# Punganur Assembly constituency

Punganur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of seven assembly segments of Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency.
Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy is the current MLA, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 229,261 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per Delimination Orders (1951).

## Mandals

* Mandal
* Sodam
* Somala
* Chowdepalle
* Punganur
* Pulicherla
* Rompicherla

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | B. Krishnamurthy rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1955 | Y.B.V. Chikarayalu | Independent |
| 1962 | V. Ramaswami Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | V. Ramaswami Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1970 by-election | B. Rani Sundarmani | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | B. Rani Sundarmani | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | K. V. Pati | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1983 | Baggidi Gopal | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1996 by-election | N. Amarnath Reddy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | N. Sreedhar Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | N. Amarnath Reddy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2009 | Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 2019 | Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy | YSR Congress Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Punganur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | B. Krishnamoorthy Rao | 21,059 | 45.19% | |
| | Independent | Varanasi Raghunatha Reddi | 19,737 | 42.35% | |
| | KMPP | Peddivari Vankata Reddi | 5,807 | 12.46% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,322 | 2.84% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,603 | 62.41% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 74,675 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy | 84,083 | 51.64 | −1.58 |
| | TDP | M Venkatramana Raju | 43,356 | 26.63 | −7.73 |
| | PRP | Vantela Khadar Bhasha | 25,891 | 15.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 40,727 | 25.01 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,61,127 | 83.39 | |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy | 104,587 | 56.47 | 6.55 |
| | TDP | M. Venkataramana Raju | 72,856 | 39.34 | 4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31,731 | 17.13 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,85,213 | 84.10 | |
| | YSRCP gain from INC | YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy | 107,000 | 54.85 | 1.58 |
| | TDP | N. Anesha Reddy | 63,876 | 32.61 | 7.73 |
| | JSP | Bode Ramachandra Yadav | 16,452 | 18.40 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42,710 | 22.24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,95,868 | 87 | |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy | 99,774 | 48.07 |
| | TDP | Challa Ramachandra Reddy (Babu) | 93,155 | 45.16 |
| | Bharata Chaitanya Yuvajana Party | Bode Ramachandra Yadav | 4423 | 2.17 |
| | INC | Dr. G Murali Mohan Yadav | 3546 | 1.7 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2884 | 1.39 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6619 | 3.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 206911 | |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | |