# Anakapalle Assembly constituency

Anakapalle Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anakapalle Lok Sabha constituency.
Konathala Ramakrishna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 204,699 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

The two mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Anakapalle
* Kasimkota

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Koduganti Govinda Rao | Communist Party of India |
| 1955 | Beesetti Appa Rao | Krishikar Lok Party |
| 1962 | Koduganti Govinda Rao | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Koduganti Govinda Rao | Communist Party of India |
| 1972 | Pentakota Venkata Ramana | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Koduganti Govinda Rao | Communist Party of India |
| 1983 | Raja Kanna Babu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Konathala Ramakrishna | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | Praja Rajyam Party |
| 2014 | Peela Govinda Satyanarayana | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Gudivada Amarnath | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Konathala Ramakrishna | Janasena Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | Koduganti Govinda Rao | 18,505 | 41.42% | |
| | KLP | Villuri Venkataramana | 11,886 | 26.61% | |
| | INC | Boddeda Atchannaiudu | 9,797 | 21.93% | 21.93% |
| | Independent | Talupala Venkatarao Nauyudu | 4,485 | 10.04% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,619 | 14.82% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,673 | 59.84% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 74,650 | | |
| | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) |

### 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 52,570 | 50.04% | 5.04% |
| | INC | Konathala Ramakrishna | 49039 | 46.52% | 46.42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3711 | 3.72% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 105417 | 72.19% | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Konathala Ramakrishna | 63,277 | 56.97 | +10.45 |
| | TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 46,244 | 41.64 | −8.40 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,033 | 15.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 111,061 | 74.80 | +4.29 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PRP | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | 58,568 | 40.79 | |
| | INC | Konathala Ramakrishna | 47,702 | 33.22 | −23.75 |
| | TDP | Dadi Veerabhadra Rao | 28,528 | 19.87 | −21.77 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,866 | 7.57 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 143,588 | 78.54 | +3.74 |
| | PRP gain from INC | PRP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Peela Govinda Satyanarayana | 79,911 | 53.33 | |
| | YSRCP | Raghunath Konathala | 57,570 | 38.42 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22,341 | 14.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 149,837 | 78.91 | +0.37 |
| | TDP gain from PRP | TDP gain from PRP | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Gudivada Amarnath | 73,207 | 45.97 |
| | TDP | Peela Govinda Satyanarayana | 65,038 | 40.84 |
| | JSP | Paruchuri Bhaskara Rao | 12,988 | 7.53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,169 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anakapalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JSP | Konathala Ramakrishna | 115,126 | 66.63 |
| | YSRCP | Malasala Bharath Kumar | 49,362 | 28.57 |
| | INC | Illa Rama Gangadhara Rao | 1895 | 1.1 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1853 | 1.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65,764 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 172,778 | |
| | JSP gain from YSRCP | JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |