Araku Lok Sabha constituency

Araku is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. As per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order (2008), it was formed as a reserved constituency for the Scheduled tribes, comprising seven assembly segments and belongs to Alluri Sitharama Raju district and Parvathipuram Manyam district s .[1][2]

Araku
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Lok Sabha constituency
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Araku Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
Assembly constituenciesPalakonda
Kurupam
Parvathipuram
Salur
Araku Valley
Paderu
Rampachodavaram
Established2008
ReservationST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  YSRCP
Elected year2024

Assembly Segments

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The seven Assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency are:[1]

# Name District Member Party Leading
(in 2024)
10 Palakonda (ST) Parvathipuram Nimmaka Jaya Krishna JSP BJP
11 Kurupam (ST) Jagadeeswari Thoyaka TDP BJP
12 Parvathipuram (SC) Bonela Vijaya Chandra TDP BJP
13 Saluru (ST) Gummadi Sandhya Rani TDP BJP
28 Araku Valley (ST) Alluri Sitharama Raju Regam Matyalingam YSRCP YSRCP
29 Paderu (ST) Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju YSRCP YSRCP
53 Rampachodavaram (ST) Miryala Sirisha Devi TDP YSRCP

Members of Parliament

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Year Member Party
1952-2009 : See Parvathipuram
2009 Kishore Chandra Deo Indian National Congress
2014 Kothapalli Geetha YSR Congress Party
2019 Goddeti Madhavi
2024 Gumma Thanuja Rani

Election results

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General Election 2024

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2024 Indian general election: Araku
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Gumma Thanuja Rani 477,005 40.96  11.18
BJP Kothapalli Geetha 4,26,425 36.62  34.96
CPI(M) Appalanarasa Pachipenta 1,23,129 10.57  10.57
NOTA None of the above 50,470 4.33  0.12
Majority 50,580 4.34  16.44
Turnout 11,64,445 74.90  0.87
YSRCP hold Swing

General Election 2019

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2019 Indian general election: Araku[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Goddeti Madhavi 562,190 52.14  6.93
TDP Kishore Chandra Deo 338,101 31.36  3.85
NOTA None of the above 47,977 4.45  2.64
JSP Gangulaiah Vampuru 42,794 3.97 N/A
BJP K. K. V. V. V. Satyanarayana Reddy 17,867 1.66  1.66
INC Shruti Devi Vyricherla 17,730 1.64  4.15
Majority 224,089 20.78  10.78
Turnout 10,74,538 74.03  2.53
Registered electors 14,51,418
YSRCP hold Swing

General Election 2014

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2014 Indian general election: Araku[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Kothapalli Geetha 413,191 45.42 New
TDP Gummadi Sandhya Rani 321,793 35.38  35.38
INC Kishore Chandra Deo 52,884 5.81  39.68
CPI(M) Midiyam Baburao 38,898 4.26  16.94
Independent Kangala Baludora 23,251 2.55 N/A
Independent Chetti Sankararao 8,951 0.98 N/A
AAP Burjabariki Dhanaraju 8,569 0.94 New
Independent Sallangi Ratnam 7,688 0.85 N/A
Independent Biddika Ramaiah 7,587 0.83 N/A
Independent Illa Rami Reddy 5,692 0.63  0.90
Independent Vanugu Sankararao 4,614 0.51 N/A
NOTA None of the above 16,532 1.82 N/A
Majority 91,398 10.04  14.25
Turnout 909,614 72.92  5.91
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

General Election 2009

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2009 Indian general election: Araku
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kishore Chandra Deo 360,458 45.49
CPI(M) Midiyam Baburao 168,014 21.20
PRP Meenaka Simhachalam 128,649 16.24
Independent Jayalakshmi Shambudu 27,758 3.50
BSP Lake Raja Rao 24,331 3.07
BJP Kurusa Bojjaiah 23,093 2.91
Independent Appa Rao Kinjedi 15,851 2.00
LSP Vadigala Pentayya 13,886 1.75
Independent Illa Rami Reddy 12,086 1.53
RJD Gadugu Balayya Dora 10,450 1.32
Independent Arika Gumpa Swamy 7,791 0.98
Majority 192,444 24.29
Turnout 792,367 67.01
INC win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ Patnaik, Santosh (24 May 2019). "TDP wand fails to do the trick in Visakha Agency". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "General Election 2019 (Excluding Vellore PC)".
  4. ^ "Araku (Andhra Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results - Araku Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name".
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