# Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency

Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
Kimidi Kalavenkata 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 198,832 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Cheepurupalli
* Garividi
* Gurla
* Merakamudidam

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu | Independent |
| 1955 | Modandi Satyanarayana Raju | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1962 | Kotla Sanyasi Appala Naidu | Swatantra Party |
| 1967 | T. R. Rao | Independent |
| 1972 | Pydapu Naidu routhu | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Chigilipalli Syamalarao | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1983 | Tripurana Venkata Ratnam | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Kemburi Rama Mohan Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Tankala Saraswatamma | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Gadde Babu Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Gadde Babu Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Botsa Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Botsa Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Kimidi Mrunalini | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Botsa Satyanarayana | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu | 23,446 | 19.32% | |
| | Independent | Mudundi Satyanarayanaraju | 23,289 | 19.19% | |
| | INC | Peddinti Ramaswamy Naidu | 15,888 | 13.09% | 13.09% |
| | INC | Pothula Gunnayya | 14,953 | 12.32% | 12.32% |
| | Socialist | Tentu Lakshmanajudu | 14,790 | 12.19% | |
| | KLP | Mondata Parannaidu | 10,746 | 8.85% | |
| | KLP | Kothapalle Pannayya | 8,853 | 7.29% | |
| | Independent | Gollapalli Sambayya | 5,716 | 4.71% | |
| | Independent | Beri Geddayya | 3,693 | 3.04% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 157 | 0.13% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,21,374 | 80.16% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,51,407 | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Botcha Satyanarayana | 58,008 | 52.62 | +18.98 |
| | TDP | Gaddae Babu Rao | 46,974 | 42.61 | +4.29 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,034 | 10.01 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,229 | 73.63 | +4.32 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Botcha Satyanarayana | 60,677 | 42.65 | −9.97 |
| | TDP | Gadde Babu Rao | 54,735 | 38.47 | −4.14 |
| | PRP | Sunitha Routhu | 16,418 | 11.54 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,942 | 4.18 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 142,281 | 79.87 | +6.24 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kimidi Mrunalini | 63,787 | 41.61 | |
| | INC | Botcha Satyanarayana | 42,945 | 27.88 | |
| | YSRCP | Bellana Chandra Sekhar | 42,179 | 27.52 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,842 | 13.59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 154,054 | 81.38 | +1.51 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Botcha Satyanarayana | 89,262 | 53.81 | |
| | TDP | Kimidi Nagarjuna | 62,764 | 37.84 | |
| | JSP | Mylipalli Srinivasa Rao | 3,659 | 2.21 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,498 | 15.97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 154,054 | 81.38 | +1.51 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Cheepurupalli :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | 88,225 | 50.98 |
| | YSRCP | Botcha Satyanarayana | 76,254 | 44.06 |
| | INC | Aadinarayana | 4,075 | 2.36 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,855 | 1.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,971 | 6.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,73,055 | 82.52 |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |