# Pendurthi Assembly constituency

Pendurthi Assembly constituency is a constituency partially in Visakhapatnam district and 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.
Panchakarla Ramesh Babu is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Jana Sena Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 268,532 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1978, as per the Delimitation Orders (1978).

## Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Pedagantyada (excluding areas included in Gajuwaka(GVMC))
* Parawada
* Sabbavaram
* Pendurthi

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1978 | Gudivada Appanna | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1980 by-election | Dronamraju Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1983 | P. Appalanarasimham | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Alla Rama Chandra Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Gudivada Gurunadha Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | M. Anjaneyulu | Communist Party of India |
| 1999 | P. G. V. R. Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Tippala Gurumurthy Reddy | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Panchakarla Ramesh Babu | Praja Rajyam Party |
| 2014 | Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Annamreddy Adeep Raj | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Panchakarla Ramesh Babu | Janasena Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JSP | Panchakarla Ramesh Babu | 149,611 | 65.01 | 55.22 |
| | YSRCP | Annamreddy Adeep Raj | 67,741 | 29.43 | 20.36 |
| | INC | Bhagat Piridi | 4,224 | 1.84 | 0.90 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,834 | 1.23 | 0.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81,870 | 35.37 | 18.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,30,144 | | |
| | JSP gain from YSRCP | JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | YSRCP | Annamreddy Adeep Raj | 99,759 | 49.79 |
| | TDP | Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy | 70,899 | 35.38 |
| | JSP | Chintalapudi Venkataramaiah | 19,626 | 9.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,860 | 16.91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy | 94,531 | 51.87 | |
| | YSRCP | Gandi babji | 75,883 | 41.64 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,648 | 10.23 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 182,248 | 78.26 | +2.79 |
| | TDP gain from PRP | TDP gain from PRP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PRP | Panchakarla Ramesh Babu | 51,700 | 32.99 | |
| | INC | Gandi Babji | 48,428 | 30.91 | |
| | TDP | Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy | 43,461 | 27.74 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,272 | 2.08 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,695 | 75.47 | +16.68 |
| | PRP gain from INC | PRP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pendurthi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Tippala Gurumurthy Reddy | 132,609 | 52.60 | +11.08 |
| | TDP | Gudivada Nagamani | 114,459 | 45.40 | −6.56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,150 | 7.20 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 252,118 | 58.79 | −1.18 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |