# Anantapur Urban Assembly constituency

Anantapur Urban Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anantapur Lok Sabha constituency.
Daggupati Venkateswara Prasad 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 255,682 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 2009 | Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2012 | Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 2014 | V. Prabhakar Chowdary | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Anantha Venkatarami Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Daggupati Venkateswara Prasad | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | B Gurunatha Reddy | 45,275 | 39.03 | |
| | TDP | Mahalakshmi Sreenivasulu | 32,033 | 27.61 | |
| | PRP | T J Prakash | 28,489 | 24.56 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,242 | 13.42 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 116,008 | 50.47 | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |
2012
2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Anantpur Urban :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy | 65,711 | 52.90 |
| | TDP | M. Sreenivasulu | 40,980 | 32.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | YSRCP gain from INC | YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | V. Prabhakar Chowdary | 74,704 | 48.07 | |
| | YSRCP | B Gurunatha Reddy | 65,370 | 42.06 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,334 | 6.01 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,417 | 61.50 | +11.03 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Anantha Venkatarami Reddy | 88,704 | 53.71% | |
| | TDP | V Prabhakar Chowdary | 60,006 | 36% | |
| | JSP | T. C. Varun | 10,920 | 7% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,698 | 17.37% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,65,141 | | +3.08% |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Daggupati Venkateswara Prasad | 103,334 | 54.51 |
| | YSRCP | Anantha Venkatarami Reddy | 80,311 | 42.36 |
| | CPI | C. Jaffer | 2,838 | 1.50 |
| | JAI BHARATH NATIONAL PARTY | AKULA RAGHAVENDRA | 1,309 | 0.71 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,379 | 0.73 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,023 | 12.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,89,575 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |