# Chintalapudi Assembly constituency

Chintalapudi is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Eluru Lok Sabha constituency.
Roshan Kumar Songa is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Chintalapudi
* Lingapalem
* Kamavarapukota
* Jangareddigudem

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Motaparithi Kunerao | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Revulagadda Yesupadam | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | G. Vishnumurthy | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Koneswararao Dannapaneni | Independent |
| 1978 | Gadde Venkateswara Rao | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1983 | Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao | Independent |
| 1985 | Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Ghanta Murali Ramakrishna | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Maddala Rajesh Kumar | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Peethala Sujatha | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Vunnamatla Rakada Eliza | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Roshan Kumar Songa | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | Motaparithi Kunerao | 24,003 | 45.95% | |
| | INC | Kamadana Venkatarama Surya Prakasa Rao | 16,667 | 31.91% | 31.91% |
| | KMPP | Kummareddi Suryanarayana | 11,562 | 22.14% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,336 | 14.05% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,232 | 72.81% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 71,734 | | |
| | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Ghanta Murali Ramakrishna | 75,044 | 49.58 | +16.40 |
| | TDP | Kotagiri Vidyadher Rao | 73,538 | 48.53 | −8.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,506 | 1.05 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 151,546 | 86.68 | +4.78 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Maddala Rajesh Kumar | 62,078 | 33.35 | −11.23 |
| | TDP | Karra Raja Rao | 60,661 | 32.55 | −10.98 |
| | PRP | K M Ambedkar | 45,778 | 27.03 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,417 | 0.80 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 177,513 | 83.73 | −2.95 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Peethala Sujatha | 105,417 | 52.04 | |
| | YSRCP | Burla Devi Priya | 90,253 | 44.56 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,164 | 7.48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 202,553 | 84.40 | +0.67 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Vunnamatla Eliza | 115,755 | 53.53 | |
| | TDP | Karra Rajarao | 79,580 | 36.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,175 | 16.73 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 216,232 | 84.40 | +0.67 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chintalapudi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Roshan Kumar Songa | 118,521 | 53.18 |
| | YSRCP | Kambham Vijaya Raju | 91,549 | 41.08 |
| | INC | Vunnamatla Eliza | 4,902 | 2.20 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 4,103 | 1.84 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,972 | 12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,22,871 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |