# Achanta Assembly constituency

Achanta Assembly constituency is a constituency in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency.
Pithani Satyanarayana 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 174,229 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).

## Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Penugonda
* Achanta
* Penumantra
* Poduru (Part)

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1962 | Paddala Syamasundra Rao | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | D. Perumallu | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Gottimukkala Venkanna | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Kota Dhana Raju | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1983 | Kota Bhaskara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Chittaranjan Alugu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1989 | Digupati Raja Gopal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1994 | Digupati Raja Gopal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1999 | Johar Mocharla | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Peethala Sujatha | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2009 | Pithani Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Pithani Satyanarayana | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Pithani Satyanarayana | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Peethala Sujatha | 46,670 | 49.94 | −9.53 |
| | INC | Anand Prakash Chellem | 41,029 | 43.91 | +9.97 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,641 | 6.03 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 93,448 | 74.98 | +7.57 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Satyanarayana Pithani | 54,903 | 46.24 | +2.33 |
| | TDP | Karri Radha Krishna Reddy | 39,148 | 32.97 | −16.07 |
| | PRP | Kudupudi Srinivasa Rao | 16,770 | 14.12 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,755 | 13.27 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 118,745 | 83.40 | +8.42 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Satyanarayana Pithani | 63,549 | 48.66 | |
| | YSRCP | Mudnuri Prasad Raju | 59,629 | 45.66 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,920 | 3.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130,599 | 81.82 | −1.58 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju | 66,494 | 47.92 | |
| | TDP | Satyanarayana Pithani | 53,608 | 38.64 | |
| | JSP | Javvadhi Venkata Vijayaram | 13,993 | 10.09 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,886 | 9.29 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 138,747 | 79.63 | −2.19 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Pithani Satyanarayana | 85,402 | 56.73 |
| | YSRCP | Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju | 58,848 | 39.09 |
| | INC | Nekkanti Venkata Satyanarayana | 1,872 | 1.24 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,673 | 1.11 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,554 | 17.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,50,541 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |