Payakaraopet (SC) (Assembly constituency)

Payakaraopet (SC)
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	Visakhapatnam
State	Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Reservation	Yes

Payakaraopet Assembly constituency is a SC (Scheduled Caste) reserved constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one among 15 constituencies in the Visakhapatnam district.

Overview

It is part of the Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Chodavaram, Madugula, Anakapalle, Yelamanchili, Pendurthi, and Narsipatnam.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1989: Kakara Nookaraju, Telugu Desam Party
• 1994: Kakara Nookaraju, telugu Desam Party
• 1999: Changala Venkata Rao, Telugu Desam Party
• 2004: Changala Venkata Rao, Telugu Desam Party
• 2009: Golla Baburao, Indian National Congress
• 2014: Vangalapudi Anitha, Telugu Desam Party

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2004

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2004: Payakaraopet

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			13,689	14.48
Turnout			94,544	70.81	+5.44
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections, 2009: Payakaraopet

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			656	0.42
Turnout			157,890	74.89	+4.08
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Payakaraopet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vangalapudi Anitha	86,355	48.02
	YSRCP	Changala Venkata Rao	83,527	46.44
Majority			2,828	1.58
Turnout			179,843	80.69	+5.80
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly