# Pithapuram Assembly constituency

Pithapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.
Pawan Kalyan is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 230,188 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Gollaprolu
* Pithapuram
* Kothapalle

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | R. V. Jagga Rao | Communist Party of India |
| 1955 | Vadrevu Gopalkrishna | Praja Party |
| 1960 by-election | Peketi Thammiraju | Praja Party |
| 1962 | Rao Bhavanna | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Yalla Suryanarayanamurty | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Yalla Suryanarayanamurty | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1983 | Venna Nageswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Venna Nageswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Venna Nageswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Veera Bhadra Rao Sangisetti | Independent |
| 2004 | Pendem Dorababu | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2009 | Vanga Geetha | Praja Rajyam Party |
| 2014 | S. V. S. N. Varma | Independent |
| 2019 | Pendem Dorababu | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Pawan Kalyan | Janasena Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JSP | Pawan Kalyan | 134,394 | 64.87 |
| | YSRCP | Vanga Geetha Viswanath | 64,115 | 30.95 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,027 | 0.98 |
| | INC | Madepalli Satyananda Rao | 1,231 | 0.59 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70,279 | 33.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 207,169 | 86.63 |
| | JSP Party gain from YSRCP | JSP Party gain from YSRCP | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Pendem Dorababu | 83,459 | 44.71 |
| | TDP | S. V. S. N. Varma | 68,467 | 36.68 |
| | JSP | Makineedi Seshu Kumari | 28,011 | 15.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,992 | 8.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 186,682 | 83.31 |
| | YSRCP gain from Independent | YSRCP gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | S. V. S. N. Varma | 97,511 | 57.59 | |
| | YSRCP | Pendem Dorababu | 50,431 | 29.78 | |
| | TDP | P. V. Viswam | 15,187 | 8.90 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47,080 | 27.81 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 169,330 | 79.45 | +1.16 |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PRP | Vanga Geetha | 46,623 | 31.19 | |
| | TDP | S. V. S. N. Varma | 45,587 | 30.50 | |
| | INC | Mudragada Padmanabham | 43,431 | 29.05 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,036 | 0.69 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 149,479 | 78.29 | +6.56 |
| | PRP gain from BJP | PRP gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Pendem Dorababu | 46,518 | 50.47 | |
| | INC | K. V. Chandra Mohana Rao | 28,628 | 31.06 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,899 | 19.41 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,182 | 71.73 | +3.08 |
| | BJP gain from Independent | BJP gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Pithapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | R. V. Jagga Rao | 18,920 | 38.55 | |
| | INC | R. Atachayya Rao | 12,438 | 25.35 | 25.35 |
| | KMPP | V. G. Krishna | 10,357 | 21.10 | |
| | Independent | K. Rajalingeswara Rao | 3,373 | 6.87 | |
| | Socialist | C. Bhavanarao | 1,445 | 2.94% | |
| | KLP | Triupathi Rao | 1,375 | 2.80 | |
| | Independent | C. Sathiraju | 1,166 | 2.38% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,482 | 13.21 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,074 | 66.92 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 73,335 | | |
| | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) |