# Rajam Assembly constituency

Rajam is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
Kondru Murali Mohan 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 219,313 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

## Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Rajam
* Vangara
* Santhakaviti
* Regidi Amadalavalasa

## Members of the Legislative Assembly (Vunukuru)

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1955 | Chelikani Sreeranga Naikulu | Krishikar Lok Party |
| 1962 | Palavalasa Sangamnaidu | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | M. B. Parankusam | Independent politician |
| 1972 | Palavalasa Rukminamma | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Mudili Babu Parankusam | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Palavalasa Rajasekharam | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Kimidi Ganapathi Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao | Telugu Desam Party |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly (Honjaram)

| Year | Member | Political party | Political party |
| 1952 | Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu | | Krishikar Lok Party |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly (Boddam)

| Year | Member | Political party | Political party |
| 1962 | Allu Dasavatharam | | Indian National Congress |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly (Rajam)

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 2009 | Kondru Murali Mohan | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Kambala Jogulu | YSR Congress Party |
| 2019 | Kambala Jogulu | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Kondru Murali Mohan | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### Honjaram
#### 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Honjaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KLP | Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu | 16,731 | 36.67% | |
| | Independent | Chelikami Sreeranganayakulu | 15,846 | 34.73% | |
| | INC | Pydi Narasimha Appa Rao | 13,051 | 28.60% | 28.60% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 885 | 1.94% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,628 | 55.61% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 82,048 | | |
| | KLP win (new seat) | KLP win (new seat) | KLP win (new seat) | KLP win (new seat) | KLP win (new seat) |

#### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 61,771 | 46.0 | |
| | TDP | Kavali Pratibha Bharathi | 34,638 | 25.8 | |
| | PRP | Kambala Jogulu | 27,923 | 20.8 | |
| | BJP | Paka Rajarao | 4,234 | 3.2 | |
| | Independent | Bosi Manmadharao | 1,741 | 1.3 | |
| | LSP | Adinarayana Dukka | 1,645 | 1.2 | |
| | BSP | Bhupathi Apparao | 1,271 | 1.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,133 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 133,223 | 74.2 | 1.5 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

#### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Kambala Jogulu | 69,192 | 47.0 | New |
| | TDP | Kavali Pratibha Bharathi | 68,680 | 46.7 | 20.9 |
| | INC | Kondru Murali Mohan | 4,790 | 3.3 | 42.7 |
| | Independent | P.M.J. Babu | 1,205 | 0.8 | New |
| | LSP | Tunia Shankar Babu Rao | 1,141 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| | BSP | Mannena Chaitanya Kumar | 737 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| | AAP | Paila M.M.R.R. Suresh Kumar | 491 | 0.3 | New |
| | JSP | Savarapu Praveena | 480 | 0.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 512 | 0.3 | 19.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,47,887 | 74.2 | 1.5 |
| | YSRCP gain from INC | YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | | |

#### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Kambala Jogulu | 83,561 | 52.6 | 5.6 |
| | TDP | Kondru Murali Mohan | 66,713 | 42.0 | 4.7 |
| | JSP | Mucha Srinivasa Rao | 4,987 | 3.1 | New |
| | INC | Kambala Rajvardhan | 2,214 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| | BJP | Chaitanya Kumar Mannema | 967 | 0.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,848 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,58,947 | 73.9 | 0.3 |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | 5.15 | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Kondru Murali Mohan | 94,385 | 53.4 |
| | YSRCP | Dr.Tale Rajesh | 73,663 | 41.7 |
| | INC | Kambala Rajavardhan | 3,684 | 2 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,536 | 1.44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,722 | 11.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,76,494 | 75.82 |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |