Venkatagiri Assembly constituency

Venkatagiri
Venkatagiri
Constituency No. 122 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Venkatagiri Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Tirupati Tirupati (partially); Nellore (partially);
LS constituency	Tirupati
Established	1951
Total electors	240,253
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Kurugondla Ramakrishna
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Venkatagiri Assembly constituency is a constituency partially in Tirupati district and Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency.

Kurugondla Ramakrishna is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there a total of 240,253 electors in the constituency.^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Year	Member
1952	Padileti Venkataswami Reddy	Indian National Congress
1955	Padileti Venkataswami Reddy	Indian National Congress
1956 by-election	Allam Krishnaiah	Indian National Congress
1962	Allam Krishnaiah	Indian National Congress
1967	Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah	Independent
1972	Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah	Indian National Congress
1978	Nallapareddy Sreenivasulu Reddy	Indian National Congress
1983	Nallareddy Chandrasekhara Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
1985	V. Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra^[2]	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy	Indian National Congress
1994	Raja VVRK. Yachendra Velugoti	Telugu Desam Party
1999^[3]	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi	Indian National Congress
2004	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi	Indian National Congress
2009	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	Telugu Desam Party
2014	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	Telugu Desam Party
2019	Anam Ramanarayana Reddy	YSR Congress Party
2024	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	Telugu Desam Party

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Padileti Venkatasami Reddi	23,557	48.19%	48.19%
	KLP	Katikinani Kalyan Rao	17,463	35.72%
	KMPP	Aravadbhoomi Ramachandra Reddi	6,724	13.75%
	Independent	Yaganti Ramalingam	1,141	2.33%
Margin of victory			6,094	12.47%
Turnout			48,885	57.01%
Registered electors			85,742
	INC win (new seat)

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi	57,830	49.66	+4.34
	TDP	Bhaskara Saikrishna Yachendra V	51,135	43.91	+8.53
Majority			6,695	5.75
Turnout			116,450	78.98	+5.12
	INC hold		Swing

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	69,731	43.62	−0.29
	INC	Nedurumalli Rajyalakshmi	62,965	39.39	−10.27
	PRP	Meraga Murali Yadav	19,970	12.49
Majority			6,766	4.23
Turnout			159,851	76.72	−2.26
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	83,669	47.43
	YSRCP	Kommi Lakshmi Naidu	78,034	44.23
Majority			5,635	3.20
Turnout			176,417	81.68	+4.96
	TDP hold		Swing

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Anam Ramanarayana Reddy	109,204	57.26
	TDP	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	70,484	36.96
	BSP	Pallipati Raja	2,253	1.18
	BJP	S. S. R. Naidu	1,700	0.89
Majority			38,720	20.30
Turnout			1,90,714	79.39
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Venkatagiri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Kurugondla Ramakrishna	104,398	52.31
	YSRCP	Nedurumalli Ramkumar Reddy	88,104	44.15
	INC	Panta Srinivasulu	1,935	0.97
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,037	1.52
Majority			16,294	8.16
Turnout			1,99,565
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing