# Palakonda Assembly constituency

Palakonda is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Parvathipuram Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency.
Nimmaka Jaya Krishna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 184,414 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
* Palakonda
* Seethampeta
* Veeraghattam
* Bhamini

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Palavasa Sangam Naiudu | Indian National Congress |
| 1955 | Pydi Narasimhapparao | Independent |
| 1962 | Kemburu Suryanarayana Naidu | Swatantra Party |
| 1967 | J. Joji | Swatantra Party |
| 1972 | Kottapalli Narasayya | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Kambala Rajaratnam | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Syama Rao Gonipati | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Tale Bhadrayya | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | P. J. Amruta Kumari | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Tale Bhadrayya | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | P. J. Amruta Kumari | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Kambala Jogulu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2009 | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | YSR Congress Party |
| 2019 | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Nimmaka Jaya Krishna | Janasena Party |

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Palavasa Sangam Naiudu | 15,942 | 42.22% | 42.22% |
| | KLP | Meesala Rajaratnam Naidu | 14,296 | 37.86% | |
| | Independent | Kodinarayananaswami | 5,265 | 13.94% | |
| | Socialist | Vavilapalli Satyanarayanana Naiudu | 2,256 | 5.97% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,646 | 4.36% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,759 | 56.20% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 67,182 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kambala Jogulu | 42,327 | 53.3 | 21.8 |
| | INC | T. Rajababu | 30,703 | 38.7 | 7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,624 | 14.7 | 13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79,347 | 72.5 | 8.1 |
| | TDP gain from BJP | TDP gain from BJP | Swing | 10.9 | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | 45,909 | 42.4 | 3.7 |
| | TDP | Gopalarao Nimmaka | 29,759 | 27.5 | 25.8 |
| | PRP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 21,725 | 20.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,150 | 14.9 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,08,295 | 69.8 | 2.7 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | 14.75 | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 55,337 | 46.1 | New |
| | TDP | Nimmaka Jayakrishna | 53,717 | 44.8 | 17.3 |
| | CPI(M) | Pattika Kumar | 3,165 | 2.6 | New |
| | INC | Nimmaka Sugreevulu | 3,162 | 2.6 | 39.8 |
| | CPI | Kurangi Manmadha Rao | 2,483 | 2.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,620 | 1.3 | 13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,21,428 | 72.2 | 2.4 |
| | YSRCP gain from INC | YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 72,054 | 52.7 | New |
| | TDP | Nimmaka Jayakrishna | 54,074 | 39.55 | 7.13 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3548 | 2.6 | |
| | BJP | Suneetha Thadangi | 1169 | 0.86 | New |
| | INC | H Prasad Rao | 1001 | 0.73 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,980 | 1.3 | 13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,36,712 | 73.91 | 2.4 |
| | YSRCP gain from INC | YSRCP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palakonda :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JSP | Nimmaka Jaya Krishna | 75,208 | 50.69 |
| | YSRCP | Viswasarayi Kalavathi | 61,917 | 41.73 |
| | INC | Chanti Babu Savara | 2,041 | 1.38 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,260 | 2.87 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,291 | 8.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,48,375 | 74.03 |
| | JSP gain from YSRCP | JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |