# Payakaraopet Assembly constituency

Payakaraopet is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency.
Vangalapudi Anitha is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 240,285 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Kotauratla
* Nakkapalli
* Payakaraopeta
* S.Rayavaram

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju | Independent |
| 1962 | Mande Pitchaiah | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Gantlana Suryanarayana | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Gantlana Suryanarayana | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Maruthi Adeyya | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | Sumana Gantela | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Kakara Nookaraju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Kakara Nookaraju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Kakara Nookaraju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Chengala Venkatarao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Chengala Venkatarao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2009 | Golla Baburao | Indian National Congress |
| 2012 | Golla Baburao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2014 | Vangalapudi Anitha | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Golla Baburao | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Vangalapudi Anitha | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Vangalapudi Anitha | 120,042 | 57.86 |
| | YSRCP | Kambala Jogulu | 76,315 | 36.78 |
| | INC | Dr. Boni Tata Rao | 2,087 | 1.01 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,107 | 1.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43,727 | 21.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,07,486 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Golla Baburao | 98,745 | 50.45% |
| | TDP | B. Bangarayya | 67,556 | 34.52% |
| | JSP | Nakka Raja Babu | 15,921 | 8.13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31,189 | 15.93% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,95,725 | 81.45% |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Vangalapudi Anitha | 86,355 | 48.02 | |
| | YSRCP | Changala Venkata Rao | 83,527 | 46.44 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,828 | 1.58 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 179,843 | 80.69 | +5.80 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Golla Baburao | 50,698 | 32.11 | +6.44 |
| | TDP | Chengala Venkata Rao | 50,042 | 31.69 | −11.46 |
| | PRP | Gurindapalli Dhanaraju | 49,264 | 31.20 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 656 | 0.42 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,890 | 74.89 | +4.08 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Changala Venkata Rao | 40,794 | 43.15 | −8.73 |
| | Independent | Sumana Gantela | 27,105 | 28.67 | |
| | INC | Vijaya Kumari Ambati | 24,171 | 25.57 | −17.85 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,689 | 14.48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,544 | 70.81 | +5.44 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election: Payakaraopeta :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju | 9,757 | 30.78% | |
| | INC | Sunkari Appala Naiudu | 5,730 | 18.08% | 18.08% |
| | KMPP | Raparti Jagannatha Rao | 5,723 | 18.06% | |
| | Socialist | Katha Radhakrihnamurthy | 5,462 | 17.23% | |
| | Independent | Mohammed Galab | 2,548 | 8.04% | |
| | Independent | Kasturi Subha Rao | 1,265 | 3.99% | |
| | Independent | M. Madhuramruta Rao | 1,210 | 3.82% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,027 | 12.71% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,695 | 50.19% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 63,155 | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |