# Venkatagiri Assembly constituency

Venkatagiri Assembly constituency is a constituency partially in Tirupati district and Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency.
Kurugondla Ramakrishna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there a total of 240,253 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

| Mandal | Districts |
| Rapur | Nellore district |
| Sydapuram | Nellore district |
| Kaluvoya | Nellore district |
| Balayapalli | Tirupati district |
| Venkatagiri | Tirupati district |
| Dakkili | Tirupati district |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Padileti Venkataswami Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1955 | Padileti Venkataswami Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1956 by-election | Allam Krishnaiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Allam Krishnaiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah | Independent |
| 1972 | Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Nallapareddy Sreenivasulu Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | Nallareddy Chandrasekhara Reddy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | V. Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Raja VVRK. Yachendra Velugoti | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2014 | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Anam Ramanarayana Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Padileti Venkatasami Reddi | 23,557 | 48.19% | 48.19% |
| | KLP | Katikinani Kalyan Rao | 17,463 | 35.72% | |
| | KMPP | Aravadbhoomi Ramachandra Reddi | 6,724 | 13.75% | |
| | Independent | Yaganti Ramalingam | 1,141 | 2.33% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,094 | 12.47% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,885 | 57.01% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 85,742 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |

### 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi | 48,876 | 45.32 |
| | TDP | Sarada Thadiparthi | 38,158 | 35.38 |
| | Independent | Nallapareddy Rajendra Kumar Reddy | 16,334 | 15.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,718 | 9.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,07,854 | 76.53 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi | 57,830 | 49.66 | +4.34 |
| | TDP | Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra V | 51,135 | 43.91 | +8.53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,695 | 5.75 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 116,450 | 78.98 | +5.12 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | 69,731 | 43.62 | −0.29 |
| | INC | Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi | 62,965 | 39.39 | −10.27 |
| | PRP | Meraga Murali Yadav | 19,970 | 12.49 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,766 | 4.23 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 159,851 | 76.72 | −2.26 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | 83,669 | 47.43 | |
| | YSRCP | Kommi Lakshmi Naidu | 78,034 | 44.23 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,635 | 3.20 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 176,417 | 81.68 | +4.96 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Anam Ramanarayana Reddy | 109,204 | 57.26 |
| | TDP | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | 70,484 | 36.96 |
| | BSP | Pallipati Raja | 2,253 | 1.18 |
| | BJP | S. S. R. Naidu | 1,700 | 0.89 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38,720 | 20.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,90,714 | 79.39 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Kurugondla Ramakrishna | 104,398 | 52.31 |
| | YSRCP | Nedurumalli Ramkumar Reddy | 88,104 | 44.15 |
| | INC | Panta Srinivasulu | 1,935 | 0.97 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,037 | 1.52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,294 | 8.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,99,565 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |