# Tenali Assembly constituency

Tenali Assembly constituency is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Guntur Lok Sabha constituency.
Nadendla Manohar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. As of 2019, there a total of 262,998 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

There are two mandals in this constituency.
* Mandal
* Tenali
* Kollipara

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Alapati Venkataramaiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1955 | Alapati Venkataramaiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Alapati Venkataramaiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Indira Doddapaneni | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Indira Doddapaneni | Independent |
| 1978 | Indira Doddapaneni | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Annabathuni Sathyanarayana | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Annabathuni Sathyanarayana | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Nadendla Bhaskara Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Ravi Ravindranath | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Gogineni Uma | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Nadendla Manohar | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Nadendla Manohar | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Alapati Rajendra Prasad | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Annabathuni Siva Kumar | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Nadendla Manohar | Janasena Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Alapati Venkataramaiah | 19,484 | 43.10% | 43.10% |
| | KLP | Ravi Satyanarayana | 11,407 | 25.23% | |
| | Socialist | Nannapaneru Venkata Rao | 10,344 | 22.88% | |
| | KMPP | Putta Ragheviah | 2,855 | 6.32% | |
| | | Kotemraju Krishna Rao | 1,114 | 2.46% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,077 | 17.87% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,204 | 72.38% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 62,455 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |

### 1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Alapati Venkataramaiah | 24,698 | 60.09% |
| | CPI | Ravi Ammaiah | 16,403 | 39.91% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,295 | 20.18% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,101 | 75.35% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 54,550 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Alapati Venkataramaiah | 26,122 | 49.77% |
| | CPI | Ravi Ammaiah | 19,924 | 37.96% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,198 | 11.81% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,389 | 80.79% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 66,081 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Indira Doddapaneni | 44,909 | 71.67% |
| | Independent | S.Chintamaneni | 12,574 | 20.07% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 32,335 | 51.60% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,342 | 75.27% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 85,487 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Indira Doddapaneni | 38,889 | 53.47% |
| | INC | Venkata Rao Nannapaneni | 33,136 | 45.56% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,753 | 7.91% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,803 | 77.47% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 95,272 | |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JP | Indira Doddapaneni | 39,368 | 51.05% |
| | INC(I) | Venkata Rao Nannapaneni | 37,358 | 48.45% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,010 | 2.61% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 78,208 | 81.37% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 96,111 | |
| | JP gain from Independent | JP gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Annabathuni Satyanarayana | 53,729 | 68.13% |
| | INC | Indira Doddapaneni | 24,505 | 31.07% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,224 | 37.06% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79,837 | 70.72% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 112,893 | |
| | TDP gain from JP | TDP gain from JP | Swing | |

### 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Annabathuni Satyanarayana | 43,332 | 52.55% |
| | INC | Indira Doddapaneni | 38,743 | 46.99% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,589 | 5.57% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 83,261 | 68.90% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 120,838 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Nadendla Bhaskara Rao | 57,828 | 59.10% |
| | TDP | Annabathuni Satyanarayana | 39,255 | 40.12% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,573 | 18.98% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 99,916 | 71.70% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 139,346 | |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Ravi Ravindranadh | 43,483 | 46.26% |
| | INC | Nadendla Bhaskara Rao | 29,952 | 31.87% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,531 | 14.40% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,040 | 66.16% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 143,644 | |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Gogineni Uma | 51,399 | 52.28% |
| | INC | Konijeti Rosaiah | 46,005 | 46.79% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,394 | 5.49% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 100,030 | 64.81% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 154,343 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Nadendla Manohar | 53,409 | 55.75% |
| | TDP | Gogineni Uma | 40,803 | 42.59% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,606 | 13.16% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,870 | 69.06% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 138,813 | |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Nadendla Manohar | 61,582 | 36.57 |
| | TDP | Alapati Rajendra Prasad | 58,698 | 34.86 |
| | PRP | Kilari Venkata Rosaiah | 37,678 | 22.56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,884 | 1.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,400 | 78.09 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Alapati Rajendra Prasad | 93,524 | 48.91 | |
| | YSRCP | Annabathuni Siva kumar | 74,459 | 38.94 | |
| | INC | Nadendla Manohar | 15,511 | 8.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,065 | 9.96 | +8.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 191,232 | 84.75 | +6.66 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Annabathuni Siva Kumar | 94,495 | 45.92 | |
| | TDP | Alapati Rajendra Prasad | 76,846 | 37.35 | |
| | JSP | Nadendla Manohar | 29,905 | 14.53 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,649 | 8.67 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 205,768 | 78.15 | −6.51 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tenali :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JSP | Nadendla Manohar | 123,961 | 60.18 |
| | YSRCP | Annabathuni Siva Kumar | 75,849 | 36.82 |
| | BSP | Karumanchi Sunil Sundeep | 2,188 | 1.06 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,412 | 0.69 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48,112 | 23.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,05,996 | 76.16 |
| | JSP gain from YSRCP | JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |