# Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency

Gandhara Nellore is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency. As of 2019, there are a total of 199,405 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008). It has constituency number 171.
In the Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency, there were a total of 205110 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2024 Assembly election. V. M. Thomas won the 2024 Assembly election.

## Mandals

* Mandal
* Penumuru
* Vedurukuppam
* Karvetinagar
* Srirangarajapuram
* Gangadhara Nellore
* Palasamudram

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 2009 | Gummadi Kuthuhalamma | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | K. Narayana Swamy | YSR Congress Party |
| 2019 | K. Narayana Swamy | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Dr V. M. Thomas | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gangadhara Nellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | V. M. Thomas | 101,176 | 55.22 |
| | YSRCP | Kalathuru Krupa Lakshmi | 75,165 | 41.02 |
| | INC | Ramesh Babu Deyala | 2,682 | 1.46 |
| | Independent | K. Karuna Sree | 153 | 0.08 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,125 | 1.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 183,221 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 205,110 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gangadhara Nellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | K. Narayana Swamy | 103,038 | 59.67 |
| | TDP | Anaganti Harikrishna | 57,444 | 33.27 |
| | JSP | Ugandhar .P | 3,364 | 1.95 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,829 | 1.64 |
| | INC | Sodem. Narasimhulu | 2,279 | 1.32 |
| | BJP | V. Rajendran | 1,572 | 0.91 |
| | MPP | Pallipattu Abhinav Vishnu | 563 | 0.33 |
| | Independent | Chenji. Madhu Babu | 384 | 0.22 |
| | ANC | G. Palani | 372 | 0.22 |
| | Independent | N. Rajesh | 348 | 0.2 |
| | JHP | Peruru. Ramaiah | 268 | 0.16 |
| | Independent | K. Chinnabba | 212 | 0.12 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 172,673 | 86.39 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,249 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 173,922 | 87.02 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 199,874 | |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gangadhara Nellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | K. Narayana Swamy | 84,538 | 54.32 |
| | TDP | Kuthuhalam Gummadi | 63,973 | 41.11 |
| | INC | Narasimhulu Sodem | 1,967 | 1.26 |
| | BSP | Bhaskar Produtur | 1,522 | 0.98 |
| | JSP | K. Mani Krishna | 988 | 0.63 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 553 | 0.36 |
| | AAP | M. Prasad | 477 | 0.31 |
| | Independent | Kothapalli Sanker | 417 | 0.27 |
| | Independent | Penumur. Ramachandraiah | 335 | 0.22 |
| | Independent | Palyam Chinnabba | 224 | 0.14 |
| | Independent | N. Rajesh | 215 | 0.14 |
| | Independent | Peruru. Ramaiah | 175 | 0.11 |
| | Independent | Mallampalli Chengalrayulu | 120 | 0.08 |
| | Independent | M. Ravi | 119 | 0.08 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,565 | 13.26 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 155,623 | 84.33 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 51 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,674 | 84.36 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 184,535 | |
| | YSRCP gain from INC | YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gangadhara Nellore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Gummadi Kuthuhalamma | 62,249 | 45.62 | |
| | TDP | Gandhi | 51,423 | 37.69 | |
| | PRP | M. Nagabushanam | 12,405 | 9.09 | |
| | Independent | Devarajulu | 4,409 | 3.23 | |
| | BJP | V. Rajendran | 1,490 | 1.09 | |
| | BSP | E. Murugaiah | 1,270 | 0.93 | |
| | Independent | Kaveripakam Markondaiah | 909 | 0.67 | |
| | Independent | N. Rajesh | 891 | 0.65 | |
| | LSP | K. Jayaprakash | 686 | 0.50 | |
| | RPI(A) | N. Jayakar | 415 | 0.30 | |
| | BSSP | Siva Prasad | 295 | 0.22 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,826 | 7.93 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 136,442 | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 61 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 136,503 | 83.64 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 163,206 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |