# Parchur Assembly constituency

Parchur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency.
Yeluri Sambasiva Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 2,02,274 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

## Mandals

* Mandal
* Yeddanapudi
* Parchur
* Karamchedu
* Inkollu
* Chinaganjam
* Martur

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1955 | Kolla Ramaiah | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Naraharisetty Venkatswamy | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Gade Venkata Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Maddukuri Narayana rao | Independent politician |
| 1978 | Maddukuri Narayana rao | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1983 | Daggubati Venkateswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Daggubati Venkateswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Daggubati Venkateswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1991 | Gade Venkata Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Gade Venkata Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Jagarlamudi Lakshmi Padmavathi | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Daggubati Venkateswara Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Daggubati Venkateswara Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Yeluri Sambasiva Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Yeluri Sambasiva Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2024 | Yeluri Sambasiva Rao | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Kolla Ramaiah | 24,076 | 56.45 | |
| | CPI | Kolla Venkaiah | 18,575 | 43.55 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,501 | 12.90 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,651 | 78.84 | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |

### 1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI | Naraharisetty Venkatswamy | 20,948 | 46.09 |
| | INC | Maddukuri Narayana Rao | 12,891 | 35.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,057 | 17.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,775 | 73.52 |
| | CPI gain from INC | CPI gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Gade Venkata Reddy | 28,446 | 56.27 |
| | CPI(M) | Naraharisetty Venkataswamy | 18,019 | 35.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,427 | 20.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,484 | 76.11 |
| | INC gain from CPI | INC gain from CPI | Swing | |

### 1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Maddukuri Narayana rao | 31,038 | 50.25 |
| | INC | Gade Venkata Reddy | 30,728 | 49.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 310 | 0.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,164 | 81.26 |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC(I) | Maddukuri Narayana rao | 38,024 | 48.44 |
| | JP | Gade Venkata Reddy | 33,087 | 42.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,937 | 6.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79,839 | 79.82 |
| | INC(I) gain from INC | INC(I) gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Daggubati Venkateswara Rao | 41,537 | 53.29 |
| | INC | Gade Venkata Reddy | 34,923 | 44.81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,614 | 8.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 78,968 | 73.70 |
| | TDP gain from INC(I) | TDP gain from INC(I) | Swing | |

### 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Daggubati Venkateswara Rao | 43,905 | 49.93 |
| | INC | Gade Venkata Reddy | 42,828 | 48.71 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,077 | 1.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88,783 | 75.47 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Daggubati Venkateswara Rao | 49,060 | 53.25 |
| | Independent | Gade Venkata Reddy | 43,232 | 45.84 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,828 | 7.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,857 | 68.20 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 1991 (By-poll)

1991 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Gade Venkata Reddy | 52,024 | 58.10 |
| | TDP | Damacherla Anjaneyulu | 37,514 | 41.90 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,427 | 16.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Gade Venkata Reddy | 45,843 | 49.77 |
| | TDP | Brahmananda Reddy Battula | 43,641 | 47.38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,202 | 2.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 93,127 | 76.22 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Lakshmi Padmavathi Jagarlamudi | 48,574 | 50.21 |
| | INC | Gade Venkata Reddy | 46,365 | 47.93 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,209 | 2.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 98,282 | 70.01 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Daggubati Venkateswara Rao | 54,987 | 57.10 | +9.17 |
| | TDP | Chenchu Garataiah Bachina | 39,441 | 40.95 | −9.26 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,546 | 16.15 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 96,304 | 80.28 | +11.37 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Daggubati Venkateswara Rao | 73,691 | 43.39 | −13.71 |
| | TDP | Gottipati Narasimha Rao | 70,731 | 41.65 | +0.70 |
| | PRP | Sandu Purna Chandra Rao | 19,056 | 11.22 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,960 | 1.74 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 169,822 | 79.28 | −1.00 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Yeluri Sambasiva Rao | 97,248 | 51.65 | |
| | YSRCP | Gottipati Bharat Kumar | 86,473 | 45.93 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,775 | 5.72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 189,033 | 88.17 | +8.89 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Yeluri Sambasiva Rao | 97,076 | 47.78 |
| | YSRCP | Daggubati Venkateswara Rao | 95,429 | 46.97 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,647 | 0.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 203,155 | 88.24 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parchur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Yeluri Sambasiva Rao | 110,575 | 54.67 |
| | YSRCP | Yadam Balaji | 86,562 | 42.79 |
| | INC | Nallagorla Siva Srilakshmi Jyothi | 2,293 | 1.13 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1289 | 0.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,013 | 11.87 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,02,274 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |