# Tanuku Assembly constituency

Tanuku Assembly constituency is a constituency in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency.
Arimilli Radha Krishna 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 232,126 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

Tanuku Assembly constituency consists of three mandals.
* Mandal
* Tanuku
* Attili
* Iragavaram

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Chitturi Indrayya | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |
| 1955 | Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | G. Satyanarayana | Independent |
| 1978 | Kantipudi Appa Rao | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1983 | Chitturi Venkareswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Chitturi Venkareswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Chitturi Venkareswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Chitturi Venkareswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Y. T. Raja | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Chitturi Bapineedu | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Arimilli Radha Krishna | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Arimilli Radha Krishna | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Arimilli Radha Krishna | 129,547 | 66.51 |
| | YSRCP | Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao | 57,426 | 29.48 |
| | INC | Kadali Rama Rao | 2,422 | 1.24 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1722 | 0.88 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72,121 | 37.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,94,768 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao | 75,975 | 40.31 | +1.25 |
| | TDP | Arimilli Radha Krishna | 73,780 | 39.14 | −17.17 |
| | JSP | Pasupuleti Venkata Rama Rao | 31,961 | 16.96 | +16.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,195 | 1.16 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 188,494 | 81.20 | −0.66 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Arimilli Radha Krishna | 101,015 | 56.31 | +24.5 |
| | YSRCP | Cheerla Radha Krishna | 70,067 | 39.06 | +39.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,948 | 17.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 179,400 | 81.87 | −0.68 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao | 53,211 | 32.34 | −18.22 |
| | TDP | Y T Raja | 51,760 | 31.81 | −14.91 |
| | PRP | Akula Sreeramulu | 47,798 | 29.37 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,451 | 0.53 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 162,732 | 82.55 | +2.88 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Chitturi Bapineedu | 65,189 | 50.92 | +11.71 |
| | TDP | Y T Raja | 59,812 | 46.72 | −12.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,377 | 4.20 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 128,018 | 79.37 | +4.56 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Tanuku :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KMPP | Chitturi Indrayya | 20,835 | 42.24% | |
| | INC | Chitturi Subba Rao | 14,399 | 29.20% | 29.20% |
| | CPI | Kotipalli Appanna | 12,428 | 25.20% | |
| | Independent | Kalpatraju Kondayya | 892 | 1.81% | |
| | Socialist | Y. Narasimha Rao | 766 | 1.55% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,436 | 13.05% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,320 | 78.84% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 62,557 | | |
| | KMPP win (new seat) | KMPP win (new seat) | KMPP win (new seat) | KMPP win (new seat) | KMPP win (new seat) |