# Kodur Assembly constituency

Kodur is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency.
Arava Sreedhar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 204,491 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).

## Mandals

* Mandal
* Penagalur
* Chitvel
* Pullampeta
* Obulavaripalle
* Railway Koduru

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| United Andhra ||||
| 1962 | N. Penchalaiah | Swatantra Party |
| 1967 | N. Penchalaiah | Swatantra Party |
| 1972 | Sriramulu Gunti | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Nidiganti Venkatasubbaiah | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Srinivasulu Settipalli | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Thoomati Penchalaiah | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Thoomati Penchalaiah | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Chennaiah Vaddi | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Somineni Saraswathi | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Gunti Venkateswara Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Koramutla Srinivasulu | Indian National Congress |
| 2012 | Koramutla Srinivasulu | YSR Congress Party |
| Andhra ||||
| 2014 | Koramutla Srinivasulu | YSR Congress Party |
| 2019 | Koramutla Srinivasulu | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Arava Sreedhar | Janasena Party |

## Election results
### 1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JP | Nidiganti Venkatasubbaiah | 19,079 | 30.78 | new |
| | Independent | Yerrathota Venkatasubbaiah | 17,391 | 28.05 | |
| | INC(I) | Penubala Peachalaiah | 15,610 | 25.18 | |
| | INC | Gunti Sreeramulu | 9,205 | 14.85 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,688 | 2.73 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,980 | 64.7 | |
| | JP gain from INC | JP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Srinivasulu Settipalli | 45,889 | 63.98 | new |
| | INC | Sriramulu Gunti | 21,650 | 30.18 | 15.33 |
| | CPI | Karnati Subbanna | 3,130 | 4.36 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,239 | 33.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 71,723 | 69 | 4.3 |
| | TDP gain from JP | TDP gain from JP | Swing | | |

### 1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Thoomati Penchalaiah | 40,311 | 60.55 | 3.43 |
| | INC | Nediganti Venkatasubbaiah | 24,806 | 37.26 | 7.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,505 | 23.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,566 | 59.7 | 9.3 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Thoomati Penchalaiah | 50,239 | 50.06 | 10.49 |
| | INC | Kotapati Dhananjaya | 49,173 | 49.0 | 11.74 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,066 | 1.06 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 100,338 | 70.7 | 11.0 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Chennaiah Vaddi | 52,335 | 56.52 | 6.46 |
| | INC | Kotapati Dhanunjaya | 37,573 | 40.58 | 8.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,762 | 15.54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,582 | 69.3 | 1.4 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Somineni Saraswathi | 38,228 | 44.47 | 12.05 |
| | INC | Dr. Gunti Venkateswara Prasad | 27,986 | 32.56 | 8.02 |
| | Independent | Eswaraiah Kanuparthi | 16,336 | 19.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,242 | 11.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 85,948 | 70.2 | 0.9 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Dr. Gunti Venkateswara Prasad | 55,135 | 57.73 | 25.17 |
| | TDP | Smt. Jayamma Yerrathota | 38,713 | 40.54 | 3.93 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,422 | 17.10 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,503 | 71.92 | 4.19 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Koramutla Srinivasulu | 51,747 | 43.98 | 13.75 |
| | TDP | Ajay Babu Nandavaram Benjimin | 39,359 | 33.45 | 7.09 |
| | PRP | Samineni Saraswathi | 22,122 | 18.80 | new |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,388 | 10.53 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 117,663 | 74.40 | 2.48 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2012 by-election

2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Koramutla Srinivasulu | 66,456 | 53.80 |
| | INC | E. Kanuparthi | 34,465 | 27.90 |
| | TDP | Ajay Babu Nandavaram Benjimin | 17,594 | 14.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31,991 | 25.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 123,530 | |
| | YSRCP gain from INC | YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Koramutla Srinivasulu | 66,820 | 48.72 | |
| | TDP | Obili Subbaramaiah | 64,848 | 47.29 | 13.84 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,972 | 1.43 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,138 | 77.67 | 3.27 |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Koramutla Srinivasulu | 78,312 | 57.26 | 8.54 |
| | TDP | Panthagani Narasimha Prasad | 43,433 | 31.76 | 15.53 |
| | JSP | Bonasi Venkata Subbaiah | 9,964 | 7.29 | new |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,570 | 1.14 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34,879 | 25.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 136,770 | 75.29 | 2.38 |
| | YSRCP hold | YSRCP hold | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JSP | Arava Sreedhar | 78,594 | 51.58 | 44.29 |
| | YSRCP | Koramutla Srinivasulu | 67,493 | 44.29 | 12.97 |
| | INC | Gosala Devi | 2,132 | 1.39 | 0.42 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,112 | 0.72 | 0.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,101 | 7.28 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,52,366 | 74.51 | 0.78 |
| | JSP gain from YSRCP | JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | | |