# Darsi Assembly constituency

Darsi Assembly constituency is a constituency in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Ongole Lok Sabha constituency.
Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 214,233 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

* Mandal
* Talluru
* Kurichedu
* Mundlamuru
* Darsi
* Donakonda

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Sanikommu Kasi Reddy | Communist Party of India |
| 1955 | Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Ravipati Mahananda | Swatantra Party |
| 1972 | Dirisala Raja Gopala Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Berre Gnana Prakasam | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1983 | Katuri Narayana Swamy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Narapusetty Sriramulu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Narapusetty Sriramulu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1997 | Narapusetty Paparao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Buchepalli Subba Reddy | Independent |
| 2009 | Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Sidda Raghava Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Maddisetty Venugopal | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy | YSR Congress Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | Sanekomma Kasireddi | 18,703 | 58.16% | |
| | KLP | Ravipathi Mohanada | 7,317 | 22.75% | |
| | INC | S. Kotireddi | 6,139 | 19.09% | 19.09% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,386 | 35.41% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,159 | 43.51% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 73,909 | | |
| | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) |

### 1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy | 14,980 | 53.97% |
| | CPI | Singaraju Ramakrishnaiah | 12,775 | 46.03% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,205 | 7.94% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,755 | 51.62% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 53,769 | |
| | INC gain from CPI | INC gain from CPI | Swing | |

### 1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy | 14,411 | 35.55% |
| | CPI | Nusam Kasi Reddy | 13,533 | 33.38% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 878 | 2.17% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,378 | 69.49% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 60,980 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SWA | Mahananda Ravipati | 32,931 | 56.96% |
| | INC | Dirisala Venkata Ramana Reddy]] | 24,885 | 43.04% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,046 | 13.92% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,013 | 73.27% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 81,904 | |
| | Swantantra Party gain from INC | Swantantra Party gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | D Raja Gopala Reddy | 31,125 | 52.44% |
| | Independent | Mahananda Ravipati | 26,407 | 44.49% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,718 | 7.95% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,886 | 69.89% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 87,117 | |
| | INC gain from SWA | INC gain from SWA | Swing | |

### 1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC(I) | Berre Gnana Prakasam | 24,225 | 34.71% |
| | JP | Muvvala Srihari Rao | 22,767 | 32.62% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,458 | 2.09% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 71,391 | 65.09% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 109,673 | |
| | INC(I) gain from INC | INC(I) gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Katuri Narayana Swamy | 43,730 | 59.72% |
| | INC | Dirisala Raja Gopala Reddy | 27,272 | 37.24% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,458 | 22.47% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74,484 | 63.34% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 117,585 | |
| | TDP gain from INC(I) | TDP gain from INC(I) | Swing | |

### 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Narapusetty Sreeramulu | 42,471 | 49.01% |
| | INC | Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy | 42,193 | 48.69% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 278 | 0.32% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 87,885 | 65.19% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 134,806 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy | 56,165 | 49.51% |
| | TDP | Veginati Kotaiah | 54,879 | 48.38% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,286 | 1.13% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 116,409 | 67.53% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 172,389 | |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Narapasetty Sriramulu | 50,769 | 48.89% |
| | INC | Mohammed Ghouse Shaik | 34,071 | 32.81% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,698 | 16.08% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 106,251 | 65.42% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 162,407 | |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Sanikommu Pitchi Reddy | 70,387 | 54.61% |
| | TDP | Vema Venkata Subba Rao | 57,209 | 44.38% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,178 | 10.22% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 132,436 | 68.54% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 193,213 | |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 2004

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2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Buchepalli Subba Reddy | 50,431 | 38.46 | |
| | TDP | Kadiri Babu Rao | 48,021 | 36.62 | −7.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,410 | 1.84 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,125 | 72.26 | +5.65 |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy | 66,418 | 42.96 | |
| | TDP | Mannam Venkata Ramana | 53,028 | 34.30 | |
| | PRP | Maddisetty Venugopal | 27,221 | 17.61 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,390 | 8.66 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 154,589 | 86.37 | +14.11 |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Raghava Rao Sidda | 88,821 | 49.00 | |
| | YSRCP | Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy | 87,447 | 48.20 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,574 | 0.80 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 182,010 | 91.52 | +5.15 |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Maddisetty Venugopal | 111,914 | 57.29 |
| | TDP | Kadiri Babu Rao | 72,857 | 37.30 |
| | JSP | Botuku Ramesh Babu | 3,828 | 2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39,057 | 19.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,95,348 | 91.52 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Darsi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy | 101,889 | 49.2 |
| | TDP | Gottipati Lakshmi | 99,433 | 48.01 |
| | INC | Putluri Kondareddy | 1985 | 1.75 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,107 | 1.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,456 | 1.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,07,106 | |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | |