata Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1946 | Kala Venkata Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1952 | Nadimpalli Ramabhadra Raju | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |
As part of Andhra State (1953-1956)
| Year | Member | Political party | Political party |
| 1955 | Golkoti Narasimha Murty | | Independent politician |
As part of United Andhra Pradesh (1956-2014)
| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1962 | Kudupudi Satyanarayana | Independent politician |
| 1965 | Nadimpalli Ramabhadra Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | Independent politician |
| 1972 | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Palacholla Venkata Sri Rama Rao | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | Independent politician |
| 1985 | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Chittabbai Kudupudi | Independent politician |
| 2009 | Pinipe Viswarup | Indian National Congress |
As part of Andhra Pradesh (since 2014-)
| Year | Member | Political party |
| 2014 | Aithabathula Ananda Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Pinipe Viswarup | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Aithabathula Ananda Rao | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KMPP | Nadimpalli Ramabhadra Raju | 80,180 | 36.52% | {{{change}}} |
| | SCF | Bojja Appalaswami | 66,742 | 30.40% | |
| | INC | Kala Venkata Rao | 27,218 | 12.40% | |
| | INC | Pandu Lakshmanaswami | 23,847 | 10.86% | |
| | Socialist | Aramate Paideswara Rao | 21,592 | 9.83% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,438 | 6.12% | {{{change}}} |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,19,579 | 133.71% | {{{change}}} |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,64,215 | | |
| | KMPP win (new seat) | KMPP win (new seat) | KMPP win (new seat) | KMPP win (new seat) | KMPP win (new seat) |

### 1955

(Two seats: One reserved for general and other one for SC.)
1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Golkoti Narasimha Murty | 30,858 |
| CPI(M) | Guttula Narayandas | 26,165 |
| KSP | Kudupudi Satyanarayana | 25,856 |
| Independent | Bojja Appala Swamy | 22,657 |
| CPI(M) | Sarella Rama Rao | 19,575 |
| Independent | Chikile Gangisetti | 17,266 |
| Independent gain from KMPP | Independent gain from KMPP | Swing |

### 1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Kudupudi Suryanarayana | 23,581 |
| INC | Nadimpalli Venkatapathi | 20,820 |
| Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing |

### 1965 by-election

1965 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| INC | N.R.Raju | 25,166 |
| Independent | K.Venkataratnam | 20,235 |
| INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing |

### 1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | K. P. Rao | 25,383 |
| INC | N. R. Raju | 22,091 |
| Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing |

### 1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 35,048 |
| Independent | Ravanam Ramachendra Rao | 25,398 |
| INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing |
1978 : Venkata sri Rama rao Palacholla

### 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Satyanarayana Rao | 41,283 |
| INC | Prabhakarrao Kudupudi | 32,354 |
| Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing |

### 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 41,296 |
| TDP | Ravanam Ramachandra Rao | 33,826 |
| INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing |

### 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 45,863 |
| TDP | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 41,590 |
| INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing |

### 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| TDP | Dr. Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 52,926 |
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakararao | 36,112 |
| TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing |

### 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| TDP | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 53,246 |
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 34,466 |
| TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Chittabbai Kudupudi | 31,858 | 33.35 | +11.00 |
| | TDP | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 27,818 | 29.12 | −28.98 |
| | INC | Tadi Tatarao | 24,777 | 25.93 | −11.68 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,040 | 4.23 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,535 | 77.54 | +3.62 |
| | Independent gain from TDP | Independent gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Pinipe Viswarup | 57,922 | 41.96 | +16.03 |
| | PRP | Chinta Krishnamurthy | 51,649 | 37.41 | |
| | TDP | Aithabathula Anandarao | 23,185 | 16.79 | −12.33 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,273 | 4.55 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 138,056 | 79.71 | +2.17 |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Aithabathula Ananda Rao | 76,444 | 50.99 | |
| | YSRCP | Babu Rao Golla | 64,031 | 42.71 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,413 | 8.28 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 149,928 | 78.32 | −1.39 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Pinipe Viswarup | 72,003 | 42.51% |
| | TDP | Aithabathula Ananda Rao | 46,349 | 27.36% |
| | JSP | Shetty Battula Rajababu | 45,200 | 26.69% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,654 | 15.15% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 169,382 | |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amalapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Aithabathula Ananda Rao | 104,022 | 58.56 |
| | YSRCP | Pinipe Viswarup | 65,394 | 36.81 |
| | INC | Aithabathula Subhashini | 1357 | 0.76 |
| | Independent | Dantuluri | 11 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38628 | 21.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 177636 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |